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Nationalism upset the balance of power set up at the Congress of Vienna, affecting the lives of many people.
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Italy was divided into separate states. Different countries ruled different parts,
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Camillo di Cavour became prime minister in Sardinia. Camillo modernized the army and drove Austrians away from the north.
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Under preasure from the British and French, the Ottomans granted equal citizenship to people under their rule.
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After the war other Italian states joined Sardinia. Garabaldi overthrew the government of Sicily.
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Garibaldi and Cavour joined their lands and became a United Kingdom.