1. Different country Same story
Italian Unification
Different country
Same story

2. Sardinia

3. Sardinia Takes Over
Sardinia1 leads the Nationalist movement in Italy just like Prussia2 led the Nationalist movement in Germany  

4. King Victor Emmanuel II
Ruled under a constitutional monarchy 3
Wanted to unite Italy under his government4

5. Camillo Cavour
Emmanuel II appointed Camillo Cavour5 Prime Minister in 1852 by Came from a Noble6 family
Willing to do anything7 to get what he wanted

6. Camillo Cavour Liked realpolitik8
Cavour is just like Otto von Bismarck9

7. Sardinia Grows
Alliance with France10 that if Sardinia and Austria11 get into a fight, France will get Sardinia’s back.
Picks a fight with Austria and won Lombardy12

8. Sardinia Grows
Nationalist movements overthrow Austrian-backed rulers in Northern Italy13
These states voted to join14 with Sardinia

9. Kingdom of Italy in 1860

10. Garibaldi’s Red Shirts
Recruited a force of 1,00015 nationalists
Called them the Red Shirts16 – this was their uniform

11. Garibaldi’s Red Shirts
Cavour gave him weapons17 and ships and sent him south to Sicily and Naples18

12. Route of Garibaldi’s Red Shirts 1860

13. Garibaldi
Won Sicily19
Won Naples20

14. Cavour vs. Garibaldi
Cavour was alarmed, worried that Garibaldi would try to set up his own country21 in the south
Cavour sends Sardinia troops22 to deal with Garibaldi

15. Cavour vs. Garibaldi
Sardinia troops overrun papal states23 and link up with Garibaldi in Naples
Garibaldi, without a fight24 turned over Naples and Sicily to Emmanuel II

16. Italy is UNIFIED! March 17, 186125 Emmanuel II crowned king of Italy
But they still don’t have Venetia or Rome26
Cavour dies27 in 1861

17. Kingdom of Italy in 1861

18. Emmanuel Gets It All
Italy gets Venetia28 from deal with Bismarck after Austro-Prussian War
During Franco-Prussian war France is forced to withdraw29 troops from Rome
Italy moves in and takes Rome30

19. Kingdom of Italy in 1861

20. There are many similarities between Italian and German unification