NATIONALISM IN EUROPE
UNIFICATION OF ITALY AND GERMANY
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They were divided into states
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Many of the states were controlled by Austria
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Many of the states were ruled by Piedmont
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Piedmont (northern Italy) remained independent
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Detailed explanation-1: -Summary. The formation of the modern Italian state began in 1861 with the unification of most of the peninsula under the House of Savoy (Piedmont-Sardinia) into the Kingdom of Italy. Italy incorporated Venetia and the former Papal States (including Rome) by 1871 following the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71).
Detailed explanation-2: -Before 1815, Italy was made up of different states that include: Piedmont-Savoy, Lombardy, the Republics of Venice and Genoa, Modena, Parma, Tuscany, the Papal states and the Kingdom of the two Sicilies. All the different states had different traditions, languages and levels of economic and social development.
Detailed explanation-3: -Modern Italy became a nation-state during the Risorgimento on March 17, 1861, when most of the states of the Italian Peninsula and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies were united under king Victor Emmanuel II of the House of Savoy, hitherto king of Sardinia, a realm that included Piedmont.