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Cavour and the Unification of Italy

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This flashcard set covers key events in the role of Count Cavour and Piedmont in the Italian unification process. It includes major dates like Cavour’s appointment as Prime Minister, the Crimean War, Plombières Agreement, war with Austria, and the 1860 plebiscites. Perfect for students studying the Risorgimento and 19th-century European nationalism.

When did Cavour become PM of Piedmont?

1852

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Definition

When did Cavour become PM of Piedmont?

1852

When was the Crimean War? What part did Piedmont play in it and what did they get out of it?

1853-1856. Closer relationship with NIII.

When was the Plombieres agreement? How would Italy be divided according to the agreement?

1858

When did Piedmont go to war with Austria? What was the name of the peace called by NIII?

  1. Peace of Villafranca.

When were the plebiscites in the Central Duchies and Papal States? What were the outcomes?


1860

When was the Treaty of Turin? What were the terms?

  1. Savoy and Nice annexed to France.

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TermDefinition

When did Cavour become PM of Piedmont?

1852

When was the Crimean War? What part did Piedmont play in it and what did they get out of it?

1853-1856. Closer relationship with NIII.

When was the Plombieres agreement? How would Italy be divided according to the agreement?

1858

When did Piedmont go to war with Austria? What was the name of the peace called by NIII?

  1. Peace of Villafranca.

When were the plebiscites in the Central Duchies and Papal States? What were the outcomes?


1860

When was the Treaty of Turin? What were the terms?

  1. Savoy and Nice annexed to France.

When did Sicily and Naples vote for Unification?

1861

When was the Brigand war? What was it fought over? What does it illustrate?

1861 to 1865. Brigand uprisings in Southern Italy, in protest to government that felt only benefitted the “Mezzogiorno” bourgeois land owners and not peasants - had supported Garibaldi not because of nationalism, but promise of land reform and when not fulfilled they protested. Demonstrates that nationalism was not a key factor in Unification. In Palermo in 1866, 40,000 Italian soldiers were needed to put down Seven and a Half Days Revolt. Organised by disappointed former partisans who had joined Garibaldi’s “Mille”.

When did Italy gain Venetia and who from?

1866

When did Italian and Prussian troops occupy Rome

1870, during the Franco-Prussian war when the French garrison pulled out.