WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The final push for Italian unification came in 1859, led by the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia (then the wealthiest and most liberal of the Italian states), and orchestrated by Piedmont-Sardinia’s Prime Minister, Count Camillo di Cavour.

Detailed explanation-2: -Only one state, Sardinia-Piedmont was ruled by an Italian princely house. The Italian language also had not acquired a common form and had many regional and local variations. So people living in these regions, except Sardinia-Piedmont, would not have thought of themselves as Italians.

Detailed explanation-3: -Charles Albert, Italian Carlo Alberto, (born Oct. 2, 1798, Turin, Piedmont, French Republic-died July 28, 1849, Oporto, Port.), king of Sardinia–Piedmont (1831–49) during the turbulent period of the Risorgimento, the movement for the unification of Italy. His political vacillations make him an enigmatic personality.

Detailed explanation-4: -The settlement, by which Lombardy was annexed to Sardinia, left Austria in control of Venice. Sardinia eventually won the Second War of Italian Unification through statesmanship rather than armies or popular election.

Detailed explanation-5: -Piedmont-Sardinia refers to the composite state of Piedmont in northern Italy and the island Sardinia, which were united under the rule of the Duke of Savoy in 1720, with Turin as its capital.