unification of italy
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During 1830 Mazzini decided to unite Italy He had formed a secret society called Young Italy to achieve his goal
After earlier failures in 1831 and 1848 King Victor Emmanuel II took up the responsibility to unify the Italian princely states for which he had the wholehearted support of his chief minster Cavour
Through a tactful diplomatic alliance with France Cavour defeated Austrian forces in 1859
Further under the leadership of Garibaldi armed volunteers marched into South Italy in 1860 and the Kingdom of Two Sicilies and succeeded in winning the support of local peasants in order to drive out the Spanish rulers
With this the unification process of Italy was completed and Victor Emmanuel II was proclaimed the King of United Italy
ITALY’s unification process was the work of Giuseppe Garibaldi, Count Cavour, and Victory Emmanuel II, the 3 primary leaders.
Italy was divided into 7 states in which only the Sardinia-Piedmont region was ruled by the Princely House of Italy.
The northern region was controlled by the Austrian-Habsburg dynasty, the central region was governed by France’s Popes, and the southern region by Spain’s Bourbon kings.
With the secret societies founded by Mazzini, such as Young Italy and Young Europe, the unification of Italy began.
With his full tack of diplomacy with France, Count Cavour overcame the Austrians and liberated northern Italy.
Garibaldi defeated the Bourbon kings of Spain with his armed volunteers called red shirts, liberating the kingdom of two Sicilies.
The second victory of Emmanuel overcame the popes of France and liberated the southern area and completed the unification of Italy, and the Emperor of unified Italy was proclaimed.