B4 Obstacles: Brigands Flashcards
1
Q
what are brigands
A
bandits who lived in the mountains and forests during the Napoleonic Wars
2
Q
how were brigands seen
A
protectors of the south
3
Q
in 1861, how many took to the hills and why
A
25,000 to avoid military service
4
Q
public opinion of them was firmly against..
A
Victor Emmanuel II
5
Q
why was the civil war significant
A
claimed more Italian lives than all the wars of unification
6
Q
how many convicts who escaped during Garibaldi’s campaign were brigands
A
10,000
7
Q
by 1863 there were how many troops engaged in peace keeping?
A
90,000
8
Q
give examples of their backgrounds
A
peasants, farmers, former soldiers and loyalists of the Bourbon army, “criminals”
9
Q
how many ddi the Turinese army kill in the town “San Marco” (Capitanata)
A
10,600
