Italy : Rise of Piedmont

Question 1

When was the Connubio ?

Answer 1

1851-52

Question 2

When did Cavour come to power ?

Answer 2

Nov 1852

Question 3

How much did Cavour earn by attacking church wealth ?

Answer 3

1855 - £145,640

Question 4

How many monasteries and benefices were suppressed ?

Answer 4

152 Monasteries, 1700 Benefices

Question 5

How did Cavour show Piedmont were a stable state ?

Answer 5

Feb 1853 - Warned Austria of an uprising in Milan, received thanks from Vienna
Persecuted Mazzini after Genoa uprising

Question 6

What 3 main posts in the administration did Cavour appoint himself in 1855 ?

Answer 6

Prime Minister
Foreign Minister
Finance Minister

Question 7

What did Cavour reform early in his time in charge ?

Answer 7

1852 - Administrative
1853 - Foreign Office, Used La Marmora to reform army

Question 8

When did the Telegraph link Turin to Paris ?

Answer 8

1853

Question 9

How much did Trade Value increase by ?

Answer 9

300%

Question 10

How much did public debt increase by ?

Answer 10

1847-59 - 600m

Question 11

Who did Cavour secure free trade treaties with ?

Answer 11

Britain, France, Belgium

Question 12

Which French banks invested in a rail line and where to ?

Answer 12

1854 - Rothschild, Laffitte - Milan, Turin, Genoa, French Border

Question 13

When was the Mt. Cenis tunnel built ?

Answer 13

1857 - Funded by Rothschild, Laffitte

Question 14

How much railway did Piedmont have compared to the rest of the peninsula by the end of the 1850s ?

Answer 14

1/3

Question 15

Why was Austria declining ?

Answer 15

Zollverein Trade agreement

Question 16

When did Italy enter the Crimean war ?

Answer 16

1855

Question 17

Where did France say they “owed one” to Piedmont ?

Answer 17

Congress of Paris 1856