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UNIFYING ITALY
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SETTING THE SCENE
Italian nationalists wanted to end foreign rule and achieve unity
but Metternich thought this was a laughable prospect. He
thought Italy was a ‘geographic expression’
Many people spoke the same languages but didn’t feel unified.
Patriots were determined to unify Italy which happened via
Count Camillo Cavour.
 Italy had been battleground for forge in and local princes
 Warfare and foreign rule caused people to identify themselves with
their region
 The Congress of Vienna ignored nationalists
 Austria took hold of northern Italy
 Hapsburg monarchs took other Italian states
 Nationalists organized secret societies and focused one expelling
Austrian forces
 Between 1820 and 1848, nationalist revolts exploded everywhere but
were then suppressed by the Austrian troops
OBSTACLES IN ITALIAN
UNITY
MAZZINI’S YOUNG ITALY
 In the 1830s, Giuseppe Mazzini founded Young
Italy to ‘constitute Italy, one, free, independent,
republican nation’
 In 1849, Mazzini tried to set up a revolutionary
republic but was shut down by the French
THE TIDE OF NATIONALISM
 Although Mazzini’s and others attempt at revolution failed,
they planted seeds for future harvests.
 These people believed a unified Italy made sense because of
geography, common language, and history.
 They reminded Italians of ancient Rome and the medieval
papacy.
 Other thought unity made sense economically as it would
end trade barriers and stimulate industry.
After 1848, leadership of he Risorgimento, or
Italian nationalist movement, was passed to
Sardinia.
Victor Emmanuel II wanted to join other states to
his own to increase his power.
THE STRUGGLE FOR
ITALY
CAVOUR
 In 1852, Victor Emmanuel made Count Camillo Cavour his
prime minister.
 Cavour had liberal goals and was a practical, crafty politician
who would do anything to achieve his goals.
 He believe in Realpolitik and immediately tried to reform
Sardinia’s economy.
 His long term goal though was to end Austrian power in
Italy and annex its provinces Lombardy and Venetia.
INTRIGUE WITH FRANCE
 In 1855, Cavour led Sardinia, Britain, and France in the
Crimean War against Russia.
 Sardinia had a voice at the peace conference and caught the
attention of Napoleon III
 In 1858, Cavour made a secret deal with Napoleon for aid
should a war with Austria start.
 A year later this war happened and with help from France,
Sardinia defeated Austria.
 Meanwhile nationalists overthrew Austrian leaders in Italian
states and joined with Sardinia
GARIBALDI’S RED SHIRTS
 Attention then shifted to the kingdom of the Two Sicilies in
southern Italy.
 Giuseppe Garibaldi wanted to create an Italian republic and
readily accepted aid from Cavour
 Garibaldi recruited 1,000 redshirt volunteers while Cavour
provided weapons and ships
 Garibaldi’s forces took control of Sicily and marched
triumphantly north to Naples
UNITY AT LAST
 Garibaldi's success alarmed Cavour as he fear the nationalist
would set up his own republic
 He then urged Victor Emmanuel to send Sardinian to take
care of Garibaldi but Emmanuel instead linked up with
Garibaldi
 Garibaldi then turned over Naples and Sicily over and the
Italians voted Emmanuel in as King
 Rome and Venetia remained outside of Italy
until Cavour’s successors made Italy united
in 1870 when France withdrew their troops
Italy then faced new problems including
No tradition of unity
Little nationalism
Strong regional rivalries making national issues
hard to solve
CHALLENGES FACING
THE NEW NATIONS
DIVISIONS
 Greatest regional differences were between the
richer and more developed north and the rural and
poor but heavily populated south
 Tensions between Italy and the Roman Catholic
Church further divided the nation
 Popes resented the seizure of Papal states and Rome
 The government granted the papacy the small territory
of Vatican
 Popes saw themselves as ‘prisoners’ and urged Catholics
not to follow the government
TURMOIL
 Victor Emmanuel made Italy a constitutional monarchy with
a 2-hosue legislature
 Upper House- King-appointed members-could veto bills passed
by the lower house
 Lower House- Elected representatives
 In late 1800s radicals struggled against a conservative
government, socialists organized strikes, and anarchists
turned to violence
 The government slowly extend suffrage to more men and
passed laws to improve social conditions
 Turmoil continued though so the government set out to win
an overseas empire
PROGRESS
 Despite problems, Italy did develop economically
after 1900
 They lacked natural resources but industries
sprouted up bring urbanization
 Reformers campaigned for better education
 Population increases brought tensions that
emigration to United States, Canada, and Latin
America helped solve
Unification brought challenges but it also brought
increases in strength.
By 1914, Italy was much better off than in 1861
But Italy was hardly prepared though for the war
that broke out that year that it was soon drawn into
LOOKING AHEAD
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