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
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`The aims and methods of Cavour were completely different from those of Mazzini.’ How far do you agree with this judgement? The key issue is the comparison of Cavour and Mazzini. Answers should be reasonably balanced in their treatment of the two men. 60:40 either way can deserve any mark band; 70:30 will normally lead to the award of one band lower than would otherwise be given. The 11-13 band will require a basic knowledge and understanding of one man. Answers in the 22-25 band will be fully
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Giuseppe Garibaldi was born in Nice‚ and‚ although he was a born a French citizen‚ he regarded himself as Italian. Despite the pressure placed upon him to enter the Church‚ he joined the Merchant Navy where a chance meeting with Mazzini altered the entire course of his life. One of Mazzini’s greatest disciples was Garibaldi‚ who was inspired with nationalist fervour and patriotic enthusiasm. He quickly converted to share Mazzini’s aim of a united Italy‚ but only an Italy united as a republic. A
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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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The movement to unite Italy into one cultural and political entity was known as the Risorgimento (literally‚ "resurgence"). Giuseppe Mazzini and his leading pupil‚ Giuseppe Garibaldi‚ failed in their attempt to create an Italy united by democracy. Garibaldi‚ supported by his legion of Red Shirts-- mostly young Italian democrats who used the 1848 revolutions as a opportunity for democratic uprising--failed in the face of the resurgence of conservative power in Europe. However‚ it was the aristocratic
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Bismarck were successful in unifying their own areas. Count Camillo Benso de Cavour is a very important person in the history of Italy. He was one of the first people to do something about unification. He wasn’t the only one though. Giuseppe Mazzini and Giuseppe Garibaldi had a significant role in the unification of Italy as well. Cavour was the most interesting of the three. Cavour was the chief minister of a small city-state in Italy called Piedmont Sardinia. Unlike Mazzini‚ he was an advocate of
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To what extent is it fair to refer to Cavour as the architect of the Italian Unification? After the failures of the 1848 revolution‚ Count Camillo Benso Di Cavour stepped in as the Prime Minister of Piedmont as the state was considered to be agitation concentration for those who still aimed and fought for the independence and unison of Italy. His liberal leadership philosophies enabled him to contribute in the movement towards the Italian Unification. However‚ is it fair to consider him an Italian
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Campaign‚ and the creation of the Italian Kingdom. The unification of Italy up to 1861 is due to two main political factors. The first factor would be nationalism and the other would be the two main individuals who contributed to the Kingdom of Italy‚ Garibaldi and Cavour. After Napoleon had thoroughly ravaged Europe and had finally been exiled the second time in 1815‚ nationalism became a wonderfully dangerous thing. Nationalism is pride in one’s country‚ but in the 19th century Italy‚ it was regionalism
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During the 18th century‚ intellectual changes began to dismantle traditional values and institutions. Liberal ideas from France and Britain spread rapidly‚ and from 1789 the French Revolution became the genesis of "liberal Italians". A series of political and military events resulted in a unified kingdom of Italy in 1861. The settlements reached in 1815 at the Vienna Congress had restored Austrian domination over the Italian peninsula but had left Italy completely fragmented . The Congress had divided
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he takes control of Italy Unification of Italy Giuseppe Garibalde: His army captured Sicily and he united the southern areas he conquered with the kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia. Giuseppe Mazzini: He organized the revolutionary society called Young Italy‚ founded newspapers‚ wrote pamphlets and encouraged unification of Italy. He aroused devotion and the spirit of nationalism in the hearts of many Italians. Young Italy: Created by Giuseppe Mazzini in 1831 was Young Italy‚ which was an organized
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