trace the process of unification of italy
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Explanation:
# ) The process of unification of ITALY was the work of 3 main leaders, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Count Cavour, and Victory Emmanuel II .
# ) Italy was divided into 7 states in which only Sardinia-Piedmont was the only region ruled by a Italian Princely house.
# ) The northern Region was ruled by Austrian-Habsburg dynasty, The central was ruled by Popes by France and the Southern region by the Bourbon kings of Spain.
# ) The unification of Italy started with the secret societies formed by Mazzini like the Young Italy and the Young Europe.
# ) Count Cavour with his tack full diplomacy with France defeated the Austrians and freed the northern Italy.
# ) Garibaldi with his armed volunteers called red shirts defeated the Bourbon kings of Spain freeing the kingdom of 2 sicilies.
#) Victory Emmanuel the 2nd defeated the popes of France and freeing the southern region and completing the unification of Italy and he was proclaimed the emperor of united Italy.
Giuseppe Mazzini inititated a unification programme but it failed.
Then Chief Minister Cavour led the movement with the help of Giuseppe Garibaldi and succeeded in defeating Austrian forces in 1859.
In 1860,Garibaldi marched into South Italy and kingdom of two Sicillies and succeeded in winning support of local peasants in order to drive out Spanish rulers.
In 1861,Victor Emmanuel 2nd was proclaimed the king of United Italy.