THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
NAPOLEONIC WARS
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Question
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Giuseppe Garibaldi, leader of the Red Shirts, captured Sicily in the south
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King Victor Emmanuel II to lead the united Italy with Rome as its capital
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Cavour persuaded Garibaldi to unite the northern and southern states into one
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Louis-Philippe and Cavour persuaded Garibaldi to unite the northern and southern states
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Detailed explanation-1: -What steps did Cavour take to promote Italian unity? He used Realpolitik to form an alliance with France and provoke a war with Austria, ending Austrian rule in Italian regions and gaining the provinces of Lombardy and Venetia.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Franco-Austrian War of 1859 was the agent that began the physical process of Italian unification. The Austrians were defeated by the French and Piedmontese at Magenta and Solferino, and thus relinquished Lombardy.
Detailed explanation-3: -Conquest of Sicily and Naples. In May 1860 Garibaldi set out on the greatest venture of his life, the conquest of Sicily and Naples. This time he had no government backing, but Cavour and Victor Emmanuel did not dare to stop him, for he had become a popular hero.
Detailed explanation-4: -He made all European leaders agree to the Italian Unification at the Congress of Vienna.