Booklet 1 Italy Flashcards
Positives of Secret Societies (3)
- Advocated for more civil liberties
- Most did not want foreign occupation
- spread nationwide
Negatives of Secret Societies (4)
- small scattered groups
- did not want to collaborate
- different ideologies
- didn’t reach the south due to regional differences
Who abdicated because of the 1830 French Revolution? Who replaced him?
Charles X
Louis XVIII - more moderate
Who led the 1830 revolution in Modena and Parma?
Misley
Where did students start to riot in 1830?
Parma
Who organised the 1830 revolt in the Papal States?
The professional classes who hated the Church
What were the reasons for the failure of the 1830-32 Revolutions? (4)
- localised not national
- divided aims
- Austrian Army were too powerful
- relied too much on secret societies
How did Dante contribute to Risorgimento?
Contributed to the development of Italian language
How did Machiavelli contribute to Risorgimento?
Founder of the 19th century nationalist movement against the papacy
By 1840s what industry still dominated Italy?
Agriculture
What was life expectancy in Naples in the 1840s?
24
What did the Reformisti push for in Italy?
Freedom from Austria and reform in Italy
When were there poor harvests?
1820-1840
When was Young Italy formed?
1831
When did Mazzini attempt to invade Savoy?
1834
How many YI members?
50,000
What did Mazzini attempt to do in Piedmont?
Start a mutiny
Was crushed by CA
When did the Bandiera brothers attempt an uprising in Naples? How many members? What was the result?
1844
19 members
Were both shot
What are the successes for YI? (3)
- Attracted Garibaldi in 1831
- YI kept the calls for unity alive
- Mazzini wrote thousands of revolutionary articles
What are the failures for YI? (4)
- Mazzini was absent from Italy for 40 years
- He ignored the peasants
- His 1821/31 revolts failed
- His radical attitudes made foreign powers hesitant