Aim: Summarize how Cavour unified Italy

Italian Unification While nationalism destroyed empires, it built nations Italy was one of the countries to form from the territory of crumbling empires Italian nationalists looked for leadership from the kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia 1848: Kingdom had adopted a liberal constitution Unification under Piedmont-Sardinia seemed like a good plan to the liberal Italian middle class 2

Camillo di Cavour 1852: Sardinia’s king named Count Camillo di Cavour as prime minister Cavour worked tirelessly to expand Piedmont-Sardinia’s power Done through skillful diplomacy & well-chosen alliances Set about gaining control of northern Italy for Sardinia Cavour greatest roadblock to annexing northern Italy was Austria 1858: Cavour provoked a war with the Austrians A combined French-Sardinian army won two quick victories Sardinia succeeded in taking all of northern Italy 3

Garibaldi Brings Unity Cavour secretly started helping nationalist rebels in southern Italy May 1860: small army of Italian nationalists led by a bold and visionary soldier Giuseppe Garibaldi Captured Sicily From Sicily, Garibaldi crossed to the Italian mainland and marched north Agreed to unite the southern areas he had conquered with the kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia 1866: Austrian province of Venetia became part of Italy 1870: Italian forces took over city of Rome (Known as the Papal States) 4