NATIONALISM IN EUROPE
UNIFICATION OF ITALY AND GERMANY
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Cavour knew that Piedmont couldn’t overthrow Austria alone, so he urged Emmanuel to join France and fight Russia. Then, in return, Piedmont helped France drive Austria out of France.
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Cavour knew that Piedmont couldn’t overthrow Austria alone, so he urged Emmanuel to join France and fight Russia. Then, in return, France helped Piedmont drive Austria out of Italy.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -A skilled diplomat, Cavour secured an alliance with France. 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-2: -Inspired by the rebellions in the 1820s and 1830s against the outcome of the Congress of Vienna, the unification process was precipitated by the Revolutions of 1848, and reached completion in 1871 after the Capture of Rome and its designation as the capital of the Kingdom of Italy.
Detailed explanation-3: -He made all European leaders agree to the Italian Unification at the Congress of Vienna.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Unification of Italy was a 19th century political and social movement that resulted in the unification of the different states of the Italian Peninsula, into a single state – the Kingdom of Italy. Beginning in the 1840s, the unification was completed in 1871, the same year as the unification of Germany.