-
Period: to
Rebels of italy
-
The Rebels
In Italy Nationalist forces rebelled against foriegn leaders because these leaders did not even speak their language -
Order To The Pope
Republicain forces fomented a revolt against the pope, declaring the republic of rome in 1848 -
Count Camillo di Cavour
In 1852, Count Camillo di Cavour become prime minister of Sardinia, a kingdom that included both the island of Sardinia and the Piedmont region of northern Italy. -
A weak leader
In 1858, the French emperor Napoleon III agreed to help drive Austriaout of the northern Italian provinces. -
A Firery Republican
In 1860, the fiery republican Giuseppe Garibaldi led an invasion of his followers, the Red Shirts, into the kingdom of Sicily, ostensibly to join a popular uprising. With covert assistance from Cavour, Garibaldi liberated both Sicily and Naples. Although Cavour was a monarchist and Garibaldi was a republican, they found common ground in their desire to unify their people. -
Giuseppe Garibaldi
WHen he gathered these 100 soldiers and passionate followers was the same year that Cavour modernized Sardinia’s army, formed shrewd alliances, and fought a war that drove the Austrians from the north. The other Italian states in the region then united with Sardinia in 1860. -
War Begins
When France declared war on Prussia in 1870, occupying French troops abandoned Rome. This left the pope undefended, and the Italian army immediately marched in to complete the unification process. Rome, once the center and apex of Classical civilization,
