Question

Explain the process of unification of Italy.

Answer 1

The process of unification of Italy: 

1. Chief Minister Cavour diplomatically joined Sardinia-Piedmont, the only princely state, in an alliance with France. 

2. Armed volunteers led by Giuseppe Garibaldi also supported the troops. They marched into South Italy and the Kingdom of Two Sicilies.

 3. They won the support of local peasants in South and in 1861, Victor Emmanuel ll was declared the king of unified Italy.

Answer 2

a. Giuseppe Mazzini started initiative for the

unification of Italy. He formed a secret society

called ‘Young Italy’.

b. King Victor Emmanuel II tried to unify Italian

states through war.

c. Further Victor Emmanuel II was supported

and helped by Chief Minister Cavour and large

number of armed volunteers under the leadership

of Giuseppe Garibaldi.