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Count Camillo di Cavour became prime minister of Sardina.
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Lombardy and Sardinia unite because Cavour joined Napolean III against Austria and Lombardy wanted to help. Then later that year parts of northern Italy joined the union of Italian States.
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Giessupe took his followers and invaded them intp Sicily.
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Caribaldi gave full support to the election that was held in the southern states of Italy to either join the northen states or not. The next day the nation was officaly unified.
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When France declared war on Prussia there were many French soldiers abandoned in Rome. This leaving the Prime Minister undefended. Then the Italian troops marched in and completed the unification process.
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Benito Mussolini signed an agreement naming the Vatican an independent city-state.
