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Italian Unification

By niebloomj
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    Italian Unification

  • Defeat of Napoleon

  • Congress of Vienna

  • New Ideas About Nationalism Brought About by Guiseppe Mazzini

  • Constitutional monarchy established

    Parliament consisted of two houses: A senate and a chamber of deputies.

  • Cavour chosen to be Prime Minister of Piedmont

    Cavour had strong monarchist ideals. He rejected republicanism.

  • France (Napoleon III) favors Italy

  • Crimean War

    Piedmont Takes Part as an ally of France and Britain

  • Cavour and Napoleon III Signed Treaty To Attack Austria

  • Austria Loses Battles

  • Napoleon III Concluded Peace With Austria

    Piedmont Recieved Lombardy but Venetia Remained Under Austrian Control

  • Northern Italy States Voted to Unite with Piedmont

  • Revolutions Brake Out In Tuscany, Modena, Parma, Papal States

  • Garibaldi's Campaign

    Garibaldi conquered Sicily, Naples, and the Papal States except Rome. In late 1860, Naples and Sicily joined the Italian kingdom. Piedmont ceded Savoy and Nice to France.

  • Victor Emmanuel II was proclaimed king of Italy

    Cavour died shortly after.

  • Venetia gained

    In return for Italy's aliance with Prussia in the Austro-Prussian war.

  • Rome was annexed and named the capital

    Taken from France during the Franco-Prussian war