How Did Guipure Mazzini Contribute To The Unification Of Italy

Guipure Mazzini, one of the most important and well know nationalists in Europe, was a crucial person in the unification of Italy. He was born in Genoa and when he was 26 he created “Young Italy” which was a group of people under 40 that believed Italy should become unified through revolutions. He was quoted as saying “no nation deserves freedom or can long retain it which does not win it for itself. Revolutions must be made by the people and for the people.” He truly believed that the people of the country must exercise their rights and advocate for themselves in order to attain freedom. He further argued that as a result of overthrowing the princes, the power that Austria had over italy would be lost. More specifically his goal was to make
He was born in Nice, France and later became and nationalist politician and a general. Before he fought for Italy’s independence, he lived in Uruguay where he fought with his army called the “Redshirts” in wars for Brazil and Uruguay, making many people see him as the “Hero of the Two Worlds.” Later he participated in several other wars in order to try and gain Italian independence and unification. He was a very strong supporter of Mazzini after he met him in “Young Italy,” he was greatly inspired and eventually decided to joined. Even though he wanted Italy to be unified, his approach to the task was much different than Mazzini’s. Whereas Mazzini was idealistic, Garibaldi was more realistic, which was one of the reasons he was more successful than Mazzini. Therefore, he recognized that creating a republic of Italy was very difficult and settled with the idea of an Italian monarchy with Piedmont as the ruler. In 1859, Piedmont declared war against Austria and when Garibaldi heard of the news, he helped fight by sending 1000 men to Sicily and Naples. “If March, 1861, does not find one million of Italians in arms, then alas for liberty, alas for the life of Italy... and with us every man of this land who is not a coward or a slave. Let all of us rally round the glorious hero of Palestro and give the last blow to the crumbling edifice of tyranny”. When he conquered them, they were in his hands so he decided to give them to Savoy, making a larger part of Italy under one kingdom. He greatly contributed to the Italian Risorgimento by spreading the news of Italian nationalism all over Europe. He was particularly focused on recruiting people into the Redshirts, he said “I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor food; I offer only hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles and death. Let him who loves his country with his heart, and not merely with