The Political Unification of Italy Italian unification‚ “il Risorgimento‚” or "The Resurgence" was the political and social movement that aggregated different states of the Italian peninsula into the single state of Italy in the 19th century. For the sake of brevity and personal interest I’m only going to be discussing the military achievements that led to such a successful “Risorgimento!” Most scholars agree that the years‚ 1815-1871‚ are the years in which “il Risorgimento” occured. From the
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Evaluate the relative importance of Mazzini‚ Cavour‚ and Garibaldi for the Italian Unification between 1848 and 1871 In order to achieve the unification the Italians had to go through a long struggle starting from 1830 and ending in 1871. Thanks to the leading of Mazzini‚ Cavour and Garibaldi‚ the Mediterranean peninsula was able to defeat its foreign enemies‚ especially the Austrian Empire‚ and create a united nation under the King of Piedmont‚ Viktor Emmanuel II. Although Mazzini was the starter
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German Unification Germany became a unified country in 1871 under the leadership of Otto Von Bismarck. The separate states up until this time were independent‚ Prussia being the strongest and most influential‚ followed by Austria. There are several contributing factors to the unification of Germany‚ the most influential of which being the leadership of Otto Von Bismarck. The three wars that Prussia fought with Denmark‚ Austria and France also played significant roles in the unification of the
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steps of Mazzini and garibaldi who initially started the idea of uniting Italy. However‚ it had been claimed that the assistance of foreign power was the most important reasons for Italian unification during the period of 1848 to 18 71. Firstly the influence of France was important to the unification to the unification of Italy. After the help of Cavour to France in the Crimean war. Napoleon iii promised to help Cavour in fighting against Austria through the compact of plombieres in 1855 where in the
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Euro Ch. 22 Study Guide Italian Unification * Victor Emmanuel II (VERDI): First King of United Italy‚ King of Italia * Cavour: Prime Minister of Piedmont-Sardinia from 1852 until his death‚ had a realpolitiker’s vision‚ promoted economic development‚ to unify Italy he had to confront Austria so he got help from Napoleon who feared growth of Piedmont and gave them Lombardy but not Venetia to Piedmont and left the rest of Italy disunited‚ helped achieve a strong economy‚ modern army‚ liberal
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Giuseppe Garibaldi has been referred to by many historians as ’the foremost military figure and popular hero of the age of Italian unification’. Indeed‚ unlike Mazzini known as the "thinker" of the movement towards a united Italian state‚ Garibaldi can be seen as the "sword" of the ’Risorgimento’‚ whose efforts resulted in many practical contributions to the cause for Italian independence. Firstly‚ after his return to Italy in 1848‚ Garibaldi made his opening contribution to the cause by inspiring
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What was the main reason for Italian Unification? In 1815 after the battle of waterloo and the end of the Napoleonic wars‚ the victorious powers met to discuss what to do to at what became to be known as the Congress of Vienna. To ensure that war on the same scale never broke out again they decided to make very little changes to the current map of Europe‚ except strengthening all of France’s neighbours. I was agreed at the conference that the ruling powers should meet in the future whenever
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Under the guidance of Bismarck‚ the Prussian chancellor‚ the unification of a Kleindeutsch (small Germany) took place in 1871 after Prussia defeated France. There is often historical debate over who was responsible for the unification of Germany. Controversy is caused amongst those who believe that Bismarck was fully responsible for German unification and those who believe other factors played an equally or even more important part. The historian Pflanze is an example of someone who considers Bismarck
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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
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role of Cavour and Mazzini in the process of Italian unification Cavour and Mazzini had important roles towards Italian unification and by different achievements as well as downfalls‚ even though at times not intentionally‚ they contributed significantly and took part in it. Throughout this essay I will be analysing how both‚ Cavour and Mazzini‚ had an impact on the unification. Many will say that Cavour was the architect of Italian unification‚ although he took part on the evolving process his
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