class 10 chapter 1 history
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NCERT Solutions – Social Science History Chapter 1
Exercise Page No. 28
1. Write a note on:
a. Guiseppe Mazzini
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During the 1830s, Giuseppe Mazzini had sought to put together a coherent programme for the unitary Italian Republic. He had also formed a secret society called ‘Young Italy’ for the dissemination of his goals.
b. Count Camillo de Cavour
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Led the movement to unify Italy
He was neither a revolutionary nor a democrat.
Through a tactful diplomatic alliance engineered by Cavour, Sardini-Piedmont succeeded in defeating the Austrian forces in 1859.
c. The Greek war of independence
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Greece had been part of the Ottoman Empire since the fifteenth century. The growth of revolutionary nationalism in Europe sparked off a struggle for independence amongst the Greeks, which began in 1821.
Poets and artists lauded Greece as the cradle of European civilisation and mobilised public opinion to support its struggle against a Muslim empire.
Nationalists in Greece got support from other Greeks living in exile and also from many West Europeans, who had sympathies for ancient Greek culture.
Finally, the Treaty of Constantinople of 1832 recognised Greece as an independent nation.
d. Frankfurt parliament
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It was an all-German National assembly formed by Middle-Class professionals, businessmen and prosperous Artisans belonging to different German regions.
It was convened on 18 May 1848.
It was disbanded on 31 May 1849 as it lost support.
e. The role of women in nationalist struggles
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Women of the liberal middle classes combined their demands for constitutionalism with national unification. They took advantage of the growing popular unrest to push their demands for the creation of a nation-state on parliamentary principles – a constitution, freedom of the press and freedom of association.
Women had formed their own political associations, founded newspapers and taken part in political meetings and demonstrations.
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