How was Italy unified ?
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The Franco-Austrian War of 1859 was the agent that began the physical process of Italian unification. ... The northern Italian states held elections in 1859 and 1860 and voted to join the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia, a major step towards unification, while Piedmont-Sardinia ceded Savoy and Nice to France.
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Unification of Italy
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(i) Italy a fragmented state :-
During the middle of the 19th century, Italy was decided into 7 states , of which only one , Sardania- Piedmont , was ruled by an Italian princely house.
(ii) Role of Giuseppe Mazzini :-
He was the leader of the Republicans party. While in exile in 1831, he founded a new association called young Italy. It was a secret society which was formed to bring about the regeneration of Italy through education.
(iii) Role of Cavour :-
Cavour became the Chief Minister of Piedmont in 1852. His main aim was to affect the emancipation of Italy from Austria. Through the tactful diplomatic alliance with france , he succeeded in defeating the Austrian forces in 1859.
(iv) 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 rule.
(v) Victor Emmanuel II :-
In 1861 , the first Italian parliament representing the whole of Italy except Rome and Venetia, assembled in turin which formally conferred ipon Victor Emmanuel II, the title of the ' king of Italy '
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