1830-1849

Question 1

What was the Risorgimento?

Answer 1

Ideological and literary movement that helped to arouse the national consciousness of the Italian people.

Question 2

What did the Riformitsi believe?

Answer 2

If Italy was free from Austrian control it would flourish economically and socially.

Question 3

Give one example of how the Riformitsi spread their message.

Answer 3

Romagnosi’s “Gli Annali”

Question 4

Which two places in Italy showed that Italy had the potential to grow and why?

Answer 4

Gorgonzola and Chianti - cheese and wine industry

Question 5

When did Mazzini create young Italy and how many followers did it have?

Answer 5

1831 - 50,000

Question 6

What book did Balbo write?

Answer 6

Speranze d’Italia

Question 7

What liberal reforms had Charles Albert introduced in the 1830s?

Answer 7

Legal administration, financial and military reforms and extended the university of Turin

Question 8

When did Gilberto write Primato?

Answer 8

1843

Question 9

How many copies did Primato sell?

Answer 9

5000

Question 10

How many political prisoners did Pius XI free?

Answer 10

2000

Question 11

List some of the other reforms that Pius XI made.

Answer 11

Ended press censorship and allowed Jews out of the ghetto. He allowed Rome a constitution to replace Papal rule and created an elected body of advisors called the Consulta.

Question 12

Who were the rulers of Piedmont?

Answer 12

House of Savoy

Question 13

Which states were directly under Austrian control?

Answer 13

Lombardy/Venetia

Question 14

Which family ruled Naples and Sicily?

Answer 14

Bourbons

Question 15

Who did Duke Francis IV turn in when he told him his ideas about unification?

Answer 15

Enrico Misley

Question 16

What did the professional classes set up in Rome during the 1830-1832 revolutions?

Answer 16

The Government of Italian Provinces

Question 17

How many people spoke ‘Italian’?

Answer 17

630,000/27 million

Question 18

How many members did the Carbonari have?

Answer 18

60,000

Question 19

Who led the Federati?

Answer 19

Milanese Nobleman Federico Confaloneiri

Question 20

When did Charles Albert create the Statuto?

Answer 20

1847

Question 21

What % of the population worked the land?

Answer 21

90%

Question 22

In which years were there Europe wide poor harvests?

Answer 22

1846-1847

Question 23

After 1810 what was the life expectancy in Naples?

Answer 23

24

Question 24

When was Naples struck with cholera and how many people did it kill?

Answer 24

1836 and 65,000

Question 25

Howe much of Austria's revenue came from Venetia?

Answer 25

1/3

Question 26

When did tensions between Austria and the church begin and why?

Answer 26

July 1847 - Austrian troops occupied the papal town of Ferrara which caused the Pope to lodge a formal protest.

Question 27

When did Pius XI deny Austria the right to cross the papal states?

Answer 27

January 1848

Question 28

When did the collection of heated issues between the Italians and the Austrians come to a head and why?

Answer 28

March 1848 - declaration of the republic of Venice and skirmishes in Milan forcing out the Austrian garrison.

Question 29

How many industrial workers were there in Piedmont?

Answer 29

114,000

Question 30

How many land estates were there in Piedmont?

Answer 30

800,000

Question 31

By 1831 how many rulers had support from Austria?

Answer 31

5/6 - exception of Piedmont

Question 32

When was Sicily taken over by revolutionaries?

Answer 32

January 12th 1848

Question 33

What was demanded by Sicilians in the 1848 revolutions?

Answer 33

Restoration of the 1812 constitution

Question 34

When did the revolution in Sicily spread to Naples?

Answer 34

January 27th 1848

Question 35

What did Ferdinand do in response to the 1848 revolutions?

Answer 35

Withdrew troops from Palmero and appointed a liberal ministry lead by Nicola Marissa.

Question 36

When did Ferdinand grant a conservative constitution?

Answer 36

Feb 1848

Question 37

Where and when were the 5 glorious days?

Answer 37

Lombardy March 18th 1848

Question 38

How many people signed a petition for liberal reforms during the 5 glorious days?

Answer 38

10,000

Question 39

When was a Venetian Republic declared under Daniel Manin?

Answer 39

22nd March 1848

Question 40

How many political refugees fled to Piedmont and what did they create?

Answer 40

30,000 - National Society

Question 41

Which 2 prominent figures fled to Piedmont?

Answer 41

Economics Ferrara and writer Massari

Question 42

When is peace signed between Austria and Lombardy?

Answer 42

August 1849

Question 43

How much did Piedmont have to pay Austria?

Answer 43

65 million Francs

Question 44

When did Louis Napoleon send 30,000 troops to Rome?

Answer 44

24th April 1849

Question 45

When did the French Republic crush the republic in Rome?

Answer 45

3rd July 1849

Question 46

When did the middle class government start to control peasants in Sicily?

Answer 46

April 1848

Question 47

In Piedmont what % of the population elected the lower chamber?

Answer 47

2.25%

Question 48

Who did the Pope appoint as his PM?

Answer 48

Count Rossi

Question 49

When did the pope excommunicate anyone who tried to reduce temporal power?

Answer 49

1849

Question 50

When was Naples and Sicily reunited under Ferdinand II?

Answer 50

March 1849