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Giuseppe Mazzini who is a nationalist organized a group called "Young Italy". Young Italy is a group of Italian patriots who dedicates in making the country of Italy. The group wanted a free & independent country.
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The ruler of Sardinia, Victor Emmanuel, was titiles as "King Of Italy". Meanwhile, Camillo di Cavour became a prime minister of Sardinia, three years later. He said that he would drive out or take in Austrians & unite Italy.
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Camillo di Cavour who is a repiublican & and Italian patriot, asked for help from Napoleon III of France to defeat the Austrians, but in return of 2 small Italian territories. Camillo had to give up Nice & Savoy. The French helped aid Sardinia when the Austrians came & attacked it. Austrians had to gave up Lombardy.
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Austria declared war on Sardinia. It started as both Sardinia & French joined forces & drove the Austrians out of Lombardy & they kept marching to Venetia. Many italian patriots from the territories of Modena, Parma, & Tuscany overthrew their rulers & wished to join with Sardinia. At the end of all these, Sardinia received Lombardy & Austria left Venetia.
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A man named Giuseppe Garibaldi who devotes himself to Italian freedom, recruited more than 1000 soldiers. He called these men "Expedition Of The Thousand" which they invaded & captured Sicily.He became a hero in both within & outside of Italy because of all the things he did. Garibaldi went too far when he decided to capture Rome & Venetia, so Cavour sent an army to stop him. Meanwhile, Sardinia annexed most of the territories of the Papal States.
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During 1860, many problems occured including that a few Italians experienced with self-government, labor problems arosed & many Italians standard of living was low. Tensions grew between the industrialized north & agicultural north. Because of cultural traditions, many regions of the country remained divided.
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After Italy gained Venetia in a war with Austria, Rome's citizens voted for union with Italy. The next year, Rome became the capital of Italy.
