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The Creation of The Kingdon of Italy Flashcards

1
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what was the Orsini Bomb Plot

A

Italian Nationalist Orsini escapes to France

attempts to kill Napoleon III

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what was the Plombieres agreement

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meetings between Cavour and napoleon to decide hoq to expel Austria from Lombardy+Venetia+ enlarge piedmont

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what were the terms of the plombieres agreement

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Austria seen as aggressor
France get Nice+Savoy in return for 2,000 soldiers
kingdom of central Italy created
house of savoy control piedmont, Lombardy, venetia

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4
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why did Napoleon want Austria to look like the aggressor

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stop Prussian involvement

Britain wouldn’t allow Austrian control being replaced with French, had to be seen as helping weak piedmont

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5
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what was the second war of Italian independence called

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Franco Austrian war 1859

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6
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when did piedmont mobilise their army

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march 1859

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why did Austria invade

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said if piedmont didn’t demobilize their troops in 3 days or there would be war

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8
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what was wrong when French troops arrived

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arrived before their supplies

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9
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two main battles of Franco-Austrian war

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magenta (1)

solferino (2)

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battle of magenta

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30th May
14,000 austrians 40 guns
10,700 18 guns
french victory, no piedmont casualties

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11
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battle of solferino

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austria attempt surprise attack 
21st June-24th
austria 21,000/128,000 casual
allies 17,000/137,000
signed an armistice
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12
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why did Napoleon III sign an armistice after solferino

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too many casualties
scared prussia might enter conflict
seige would be lengthy+expensive

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13
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when did Prussia moboilise their troops

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24th June 1859

on banks of Rhine

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14
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When did Cavour resign

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16th July 1859

angry he was excluded from talks in villa franca

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15
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what happened at villa Franca 11th July

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Austria gave lombardy to France
venetia remain in austrian hands
france would get nice+savoy- didnt fulfill plombieres

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16
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what was the treaty made at Villa Franca

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treaty of Zurich November 1859

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17
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when did Garibaldi go to the South

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was going to Nice
heard uprising in Sicily against king
went with ‘the thousand’ May 1860

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18
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how did cavour feel about Garibaldi going to the south

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refused to give garibaldi equipment

he thought south too poor to unite+he would fail

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National Society

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formed in 1850s
italian exiles
membership rose to 8000 by 1857
promoted unity of italy

20
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who were the leaders of the national society

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pallavicino
la farina
(manin who was converted)

21
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how did the national society and cavour unite the north

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series of demonstration by national society

cavour held plebicites

22
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where did the demonstrations take place in 1859 to unite northern states

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april-florence, leopold fled, PG
may-peaceful revolutions modena+parma
june-duke+duchess modena+parma fled

23
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who took control of the governments in 1859

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florence-ricasoli

farini modena and parma

24
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what happened in Bologna in 1859 in the papal states

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unrest

piedmont commissioners restored the gov

25
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Treaty of Turn

A

Jan 1860
wi Napoleon
savoy+nice over to france (subject to plebicite) if annexation of duchies

26
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what was wrong with cavours plebicites

A

corrupt

27
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emilia plebicite 1860

A

426,000 to 1,506 favour annexation

parma, romagna+ modena

28
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tuscany plebicite 1860

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336,571 to 14,925 favour

29
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when did Napoleon have the vote take place in Nice

A

when french troops were marching back through from lombardy

30
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nice and savoy plebicites 1860

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130,583-285 savoy

24,448-160 Nice

31
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where was Garibaldi heading before mazzini asked him to go to the south

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to defend nice from the french

32
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why did cavour let garibaldi go to the south

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thought he’d fail

not many men and poor weapons

33
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why didnt cavour want the south

A

too poor and backward

34
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did garibaldi have support from cavour on his southern expedition

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no, refused to give him equipment

35
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when did garibaldi arrive in sicily

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11th may

alongside british ships so wasnt attacked

36
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how was garibaldi successful in palermo, sicily

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now had three thousand men
helped by peasants, bandits+local mafia
20000 enemy soldiers retreated to naples

37
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how did garibaldi govern sicily

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dictator
abolished mill tax
promised land distribution
(changed sides oppressed some peasants+supported landlords)

38
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why did garibaldi not want to give sicily to VE

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lose power to invade naples

39
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what was cavour worried about it garibaldi took naples

A

carry on to move northward

tried to arrange revolution in naples in favour of VE but failed

40
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where did garibaldi want to advance after he had got naples

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papal states+rome

41
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why was cavour worried about garibaldi attacking rome

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lead to difficulties wih france

42
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how big did garibaldis army become

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6000 by september

43
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what did VE do to stop garibaldi

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army to the south

defeated papal army on the way

44
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when did VE reach neopolitan territory

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october

45
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when did garibaldi and VE meet in the south

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26th october

garibaldi didnt want problems so handed south over

46
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how was the annexation of the south decided

A

by plebicites

they were a facade

47
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why were foreign powers worried about the new united italy

A

could shift power balance in europe

new italy was backed by britain, stopped other countries attacking it

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