1. How was Italy Unified?

2. I. Obstacles to Unification
Foreign Control
Austria, France, Hapsburgs
Not Unified Since Roman Empire

5. I. Guisseppe Mazzini Founded Young Italy
Goal – “To Constitute Italy, One, Free, Independent, Republican Nation”
Beginning of Nationalism in Italy

6. Giuseppe Mazzini

7. II. Important Leaders Italian Nationalist Movement – Risorgimento
King Victor Emmanuel II
Sardinian King
Count Camillo Cavour
Prime Minister of Sardinia
Realpolitik (Like Bismarck)
Giuseppe Garibaldi
“Red Shirts”  Took over Sicily

8. King Victor Emmanuel

9. Count Camillo Cavour

10. Giuseppe Garibaldi “Red Shirts”

13. III. Struggles for Unity
Crimean War
Gained European Attention
Austro-Prussian War
+ Venice
Franco-Prussian War
+ Rome

16. V. Problems With Unity Regional Rivalries North vs. South
Government vs. Catholic Church

17. IV. Economic Changes Improved Agriculture Railroads
Free Trade Between States
Lacked Natural Resources
Plenty of Available Labor
Industrialization

18. V. Social Changes Emigration – Movement away from homeland
Improved Social Conditions, Working Conditions and Education
Increased Suffrage