The three types of nationalism are <span>Unification, Separation, and State-building. </span> Unification nationalism is the types of nationalism that calls for the unity of the people into one e.g Germany unification, pan african nationalism. Separation nationalism occurs when certain people fight to separate from a state and form their state e.g the Catalan nationalism in Spain State building nationalism takes place within a state when the citizenry is fueled by desire to build their nation. <span /><span />
To avoid religious prosecution. There was little to no religious freedom in Europe at the time. Therefore you needed to abide by the religion of the nation you lived in.