Booklet 4 Italy Flashcards

1
Q

Foreign Powers

When was the September convention? What did it do?

A

1864
Napoleon agreed to evacuate Rome in return for Florence being made the capital

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2
Q

Foreign Powers

How many people died rioting over the change of capital?

A

23

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3
Q

Foreign Powers

What did Cavour do to try and gain Venetia? What was the outcome?

A

Encourage a Hungarian uprising

Failed

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4
Q

Foreign Powers

When did Prussia make the free trade agreement with France that weakened Austria?

A

1862

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5
Q

Piedmontisation

How many Naples decrees changed in how long? When?

A

53 decrees in 2 days

Feb 1861

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6
Q

Piedmontisation

How many monasteries dissolved to finance education?

A

2382

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7
Q

Piedmontisation

Where was promised its own legal system that never got one? Who was to blame?

A

Lombardy
La Mamora

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8
Q

Piedmontisation

Who retained control in what area?

A

Ricasoli in Tuscany

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9
Q

Socio-economic problems

How much debt by 1861?

A

2.45 billion lire (doubled in 4years)

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10
Q

Socio-economic problems

When was the Flour Tax?

A

1865

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11
Q

Socio-economic problems

By 1860, what proportion of Italian bonds in foreign hands?

A

1/3

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12
Q

Socio-economic problems

When was the Grist Tax? What was the result of the riots because of this?

A

1868
250 deaths/1000 wounded

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13
Q

Socio-economic problems

When was 9 million acres of church land sold in 9 years?

A

1867

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14
Q

Socio-economic problems

How many people employed? What percent of this was women and children?

A

3 million employed
80% women and children

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15
Q

Political weakness

When did Cavour die?

A

June 1861

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16
Q

Political weakness

How many PMs in how many years? Name them:

A

5 in 5

Riccasoli, Rattazi, Farini, Minghetti, La Mamora

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17
Q

Political weakness

Which PM attacked Garibaldi after the creation for the Society for the Emancipation of Rome? When?

A

Rattazi
1862

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18
Q

Political weakness

What did Mazzini describe the new Italy as?

A

A sham

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19
Q

Political weakness

How many people elected the all male parliament?

A

2% of population

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20
Q

The Papacy

How much of his land has the Pope lost because of Cavour?

A

2/3

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21
Q

The Papacy

Which two people threatened the Church’s position?

A

Darwin and Renan

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22
Q

The Papacy

When was the Syllabus of Errors?

A

1864

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23
Q

The Papacy

When was the Dogma of Papal Infallibility?

A

1870

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24
Q

The Papacy

When did the Pope declare himself a prisoner in the Vatican?

A

1870

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25
Q

The south/brigands

When was the Casati law introduced? What did this mean for the South?

A

1859
No education received in the South

26
Q

The south/brigands

When was Fraina ordered to crush the Bourbon uprising?

A

October 1860 (By Cavour)

27
Q

The south/brigands

When was conscription introduced? How many fled?

A

1861
25,000 men

28
Q

The south/brigands

How many soldiers had Piedmont deployed by 1862 to deal with the Brigands?

A

120,000, 82,000 Brigands

29
Q

The south/brigands

By 1863 how many troops were engaged in peace keeping?

A

90,000

30
Q

Explain how the Civil Service ran?

A

Run by 30,000 bureaucrats
Gave jobs to Veterans of War
Created centralised Gov

31
Q

How did the Local Governments run?

A
  • Divided into 69 provinces each with a prefect
  • Carabinieri were military police
  • 18,000 Local police
    -8382 Communi ran by Mayors
32
Q

What did VE symbolise?

A

Stability

33
Q

What did VE need to pass new laws?

A

Parliamentary approval and a ministers signature

34
Q

How much of all expenditure spent on the Army?

A

1/4

35
Q

How many soldiers in the Army?

A

215,000

36
Q

How many soldiers in reserve?

A

2 million

37
Q

Who agreed to keep French troops in Rome?

A

The French Chamber of Deputies and Senate

38
Q

How many troops were the Pope allowed? When would the French leave by?

A

10,000
2 Years

39
Q

When did the Government move to Tuscany?

A

1865

40
Q

When did the French leave Rome for the first time?

A

1866

41
Q

When did Garibaldi leave Caprera to march on Rome? With how many men?

A

1862
4000

42
Q

When was Florence proclaimed capital?

A

April 1865

43
Q

When did Garibaldi form the Italian Freedom Association?

A

December 1861

44
Q

When was the Sleischwig-Hollstein Affair?

A

1866

45
Q

When did General Govire make a military agreement about Italy receiving Venitia for a war agreement?

A

1866 April

46
Q

When did Italy declare war on Austria?

A

20th June 1866 (4 days after Prussia)

47
Q

How many men did Italy have vs Austria?

A

250,000 vs 130,000

48
Q

What percentage of Italian troops reached the battle?

A

25%

49
Q

When did the Italian troops fail at Custozza?

A

24th June 1866

50
Q

What happened at the battle of Lissa?

A

Persano’s fleet destroyed, 3 ships lost

51
Q

Where was Garibaldi defeated?

A

Bezzecca

52
Q

When did Bizmark sign the armistice with Austria?

A

July 26th

53
Q

Why was Venitia given to France?

A

Because they agreed to remain neutral

54
Q

What was the result of the Venice plebiscite?

A

650,000 to 69

55
Q

When did France seek an anti-Prussian alliance with Italy? What did this lead to?

A

May 1870
France withdrawing their troops to fight Prussia

56
Q

Which PM gained the approval to take Rome? Where did he gain approval from?

A

Lanza
Spain, Austria, Parts of Germany

57
Q

When did the Italian army reach the Papal frontier? Who led them?

A

11th Sep 1870
Cadorna

58
Q

How many Italian soldiers and Papal soldiers died when Italy claimed Rome?

A

49 Italians
19 Pope soldier

59
Q

When was the Law of Guarentees passed? How much did it give the the Pope per annum?

A

May 1871
£129,000

60
Q

When was Rome declared capital?

A

July 1871