challenges to the restored order - political geography in 1830 Flashcards
(11 cards)
1
Q
when was the treaty of vienna?
A
March 1815
2
Q
How many provinces were in Italy in 1815?
A
9
3
Q
what was Sardinia like in 1830?
(aka Piedmont)
A
- capital = Turin
- ruled by House of Savoy
- Code Napoleon repealed
- Port and state of Genoa
4
Q
What was Lombardy like in 1830?
A
- capital = Milan
- ruled by Austria
- Quadrilateral (forts)
5
Q
What were the Papal States like in 1830?
A
- dominated central Italy
- ruled by Pope w temporal power
- Jesuits promoted Catholicism
- 1805-8, Napoleon took parts of Papal States, but treaty of Vienna saw them retuned to Pope Pius VIII
- Austrian influence = heavy
6
Q
What was Venice like in the 1830s?
A
- annexed to Austria in 1815
- lots of tax revenue to them
7
Q
What were the central duchies like in the 1830s?
A
- Modena, Tuscany and Parma
- ToV left Duchies under Austrian influence
- Many had repressive rulers after 1815
8
Q
What was Naples like in the 1830s?
A
- ruled by the Bourbons
- poorest part of Italy
- largest city in the 1830s (1790s = 400,000 people)
- medieval and economic structure
- 1816 constitution destroyed
9
Q
What were the rumblings of discontent in the 1820s?
A
- 1820s, no national movement
- dislike for rulers reinstated in 1815
- secret societies started forming (Carbonari in 1800)
- most provinces wanted constitutions
- uprisings in 1820-1 showed discontent (Naples, Sicily and Piedmont)
- Didn’t challenge Austrian rule
10
Q
What formed secret societies?
A
- French Revolution 1789
- After the French left in 1815, secret societies plotted against their restored leaders
11
Q
What did the Carbonari and Adelfi want?
A
- no absolutist government
- Anti-Austria
- promote individual rights
- Adelfi = anti-French
- after 1815, the secret societies kept ideas of reform alive, but were disunited in their aims
