italian unification

By AsmaaRage

  • FRENCH REVOLUTION

  • Napoleon invades Italy

    Defeats Austrian forces and weakens old Italian rulers

  • Napoleon sets up the Cisalpine Republic in Northern Italy

    This is French-controlled and inspires Italian nationalists

  • Austria and Russia push back the French forces

    This causes many French republics in Italy to collapse

  • Napoleon wins the Battle of Marengo

    This re-establishes French power in Northern Italy

  • Cisalpine Republic becomes Italian Republic

    With Napoleon as President

  • Napoleon declares himself King of Italy

    Creates the Kingdom of Italy which includes the North

  • Napoleonic Laws

    Napoleon takes more Italian territories and introduces French laws which weakens the power of the Church and locals

  • Napoleon's invasion of Russia Fails

    Weakens his control over Europe

  • Napoleon defeated and forced to abdicate

    Influence in Italy subsequently collapses

  • The Congress of Vienna

    This restores the old rulers and Austrian control over Italy reversing many changes