Louis-Napoleon: Nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte won the presidential election. 15. Alexander II: Nicholas’s son‚ moved Russia towards modernization and social change. 16. Russification: Forcing Russian culture of all ethnic groups into the country. 17. Camillo de Cavour: Prime minister who united Italy. 18. Giuseppe Garibaldi: leader of the red shirts who captured Sicily. 19. Junkers: strongly conservative members of Prussia’s wealthy landowning class 20. Otto Von Bismarck: Conservative Junker‚ prime minister
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Unification The unification of Italy and Germany were one of the same yet different at the same time. Both unifications were headed by dominate males in their countries. Camillio di Cavour a liberal minded noble-man of great wealth was very influential over the people and through his ability to conduct business that was beneficial to his country was able to grow the economy which made it easy for him to build a mass army to declare war on his surrounding territories. Otto von Bismarck born and
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How far do you agree that Garibaldi played a more important part than Cavour in the Unification of Italy? Garibaldi and Cavour were two very influential people in the unification for Italy and without them the unification may not have occurred. Although they both ultimately wanted the same thing‚ the unification of Italy‚ they went about it in different ways. Cavour was a highly intellectual man‚ who orchestrated things from a political stand point ensuring good relations with countries like France
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nationalism. In 1848‚ the Italian States had multiple revolutions against the Austrian Empire‚ but failed. This however‚ gave them even more nationalism and pride and led to the formation of an army. The King of Piedmont-Sardinia and a man named Camillo Benso Cavour‚ fought the Austrian Empire in the northern Italian States‚ while a man named Giuseppi Garibaldi‚ fought in the southern Italian States. Finally in 1861‚ the kingdom of Italy was formed. This was all possible because there were people who believed
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In 1850 there were many political coalitions in central Europe such as Italy‚ Germany and Russia‚ who used strong national pride for national unification purposes. Count Camillo Cavour managed to remove Austrian influence from all parts of Italy through a series of wars‚ thus spurring intense nationalism. Giuseppe Garibaldi‚ another Italian nationalist‚ raised a volunteer army in 1860 and drove Spain from the Kingdom of Two
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confederation. Less opposition towards Piedmont meant that Piedmont can take action uniting Italy at a faster rate whereas before (such as 1848)‚ each state would fight their independence and separatism opposing unification. Examples : When Cavour was appointed minister of finance 1853 : He abolish all duties on imported grains no protection on the southern Italian economy create the impression that Piedmont see them as the same country -> no need to tariff as helping south economy
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one single state. Italians hoped to free themselves from Austrian domination‚ but did not want to create a republic in the process . They achieved the goal of creating a nation-state‚with the help of Count Camillo Cavour‚ whose idea was to combine their army with other countries’ armies. Cavour created an alliance with Napoleon III‚ who was very impressed with Cavour’s tactics to unite Italy. The alliance with France allowed Italy to drive out some of Austria‚ but they were later betrayed by Napoleon
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Children commonly worked from a very young age; most in Britain worked in: Answer a. shipyards. b. textile plants. c. mines. d. domestic service. e. rail yards. Question One explanation for Britain’s lead in the Industrial Revolution was that: Answer a. the majority of its entrepreneurs were from the aristocracy. b. the government subsidized all rural industry. c. the pursuit of wealth was perceived as a worthy goal in life. d. Oxford and Cambridge produced a surplus of engineers. e. Britain
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Movements for Liberal Reform and Revolution- In decade following Congress of Vienna‚ conservative regimes=successful in maintaining order as only revolutions in Greece and Latin America succeeded‚ but late 1820’s brought new series of challenges. Russia‚ France‚ and Great Britain would deal w/ these new demands/problems in own unique ways.* Russia – Suppression:-- Secret societies developed in military. The Southern Society=more radical (republicans; no serfdom) while the Northern Society=more moderate
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BRIEF HISTORY OF ITALY Italy‚ history of since earliest times the history of Italy has been influenced by cultural and political divisions resulting from the peninsula’s disparate geography and by circumstances that made Italy the scene of many of Europe’s most important struggles for power. EARLY ITALY Human activity in Italy started during the Paleolithic and Mesolithic periods. By the beginning of the Neolithic period (c.5000 BC)‚ the small communities of hunters of earlier times were
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