Booklet 2 Italy Flashcards
What happened to Sicily following the 1848 failure?
Neopolitan rule reestablished, 2 Sicilies forced back together
When did VE become king?
March 1849
How much of the population were literate?
2.25%
How many political refugees from Turin/Genoa in the 1850s?
30,000
When did the Pope return to Rome? Supported by who?
1850
20,000 French Troops
Which family were VE’s wife and mother from?
Austrian Imperial Family
When was Azeglio appointed as PM?
End of 1849
How many military men did VE’s first cabinet include?
25 military men
What were 2 powers of VE?
Could command the Army at will
Could appoint and dismiss ministers
What was one of VE’s first actions as King?
To shell rebels in Genoa
When were the Siccardi Laws passed?
March 1850
What was the concordat?
An agreement between the Church and the state regarding the Siccardi laws
Which clerical member opposed the Siccardi laws?
Archbishop Fransoni (was imprisoned)
Name a right wing politician upset by the Siccardi laws?
Balbo
What was the Connubio and when was it formed?
A coalition made between Cavour and Rattazi
1851-52
What did the Connubio do?
Strengthened parliament against the crown
What was Rattazi appointed to as a result of the Connubio?
Chamber of deputies
When did Cavour ask to be PM?
November 1852
Who was weakened by the Connubio?
d’Azeglio (his gov fell in 1852 following attempts to introduce civil marriage)
How did Cavour reduce temporal power? How much did this add to state income?
Closed 152 monasteries and 1700 beneficiaries were suppressed.
£150,000
When was Rattazi sacked from the chamber of deputies?
1857
When was the Milan revolt that Cavour suppressed?
Feb 1855
What 3 positions did Cavour appoint himself as and when?
Prime minister
Foreign minister
Finance minister
Jan 1855
When did Cavour enact financial and military reform?
1852 and 1853 (used La Mamora for the Army)
When was the Telegraph developed that linked Turin and Paris?
1853
How much did Piedmont trade value increase by?
300%
How much did Piedmont debt rise by in how many years? (Because of tech developments)
605 million lire
12 years
Who did Piedmont have trade agreements with?
Britain/ France/ Belgium
When was the railway line built that linked Milan, Turin, Genoa and the French Border? Who financed this?
1854
Rothschild
When was the Mount Cennis Tunnel built? Who financed this?
1857
Rothschild and Laffitte
How much railway in Piedmont by end of 1850s?
819km (1/3 of all railway in Italy)
What trade agreement undermined Austrian control in Germany?
The Zollverein
When did Italy join the Crimean war?
Jan 1855
How many troops did Italy send to the Crimean war?
18,000
When was the Italian Question discussed at the Congress of Paris?
April 8th 1856
Who supported Italy because of the Crimean war?
Britain and France
What did Cavour join d’Azeglio’s government as? When?
Minister for Agriculture and travel
October 1850
