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Revolts occured throughout the ragion
They wanted to expell austria from northern italy. Each time austria sent in troops to crush the rebils. -
Mazzini founds young italy
the goal was to constitute Italy as one free independent republican nation.
Mazzini was an activest for the unification of italy and his actions helped bring unification to them. -
Leadership of the Risorgimento is passed to the kingdom of sardinia
the Risordimento is the italian nationalist movement. its constitutional monarch, Victor Emmanuel II hoped to join other states to his own and increase his power. Victor Emmanuel II was the monarch of Sardina and wanted a more powerful sardina. -
Mazzini sets a republic in Rome
He helped set up a revolutionary republic but French forces soon toppled it. Mazzini spent much of his life in exile dreaming of a united Italy. -
Victor Emmanuel made Count Camillo Cavour his prime minister
Cavour came from a noble family and favored libral goals. He was a crafty politician willing to do anything to achive those goals. Cavour was very much like Bismark because of this and he also believed in Realpolitik -
Sardinia started a war aganst Russia.
Led by Cavour, they allied with Britten and France in The Crimean War. Sardinia didn't win territory but gained the attention of Napoleon III. -
Carvour had secret war deal with Napoleon.
the deal said that napolion would help them in a war with austria. -
Napoleon defeats Austria with Carvour
He prevokes Austria and gets into a war intentionaly. they then win the war. -
Garibaldi recruited 1,000 red-shirted volunteers
He provided weapons for them and allowed two ships to take them to Sicily. Garibaldi wanted to make Italy a republic and then reverted to war -
Emmanuel crowned king of italy
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1866: Italy acquires land including Venetia.
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Franco-Prussian war was fought.
