Booklet 1 My Notes Flashcards
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Why did the Italians resent the French
. Conscription
. High taxation
. 60% of revenue from Italy funded the military even during peace
What % of Italians were peasants during early 1800s?
80-90%
What were the benefits of French occupation for Italian unification
. Long term nationalism by unifying army + trade
. Linked Italy to Europe
. Gave consistency for 20 years
. Created 3 states rather than 14
. Italy had been under 2 different foreign rulers so wanted to rule themselves
When did French control end?
1815
What was the Congress of Vienna?
Returned Italian state boundaries to what they had been before Napoleon
What returned Italian state boundaries to what they had been before Napoleon?
Congress of Vienna
What was Italy like immediately after Napoleon left?
. Largely controlled by Austria
. Napoleonic code was done away with, gas lights taken down and parks ploughed, anti Jewish laws
. Censorship
. Papal States were most backward and oppressive
. Progressive rule - Tuscany and Parma
. Reactionary rule - everywhere else
Liberals
. Moderate
. Conditional monarchy
. Right to have say in government
. Fair law
. Non violent
. Middle class
Radicals
. Extreme
. Democratic republic
. Violent
. Social reforms
. Fairer distribution of money
. Political power should be with people
. Disagreed with liberals
. No thought of giving women or peasants the vote
Nationalists
. People of the same language + culture etc. should be united in an independent nation
. Some wanted republic
. Some wanted monarchy
. Liberals and radicals were nationalists
What did Metternich think of liberals, radicals and nationalists?
They were dangerous and wanted to stop ideas spreading
How many members did the Carbonari secret society have, what % of the population was this and what did the society want?
. 60,000 members
. 5% of adult male population
. Wanted to establish constitutional monarchy in Piedmont
Secret societies
. Anti-Austrian
. Moderate aims
. Divided
. Middle class membership
What was the cause of the 1830 revolutions?
Wanted a say in government and a constitution
Why did the 1820 revolutions fail?
. Localised groups
. Secret so small
. Needed foreign support
. Austrian strength
. Societies were unprepared to work together
. Lacked organisation
. Ill equipped
What % of the population were Catholic?
Over 90%
Jesuits
Strict Catholics and attacked those who opposed the church
Zealots
Hardline Pope
What was Piedmont like in 1830?
. Strong, developed army
. Reactionary
. Turin economically advanced
. Frustrated middle class
. Large peasantry
. Old fashioned monarchy
. Anti French
What were the Papal States like in 1830?
. Controlled by Catholic Church
. Austrian troops to protect Pope
. Backward and economically poor
. Pre-industrial and feudal
. Reactionary
. Censorship
What were Lombardy/Venetia like in 1830?
. Reactionary
. Economically and culturally advanced
What were the Central Duchies like in 1830?
. Modena, Parma, Tuscany
. Modena reactionary
. Parma and Tuscan progressive
. Freedom of expression
. In Parma Napoleonic code was repealed but replaced with something similar
What was Sicily like in 1830?
. Reactionary
. Bourbons
. Strict censorship,
What was the north like in 1830?
. Signs of industrial development
. More economically advanced
. Climate meant more productive agriculture and less disease