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When the Austrian Empire captured Italy, it caused Italy to want to fight Austria to try and win their country back.
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Mazzini brought the campaign for unification into the mainstream when in 1831 he created Young Italy, a group created for the sole purpose to spread the ideas unification, revolutions, and republicanism.
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In 1846, a liberal pope, Pius IX, was elected who enacted a lot of reforms.
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Italy starts to fight for their freedom. No more standing around and waiting for something great to happen...... ITS TIME TO TAKE ACTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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After the numerous failed uprisings throughout Italy, Camillo di Cavour became the prime minister of the Piedmont (Kingdom of Sardinia) in 1852.
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In early 1860, Garibaldi started to gather volunteers in Genoa for an expedition to Sicily. As Cavour neither opposed nor helped, thousands of soldiers from Romagna, Lombardy, and Venetia set sail for Sicily in May 1860.
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In October 1870 Rome voted to join the union and in July 1871, it became the capital.
