How was Italy Unified???
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King Victor Emmanuel II, to unify the Italian states through war. ... In 1860, they marched into South Italy and the Kingdom of the two Sicilies and succeeded in winning the support of the local peasants in order to drive out the Spanish rulers. In 1861 Victor Emmanuel II was proclaimed the king of United Italy
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italy a fragmented state : like Germany italy too had a long history of political fragmentation. Italians were scattered over several dynastic states as well as the multi national Habsburg empire. during the middle of the nineteenth century italy was divided into seven states of which only one Sardinia Piedmont was ruled by an Italian princely house.
2)role of Cavour : he was the leader of the Republican Party. while in exile in 1831 he founded a new association called the young italy. it was a secret society which was formed to bring about the regeneration of Italy through education. through there were two revolutionary uprising one in 1831 and the other in 1848 for the unification of Italy but they both failed
3)role of Cavour : Cavour became the cheif minister of Piedmont in 1852 . his main aim was to affect the emancipation of Italy from Austria. he was neither a revolutionary nor a democrat but he is known as the real maker of Italy. through a tactful diplomatic alliance with France he succeeded in defeating the Austrian forces in 1859
4) role of Giuseppe Garibaldi : Garibaldi was the hero of red shirts revolutionary movement , in 1860 he marched into south italy and the kingdom of two sicilies and succeeded in winning the support of the local peasants in order to drive out the Spanish rulers
5) victor Emmanuel 2 : in 1861 the first Italian parliament representing the whole of Italy excepting rome and venetia assembled in Turin which formally conferred upon victor Emmanuel 2 , the title of the king of Italy