Booklet 2

Question 1

3 positive results of the 1848 revolutions?

Answer 1

1) Statuto was allowed

2) Clarified political thinking, end to Republicanism and Neo-Guelps

3) Piedmont independent so 30,000 refugees flocked there

Question 2

4 Negative results of the 1848 Revolutions?

Answer 2

1) Austrian control returned

2) Pope went against Italy

3) France now in Rome

4) Austrian control retuned

Question 3

List three examples of Mazzini’s failures in the 1850s

Answer 3

1853 Lunigiana,

1854 Massa and

1856 Palermo

all failed uprisings.

Question 4

List 2 ways in which VEII could be a help to unification

Answer 4

1) Allowed Statuto to stand, strong military man,

2) Allowed politicians to run Piedmont, Appointed Cavour, Didn’t like the church

Question 5

What was the name of the anti clerical laws which were established in Piedmont in the 1850s?

Answer 5

Siccardi Laws

Question 6

What was the coalition called which helped Cavour become PM?

Answer 6

Connubio

Question 7

In 1855, how many monasteries and benefices did Cavour close down and why?

Answer 7

152 monasteries and 1700 benefices

Question 8

Why did Cavour betray Mazzini to the Austrians in 1853?

Answer 8

To show Piedmont’s stability so foreign powers might invest. To distract Austria from what he was doing?

Question 9

What three positions did Cavour hold in government in 1855 and why did he have all three?

Answer 9

Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and Finance Minister

Create stability

Question 10

What other reforms did Cavour introduce to remove opposition to him?

Answer 10

Administrative reforms in the financial department in 1852

In the foreign office in 1853 and used La Marmora (Minister of War) to reform the army

… to increase efficiency and remove conservative elements hostile to Cavour

Question 11

Examples of improved Infrastructure in Piedmont in the 1950’s?

Answer 11

1853 Electrical Telegraph to Paris
Cavour Canal 1857
Steam Ship Sicilia in 1855
1857 tunnel through Mount Cenis
1854 train line built to French border

Question 12

Why was building railways and telegraph links to France so important?

Answer 12

Quick communication in event of war.

Transport goods and troops.

Question 13

What were the motives of Cavour in encouraging foreign investment and trade from foreign powers?

Answer 13

Make foreign powers invested to the fate of Piedmont.

In the event of a war then they would protect investments.

Question 14

Which two French bankers invested in Piedmont?

Answer 14

Rothschild and Lafitte

Question 15

How much railway did Piedmont have by the end of the 1850s?

Answer 15

819km

Question 16

Why was Austria being weakened by the 1850s?

Answer 16

Economic challenges from Prussia and the growth of the Prussian dominated Zollverein an economic free trade arrangement

Question 17

How could you argue that it was VEII who wanted Piedmont involved in the Crimean War?

Answer 17

Threatened to sack Cavour and replace him with Thaon de Revel

Question 18

How many Piedmontese fought in the Crimea and how many died?

Answer 18

18000 fought
2000 deaths (30 from wounds)

Question 19

Where was the peace treaty and how did it benefit Piedmont?

Answer 19

Paris – given chance to complain about Austria.