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The Unification of Italy. MAYO. Italian Nationalist Leaders. King Victor Emmanuel II. Giuseppi Garibaldi [The “Sword”]. Giuseppi Mazzini [The “Heart”]. Count Cavour [The “Head”]. Pope Pius IX. Sardinia-Piedmont: The “Magnet”. Romantic Republicans.
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The Unification of Italy MAYO
Italian Nationalist Leaders King Victor Emmanuel II Giuseppi Garibaldi[The “Sword”] Giuseppi Mazzini[The “Heart”] Count Cavour[The “Head”]
Romantic Republicans • Secret republican societies meant to unite Italy under liberalism … Carbonari (“charcoal burners”) • 1831 national uprisings failed • Giuseppe Mazzini – took upi the nationalist cause • Led insurrections along with Giuseppe Garibaldi • Guerilla warfare throughout 1850s
Count Camillo Cavour • Prime Minister of Piedmont • Used military and secret diplomacy to accomplish what Romantic republicans could not • Strong nationalist, but NOT a republican … he was a monarchist • 1855 sent 10,000 troops from Piedmont to aid French in Crimean War
Piedmont’s role in the Siege of Sevastopol gained respect for Cavour and the ability of Italy to be a unified entity • Napoleon II respected Cavour and piedmont and agreed to an allianc eint he event Austria fought Piedmont • 1859 Austria declared war with Piedmont • Italian / French forces won great victories at Magenta and Solferino
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