How did national identities form in the 1800’s?

National identity is not an inborn trait and it is essentially socially created! It is something you pick up from values,traits and beliefs. Especially after spending a considerable amount of your time with people of certain nationalities. This is perhaps how it was formed! People back then had a spoken,written language, Different values/morales, Traits and unique culture! There perhaps wanted a way to make their culture and beliefs distinct so they made national identities!

Prempeh I was the Ashanti king who was exiled by the British to Seychelles in 1896.

Explanation:

Prempeh I was installed as Ashanti king in 1894 by the arbitration of the British governor but he later refused to make Ashanti a British protectorate. In 1896, however, the British army seized the capital of Ashanti Empire, arrested the king and exiled him because of his failure to met British demands. In his absence Britain annexed Ashanti. They improved communication and built a fort in Kumasi. Prempeh I was allowed to return in 1926 and was reinstated as Asantehene.