Patriotism is often described as love and respect for one's country. Because patriotism is such an abstract term, it can be shown in many different forms. This is very evident in Linda Colley's Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837. It provides a multitude of ways in which British people showed their love and respect for their country. Taking the examples in the book, it seemed that people of the time saw patriotism more as a mix between the view of patriotism as unquestioning loyalty to the country and the idea of ​​challenging existing nature rather than people simply showing love and respect . Therefore, in the terms of this book, patriotism meant loving where you came from but challenging yourself to have a say in looking at that same place. In the introduction to Britons, Colley points out that being a patriot was a way of claiming the right to have a role in political life and a way of demanding greater access to citizenship. Multiple parts of the book return to this point. The course of this book follows the story from how Protestantism became the official religion to women's desire to be involved in political issues. In the first chapter we see how those of the Catholic and Protestant religions face the struggles associated with being part of a nation in constant religious change. In the early days of the nation known as Britain, the national religion changed whenever the ruler did. This obviously would have caused great instability in what was slowly becoming the national identity. Take for example the ruling Tudor line. Henry VIII started out as a Catholic king, but when he couldn't make it during his rule, he founded the Anglican Church. After…half of the paper…he evaluates his actions. Therefore, the idea of ​​having separate spheres was unfortunately reinforced by his actions. Ultimately, though, if you looked at all the actions and ideals, women were very critical to the nation's identity. If women had not done their duty, the nation would have collapsed without someone to teach the new generation their roles. In conclusion, the various struggles that were faced throughout the British showed how a nation's identity and patriotism was tied to the challenges around you so that you could truly feel that you belonged. Feeling truly patriotic meant feeling like you were exactly where you belonged in the world and had a say in what happened to you. All the turmoil was simply due to various groups of people asserting their place and gaining more control over the things that would affect them.