Individuals in unification up to 1861

Question 1

C- on what date did cavour warn austria of a mazzinian insurrection

Answer 1

february 1853

Question 2

C- what did cavour do in february 1853

Answer 2

warned austria of a mazzinian insurrection in venetia

Question 3

C- how many monastries did cavour abolish

Answer 3

152

Question 4

C- how many benifices did cavour abolish

Answer 4

1,700

Question 5

C- what 3 roles did cavour take

Answer 5

finance minister
prime minister
foreign minister

Question 6

C- what 3 countries did cavour create free trade agreements with

Answer 6

britain
france
belgium

Question 7

C- when was a railway line built to link what 4 places

Answer 7

1854
genoa, milan, turin and the french border

Question 8

C -which two french bankers invested in piedmont

Answer 8

Rothschild and Laffite

Question 9

C- by the 1850s what franction of the peninsulas railway did piedmont have

Answer 9

1/3

Question 10

C- when was the sicilia built

Answer 10

1855

Question 11

C- where was piedmonts first steamship built and what was it called

Answer 11

port of genoa - sicilia

Question 12

C- when did piedmont join the crimean war

Answer 12

1854

Question 13

C- how many members did the national society have by 1857

Answer 13

8,000

Question 14

C- by when did the national society have 8,000 members

Answer 14

1857

Question 15

C- what did cavour allow the national society to do

Answer 15

grow in piedmont

Question 16

V- when victor emmanuel took power how was he viewed

Answer 16

the British saw him as a cautious liberal and the Austrians a cautious conservative

Question 17

V- how did VEII force piedmonts involvement in the crimea

Answer 17

he threatened to sack cavour

Question 18

V- who would VEII have replaced cavour with

Answer 18

Thaon De Revel

Question 19

V- how many piedmontese troops were involved in the crimean war

Answer 19

18,000

Question 20

V- what did the amount of piedmontese troops in the crimean war mean

Answer 20

that they would be able to talk in the peace treaty

Question 21

V- how many piedmontese troops died in the crimea

Answer 21

2,000 but only 30 from wounds, the rest from cholera

Question 22

V- which two countries were greatful to piedmont after the crimean war

Answer 22

france and britain

Question 23

what was the main point of discussion on the 8th of april

Answer 23

the italian question

Question 24

when was the italian question the main point of discussion

Answer 24

the 8th of april

Question 25

V- what did VEII do after the orsini bomb plot

Answer 25

he made piedmont seem the best guarentee against further assasination atempts from italy

Question 26

V- when was the cry of anguish speach

Answer 26

10th of january 1859

Question 27

V- who said the cry of anguish speach

Answer 27

victor emmanuel

Question 28

V- what speach did VEII do to rally the italians

Answer 28

the cry of angush

Question 29

N- when was an attempt made on Napoleon IIs life

Answer 29

january 1858

Question 30

V- who made the attempt on NapIIs life

Answer 30

4 italian nationalists including count felice orsini

Question 31

V- how many were killed and injured due to the orsini bomb plot

Answer 31

8 died and 150 were injured

Question 32

N- when was the pact of plombiers

Answer 32

july 21st 1858

Question 33

N- what is said to have happened to Orsinis letter

Answer 33

it was fabricated by napoleon for an excuse to intervene

Question 34

N- what would france give to piedmont in the war

Answer 34

200,000 troops

Question 35

N-what would in accordance to the pact of plombiers france gain from the war

Answer 35

Nice and Savoy

Question 36

N- why was napoloen so important

Answer 36

without the backing of a great power italy would not have been able to stand up against austria

Question 37

V- what is the connubio

Answer 37

a coalition between ratazzi (the leader of the centre left) and himself

Question 38

V- how did the connubio effect VEII

Answer 38

it strengthened parliament against the crown

Question 39

V- what position was rattazzi appointed

Answer 39

president od the chamber of deputies

Question 40

C- when did cavour become prime minister

Answer 40

november 1852

Question 41

C- how much money did the state give the church a year before cavours anti-clericalism

Answer 41

5 million lire

Question 42

C-what year did cavour reform the army and what did he use

Answer 42

1853 la marmora

Question 43

C- by what percentage did piedmonts trade value increase by

Answer 43

300%

Question 44

N- why was napoleons involvement with the 1859 war crucial

Answer 44

it was france who won magenta and solferino

Question 45

N- how many troops did the french provide for the 1859 war NAPIII

Answer 45

200,000

Question 46

G- what was garibaldis private army known as

Answer 46

the red shirts

Question 47

C- what was CAVs role in NAPIII suing for peace

Answer 47

he seemed increasingly interested in the central duchies, beyond the terms of the plombieres agreement

Question 48

C- why did Cavour resign after villafranca

Answer 48

the treaty of villafranca gave lombardy to france and not italy, it reinstated leaders of the central duchies, it ended war, cavour had no say.

Question 49

N- NAPIII after the treaty of zurich what did napoleon declare

Answer 49

that no force should be used to take the central duchies

Question 50

N- NAPIII what was the pope and congress pamphlet

Answer 50

a pamphlet that was written on behalf of napoleon suggesting that the pope should loose control of legations

Question 51

C- CAV when did cavour return as PM

Answer 51

21st january 1860

Question 52

C- what did CAV retern as PM to do

Answer 52

negotiate treaty of turin with NAPIII, this agreed that nice and savoy would be given to france if napoleon agreed to piedmontese plebecites and annexation of the central duchies

Question 53

C- how did cavour prove that annexation of the central duchies would be good

Answer 53

a series of plebecites to prove its popularity

Question 54

C- what did cavour use to drum up nationalist feelings in the duchies

Answer 54

war and propeganda

Question 55

C- what did Emilia vote for (central duchies plebecites)

Answer 55

426,000 to 1,506 in favour of annexation

Question 56

G- what medal did garibaldi get for his role in the 1858 war with austria

Answer 56

a Gold medal for valor, highest decoration in piedmont

Question 57

G- why was garibaldi 'betrayed' by ital y and what did he subsequently call cavour

Answer 57

Nice and Savoy were ceded to france, Nice was garibaldis birthplace and was a bitter blow to garibaldi a low intrigu

Question 58

G- how many voulenteers did garibaldi gather before setting sail to sicily

Answer 58

1200 the 'thousand'

Question 59

G- when did garibaldi set sail for sicily and what did he leave in the name of

Answer 59

he left in the name of 'Italy and victor emmanuel' in may 1860

Question 60

G- what was cavours opinion on garibaldis expedition

Answer 60

he was unsure wether he wanted the south united with the north,

Question 61

G- when did garibaldi reach marsala in sicily

Answer 61

11th of may

Question 62

G- why was garibaldi 'lucky'?

Answer 62

he arrived alongside some british naval ships and so was not attacked

Question 63

G-how many were 'the thousand' once they arrived at palermo

Answer 63

3,000

Question 64

G- what force was waiting for garibaldi on the borders of the papal states

Answer 64

a force of 9,000 republoicans led by bersanti

Question 65

C- what was cavours only option to prevent an attack on Rome

Answer 65

to send an army through the papal states

Question 66

C, V- what did piedmonts army do on the way down

Answer 66

they defeated a papal army at castelfidaro and shot anyone who resisted them as traitors

Question 67

C, V- when did the piedmontese army reach neapolitan territory

Answer 67

26th October

Question 68

G- what did garibaldi do as they met at teano

Answer 68

saluted VEII as "the first king of Italy"

Question 69

G- when were the plebecites in sicily, naples, umbtria and the papal marches

Answer 69

October and November of 1860