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early revolutionary activity
it all began at 1830. Few people in 1830, believed that there might exist an Italian nation. There were eight states in the peninsula, each with distinct laws and traditions. No one had had the desire or the resources to revive Napoleon's partial experiment in unification. -
1830 things
After 1830, revolutionary sentiment in favour of a unified Italy began to experience a resurgence, and a series of insurrections laid the groundwork for the creation of one nation along the Italian peninsula. -
Revolutions of 1848–1849 and First Italian Independence War
n 1844, two brothers from Venice Attilio and Emilio Bandiera, members of the Giovine Italia planned to make a raid on the Calabrian coast against the Kingdom of Two Sicilies and in support of Italian Unification They assembled a band of about twenty men ready to sacrifice their lives and set sail on their venture on 12 June 1844 Four days later they landed near Crotone intending to go to Cosenza liberate the political prisoners -
revolutionary movements
A detachment of gendarmes and volunteers were sent against them, and after a short fight the whole band was taken prisoner and escorted to Cosenza, where a number of Calabrians who had taken part in a previous rising were also under arrest. The Bandiera brothers and their nine companions were executed by firing squad; some accounts state they cried "Viva l’Italia!" (Long live Italy!) as they fell. -
Italy unification
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The Second Italian Independence War of 1859 and its aftermath
The 2nd War of Italian Independence when the Sardinian Prime Minister Count Cavour found an ally in Napoleon III. Napoleon III signed a secret alliance and Cavour provoked Austria with military maneuvers and eventually created the war in April 1859. Cavour called for volunteers to enlist in the Italian liberation. The Austrians planned to use their army to beat the Sardinians before the French could come to their aid. Austria had an army of 140,000 men, while the Sardinians had a mere 70,000. -
Third War of Independence
on 8 April, Italy and Prussia signed an agreement that supported Italy's acquisition of Venetia, and on 20 June Italy declared war on Austria. Within the context of Italian unification, the Austro-Prussian war is called Third Independence War, after the First 1848 and the Second 1859 -
prussia and austria intervention
In the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, Austria contested with Prussia the position of leadership among the German states. The Kingdom of Italy seized the opportunity to capture Venetia from Austrian rule and allied itself with Prussia. Austria tried to persuade the Italian government to accept Venetia in exchange for non-intervention.
