NATIONALISM IN EUROPE
UNIFICATION OF ITALY AND GERMANY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Ruled the kingdom of Piedmont
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Was defeated by Austria which delayed unification of Italy
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Led Italy as a Constitutional Monarchy in 1861
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By 1870, Italy was a united county including Rome and Venice
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Detailed explanation-1: -Guiseppe Garibaldi (1807-1848) was a revolutionary who had taken part in 1848 insurrection but had to go into exile when it failed.
Detailed explanation-2: -On March 17, 1861, the kingdom of united Italy was proclaimed at Turin, capital of Piedmont-Sardinia, in a national parliament composed of deputies elected from all over the peninsula and the 1848 Statuto extended to all of Italy. Victor Emmanuel became the new country’s first king.
Detailed explanation-3: -In early 1861 a national parliament convened and proclaimed the Kingdom of Italy, with Victor Emmanuel II as its king.
Detailed explanation-4: -This possibility fell on Sardinia-Piedmont under its ruler king Victor Emmanuel II to unify Italian state through war. The Chief Minister Cavour diplomatically joined Sardinia-Piedmont, in an alliance with France and defeated the Austrian forces.