WORLD HISTORY

NATIONALISM IN EUROPE

UNIFICATION OF ITALY AND GERMANY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
This nation controlled Lombardy and Venetia before Italian Unification
A
Spain
B
France
C
Austria
D
Greece
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia (Latin: Regnum Langobardiae et Venetiae), commonly called the “Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom” (Italian: Regno Lombardo-Veneto, German: Königreich Lombardo-Venetien), was a constituent land (crown land) of the Austrian Empire from 1815 to 1866.

Detailed explanation-2: -Victor Emmanuel was born as the eldest son of Carlo Alberto Prince of Carignano, and Maria Theresa of Austria. His father succeeded a distant cousin as King of Sardinia-Piedmont in 1831.

Detailed explanation-3: -By the Treaty of Campo Formio (17 Oct 1797) Austria gave up Lombardy (and all the territory to the west of the Adige River, so including Mantua) to Napoleon’s Cis-Alpine Republic.

Detailed explanation-4: -Timeline of the Events: The Risorgimento However, after his defeat and the 1815 Congress of Vienna, Italian states returned to their pre-Napoleonic rulers as absolute monarchies. Politically, Italy was dominated by Austria, which directly annexed Lombardy and Veneto (regions forming before 1797 the Republic of Venice).

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