1. Aim: Summarize how Cavour unified Italy

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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