Booklet 3: War with Austria Flashcards
When was the National Society formed?
1857
What did the National Society do?
rose single-issue nationalist campaigns, promote cause of Italian unity within Piedmont
What dud Cavour sign in 1858 and with who?
Pact of Plombieres, Napoleon III
When was the battle of Magenta?
May 1859
When was the battle of Solferino?
June 1859
When was the treaty of Villafranca?
July 1859
What did Piedmont gain in the treaty?
Lombardy
What did Cavour do as a result of Villafranca?
Resign, but came back to office in 1860
What did Napoleon III take part in in 1831?
Uprisings in Rome and conspiracies in the Papal States and Modena
What happened in January 1858?
4 Italians led by Count Felice Orisini attempted to assassinate Napoleon
What were the agreements of Plombieres?
- Kingdom of Upper Italy created controlled by House of Savoy
- Kingdom of Central Italy controlled by Tuscany
- Rome and surrounding area remain in control of the Papacy
- Naples remain as it was for now
- In return support of 200,000 French troops
How many Piedmontese troops would match the French?
100,000, but in the end only 60,000
How did they provoke Austria?
Piedmont painted the victim and Austria the aggressor, Victor Emmanuel II delivered a provocative speech
What happened in Florence and in April 1859? (Grand Duchies)
Popular demonstration against the Grand Duke Leopold that resulted in his flight and a provisional government created
What happened in May 1859? (Grand Duchies
National Society engineered peaceful revolutions in Tuscany, Moderna, and Parma. All rulers fled and provisional governments took control
