1. Italy before unification

Question 1

what state was Italy in in 1859?

Answer 1

italy does not exist it is known as the Cisilpine kingdoms

Question 2

what movement was in place during 1859?

Answer 2

Risorgimento movement

Question 3

what was the Risorgimento movement?

Answer 3

the movement of unifying the states together to form Italy

Question 4

at this time, where do the Austrians have fortresses in?

Answer 4

in Lombardy

Question 5

what states mainly made up the Cisalpine kingdoms?

Answer 5

the papal states

Question 6

what are papal states?

Answer 6

states directly controlled by the papacy

Question 7

who protects the papal states?

Answer 7

the french- emperor Napoleon

Question 8

what annoyed Garibalidi?

Answer 8

that Piedmont gave Nice and Savoy to the French

Question 9

what did Garibaldi do as a result of his annoyance?

Answer 9

• he met with Victor Emmanuel
• handed Emmanueal control of Southern Italy

Question 10

was the meet up successful?

Answer 10

i think it was as it put multiple principalities under one rule, leading the Risorgimento movement

Question 11

when did Garibaldi meet Emmanuel?

Answer 11

26th October 1860

Question 12

what does their meet up result in?

Answer 12

-1861 Piedmont laws are enforced on Lombardy alongside their consitutions

Question 13

how did Italy gain Venice?

Answer 13

-France won against Austria, Austria gave Venice to France as they did not want to acknowledge Italian authority
- France then gave it back to Italy

Question 14

when did Italy gain Venice?

Answer 14

1866

Question 15

how did Italy gain Rome?

Answer 15

• Italy claim Rome freely as France moves their troops to their border due to threat of Prussian invasion
• rome citizens were not happy

Question 16

when did Italy claim Rome as their capital?

Answer 16

1870

Question 17

how did Italy gain Rome?

Answer 17

• Italy claim Rome freely as France moves their troops to their border due to threat of Prussian invasion
• Rome citizens were not happy

Question 18

what did Italy do that annoyed the Church?

Answer 18

• forced church to increase taxation payments
• suppressed Monastic orders
• 1866 law- religious orders to hand over property to the state

Question 19

what did the rules Italy put in place against the Church show?

Answer 19

the declining temporal power of the Church

Question 20

why did Garibaldi not approve of the new Italian states?

Answer 20

Emmanuel and Garibaldi fell out when Emmanuel refused to inspect garibaldis red shirts

Question 21

what was the industry like before unification, throughout the states?

Answer 21

it was mainly agrarian alongside the economy

Question 22

what do historians believe this agrarian industry made?

Answer 22

• they believe it made a ‘pre-industrial’ transformation in North, West Italy, starting from the 1820’s

Question 23

what did the states economy and industry lack?

Answer 23

they lacked:
- large coal and iron deposits
- literate population

Question 24

what currency was introduced which further crippled the South?

Answer 24

the lira

Question 25

when was the lira introduced?

Answer 25

1844