Booklet 3 Italy

Question 1

When was the Orsini Bomb Plot?

Answer 1

January 1858

Question 2

How many dead and Injured from Orsini Bomb Plot?

Answer 2

8 dead
150 injured

Question 3

When was the Pact of Plombieres?

Answer 3

21 July 1858

Question 4

What were 5 terms of the Pact of Plombiere?

Answer 4

• Austria had to provoke the war
• Upper Italy was to be ruled by the Savoys
• The pope remained in Rome
• France get Nice and Savoy in return for 20,000 soldiers
• Marie Clotide to marry Jerome Bonaparte

Question 5

When was the Grido de Delore?

Answer 5

10th Jan 1859

Question 6

When did Piedmont mobalise their army on the border?

Answer 6

March 1859

Question 7

When did Austria declare war on Italy?

Answer 7

April 29th 1859

Question 8

How many soldiers did Austria have when fighting Italy?

Answer 8

90,000

Question 9

How many National Society members by 1857?

Answer 9

8000

Question 10

When did Cavour meet Manin and Garibaldi?

Answer 10

1856

Question 11

Who led the National Society?

Answer 11

Pallavicino, Manin, La Farina

Question 12

When was the National Society demonstration in Florence? Who established the provisional Government?

Answer 12

April 1859

Question 13

When were National Society revolts in Modena and Parma? Who led provisional government?

Answer 13

May 1859
Luigi

Question 14

When was the battle of Magenta?

Answer 14

20th May 1859

Question 15

How many Austrian casualties from Magenta?

Answer 15

5700

Question 16

What was achieved by Magenta?

Answer 16

-Part of Lombardy freed
- Como victory due to Cacciatori delle Alpi

Question 17

What was the outcome of Magenta?

Answer 17

French win

Question 18

When was the battle of Solferino?

Answer 18

21st June 1859

Question 19

How many Austrian casualties at Solferino?

Answer 19

21,000

Question 20

When did Prussia Mobilise?

Answer 20

June 1859

Question 21

How many doctors per Casualties at Solferino?

Answer 21

1 doctor per 500 casualties

Question 22

When was the Treaty of Villafranca?

Answer 22

11th July 1859

Question 23

What were the terms of the treaty of Villafranca?

Answer 23

• Lombardy given to France
• Piedmont not allowed to annex Quadrilateral towns of Mantua and Peschiera
• France don’t take Nice and Savoy

Question 24

When was the Treaty of Zurich?

Answer 24

November 1859

Question 25

Who declared the concept of self determination?

Answer 25

Lord John Russell

Question 26

When was the Treaty of Turin negotiated?

Answer 26

Jan 1860

Question 27

What did the Treaty of Turin determine?

Answer 27

Nice and Savoy would be given to France if Napoleon agreed to plebiscites for the Duchies

Question 28

What was the plebiscite result for Tuscany?

Answer 28

360,000 - 15,000 to yes 153,000 abstained

Question 29

What was the Plebiscite result for Nice joining France?

Answer 29

25,000 to 160

Question 30

What were Garibaldi’s achievements in the 1859 War?

Answer 30

- Commanded 3000 volunteers - Crossed the Ticino River (23 May) - Caused Austria to retreat at the battle of San Fermo (27 May)

Question 31

What did Garibaldi receive after the 1859 war?

Answer 31

Gold Medal for Valour

Question 32

What did Garibaldi call Cavour after Nice was given to France?

Answer 32

A low intriguer

Question 33

When did Garibaldi set sail for Sicily?

Answer 33

May 1860

Question 34

How many volunteers went with Garibaldi to Sicily?

Answer 34

1200 (The ‘Thousand’)

Question 35

When did Garibaldi reach Marsala? Who protected him?

Answer 35

11th May British ships

Question 36

When did Garibaldi reach Palermo? What did ‘The Thousand’ now number?

Answer 36

May 1860 3000

Question 37

How many troops waiting for Garibaldi in Palermo?

Answer 37

20,000

Question 38

What did Garibaldi promise the peasants once he had appointed himself Dictator?

Answer 38

Abolished the milling tax Land redistribution (never happened to appease Landlords)

Question 39

Why was Cavour becoming hesitant regarding Garibaldis capture of the South?

Answer 39

He thought he might try to take Piedmont

Question 40

Who did Cavour send to organise a revolt in Naples? What was the outcome?

Answer 40

Admiral Persano Failure

Question 41

How and when did Garibaldi avoid being arrested by Cavour?

Answer 41

He crossed the straits to Calabria on 22 of August 1860

Question 42

When did Garibaldi arrive in Naples?

Answer 42

September 1860

Question 43

How long did Garibaldi rule as dictator of Naples for?

Answer 43

2 months

Question 44

How many did the Garibaldi number by 1860?

Answer 44

60,000 with another 9000 men waiting for him near the Papal States under Bersanti

Question 45

Where did VE defeat the Papal Army?

Answer 45

Castlefidaro

Question 46

When did Garibaldi and VE meet at Teano?

Answer 46

26th October 1860 Garibaldi handed the south to VE

Question 47

When did VE and Garibaldi arrive in Naples?

Answer 47

November 7th 1860

Question 48

Where were plebiscites held at the end of 1860?

Answer 48

Sicily, Naples, Umbria, Papal Marches

Question 49

What did Garibaldi retire with?

Answer 49

A years supply of Macaroni

Question 50

When were elections held for a new parliament?

Answer 50

January 1861

Question 51

When was a New Constitution adopted?

Answer 51

March 1861

Question 52

What 2 locations were still not unified at the beginning of the 1860s?

Answer 52

Rome and Venitia