WORLD HISTORY

NATIONALISM IN EUROPE

THE RISE OF NATIONALISM IN EUROPE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who formed Young Italy for unification of his country?
A
Giuseppe Garibaldi
B
Count Cavour
C
Giuseppe Mazzini
D
Victor Emmanuel
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -1 Young Italy was a political movement founded by Giuseppe Mazzini, in 1831, to work for the independence of Italy. Based on republican principles, it plotted several insurrections’ attempts against existing governments.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mazzini organized a new political society called Young Italy. It was a secret society formed to promote Italian unification: “One, free, independent, republican nation.” Mazzini believed that a popular uprising would create a unified Italy, and would touch off a European-wide revolutionary movement.

Detailed explanation-3: -Young Italy, Italian Giovine Italia, movement founded by Giuseppe Mazzini in 1831 to work for a united, republican Italian nation. Attracting many Italians to the cause of independence, it played an important role in the Risorgimento (struggle for Italian unification).

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: Giuseppe Mazzini was an Italian revolutionary who was born in Genoa in 1807. He was a member of Carbonari’s secret society. In 1831, at the age of 24, he was exiled for attempting a revolution in Liguria.

Detailed explanation-5: -Young Italy (Italian: La Giovine Italia) was an Italian political movement founded in 1831 by Giuseppe Mazzini. After a few months of leaving Italy, in June 1831, Mazzini wrote a letter to King Charles Albert of Sardinia, in which he asked him to unite Italy and lead the nation.

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