HISTORY
NATIONALISM AND THE SPREAD OF DEMOCRACY
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the passage of the Risorgimento’s leadership to Sardinia in 1848
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Garibaldi’s turn over of Naples and Sicily to Victor Emmanuel in 1860
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the withdrawal of French troops from Rome in 1870
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Sardinia’s victory over Russia in the Crimean War in 1855
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Detailed explanation-1: -The annexation of Venetia in 1866 and papal Rome in 1870 marked the final unification of Italy and hence the end of the Risorgimento.
Detailed explanation-2: -RISORGIMENTO: Nineteenth century movement for Italian unification inspired by the realities of the new economic and political forces at work after 1815, the liberal and nationalist ideologies spawned by the French Revolution of 1789, and the ideas of eighteenth century Italian reformers and illuministi .
Detailed explanation-3: -French soldiers propped up the Papal administration in Rome until August 1870 when they were withdrawn at the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War, leading to the subsequent capture of Rome and annexation by the Kingdom of Italy.
Detailed explanation-4: -The unification of Italy was started in 1815 in Vienna and 1871, Rome became the new capital of Italy then the total process of unification was completed. It was a two-step procedure; first was to gain freedom from Austria and second was the process of independent states of Italy into a single domain.