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The Unifications of Italy and Germany. Unification of Italy. Italy before Unification. Maps. Why Did Italy Unite?. Nationalism Revolutions of 1848: Liberalism and Nationalism Split Re-emergence of France’s power. Italy Becomes a Nation-State. Giuseppe Mazzini (1805-1872)
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Why Did Italy Unite? • Nationalism • Revolutions of 1848: Liberalism and Nationalism Split • Re-emergence of France’s power
Italy Becomes a Nation-State • Giuseppe Mazzini (1805-1872) • Revolutionary democrat • Republican
Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882) • Republican • Revolutionary • Military leader • guerilla fighter
Count Camillo Benso di Cavour (1810-1861) • nobleman • conservative • Prime minister of Sardinia-Piedmont • Right-hand man King Victor Emmanuel II (1849-1861)
Napoleon III, Emperor of France (1808-1873; r. 1848-1870) • Nephew of Napoleon • Re-emerging French Empire • Made a deal with Cavour : • France promised Nice and Savoy (from Piedmont) • Sardinia promised Lombardy and Venetia (from Austria)
Unification of Germany, 1864-1871 • Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) • Prussian diplomat • 1862 became Minister-President
Unification of Germany (cont.) • William I, King of Prussia (r. 1861-1888) • Schleswig-Holstein (1864) • Austro-Prussian war of 1866 • The Seven Weeks’ War
Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 • Leopold von Hohenzollern • Paris Commune • January 18, 1871: Second German Empire (Reich) declared in the Palace of Versailles, Hall of Mirrors