Booklet 4 Italy

Question 1

Foreign Powers

When was the September convention? What did it do?

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Foreign Powers

How many people died rioting over the change of capital?

Answer 2

23

Question 3

Foreign Powers

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

Answer 3

Encourage a Hungarian uprising

Failed

Question 4

Foreign Powers

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

Answer 4

1862

Question 5

Piedmontisation

How many Naples decrees changed in how long? When?

Answer 5

53 decrees in 2 days

Feb 1861

Question 6

Piedmontisation

How many monasteries dissolved to finance education?

Answer 6

2382

Question 7

Piedmontisation

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

Answer 7

Lombardy
La Mamora

Question 8

Piedmontisation

Who retained control in what area?

Answer 8

Ricasoli in Tuscany

Question 9

Socio-economic problems

How much debt by 1861?

Answer 9

2.45 billion lire (doubled in 4years)

Question 10

Socio-economic problems

When was the Flour Tax?

Answer 10

1865

Question 11

Socio-economic problems

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

Answer 11

1/3

Question 12

Socio-economic problems

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

Answer 12

1868
250 deaths/1000 wounded

Question 13

Socio-economic problems

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

Answer 13

1867

Question 14

Socio-economic problems

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

Answer 14

3 million employed
80% women and children

Question 15

Political weakness

When did Cavour die?

Answer 15

June 1861

Question 16

Political weakness

How many PMs in how many years? Name them:

Answer 16

5 in 5

Riccasoli, Rattazi, Farini, Minghetti, La Mamora

Question 17

Political weakness

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

Answer 17

Rattazi
1862

Question 18

Political weakness

What did Mazzini describe the new Italy as?

Answer 18

A sham

Question 19

Political weakness

How many people elected the all male parliament?

Answer 19

2% of population

Question 20

The Papacy

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

Answer 20

2/3

Question 21

The Papacy

Which two people threatened the Church’s position?

Answer 21

Darwin and Renan

Question 22

The Papacy

When was the Syllabus of Errors?

Answer 22

1864

Question 23

The Papacy

When was the Dogma of Papal Infallibility?

Answer 23

1870

Question 24

The Papacy

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

Answer 24

1870

Question 25

The south/brigands When was the Casati law introduced? What did this mean for the South?

Answer 25

1859 No education received in the South

Question 26

The south/brigands When was Fraina ordered to crush the Bourbon uprising?

Answer 26

October 1860 (By Cavour)

Question 27

The south/brigands When was conscription introduced? How many fled?

Answer 27

1861 25,000 men

Question 28

The south/brigands How many soldiers had Piedmont deployed by 1862 to deal with the Brigands?

Answer 28

120,000, 82,000 Brigands

Question 29

The south/brigands By 1863 how many troops were engaged in peace keeping?

Answer 29

90,000

Question 30

Explain how the Civil Service ran?

Answer 30

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

Question 31

How did the Local Governments run?

Answer 31

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

Question 32

What did VE symbolise?

Answer 32

Stability

Question 33

What did VE need to pass new laws?

Answer 33

Parliamentary approval and a ministers signature

Question 34

How much of all expenditure spent on the Army?

Answer 34

1/4

Question 35

How many soldiers in the Army?

Answer 35

215,000

Question 36

How many soldiers in reserve?

Answer 36

2 million

Question 37

Who agreed to keep French troops in Rome?

Answer 37

The French Chamber of Deputies and Senate

Question 38

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

Answer 38

10,000 2 Years

Question 39

When did the Government move to Tuscany?

Answer 39

1865

Question 40

When did the French leave Rome for the first time?

Answer 40

1866

Question 41

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

Answer 41

1862 4000

Question 42

When was Florence proclaimed capital?

Answer 42

April 1865

Question 43

When did Garibaldi form the Italian Freedom Association?

Answer 43

December 1861

Question 44

When was the Sleischwig-Hollstein Affair?

Answer 44

1866

Question 45

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

Answer 45

1866 April

Question 46

When did Italy declare war on Austria?

Answer 46

20th June 1866 (4 days after Prussia)

Question 47

How many men did Italy have vs Austria?

Answer 47

250,000 vs 130,000

Question 48

What percentage of Italian troops reached the battle?

Answer 48

25%

Question 49

When did the Italian troops fail at Custozza?

Answer 49

24th June 1866

Question 50

What happened at the battle of Lissa?

Answer 50

Persano’s fleet destroyed, 3 ships lost

Question 51

Where was Garibaldi defeated?

Answer 51

Bezzecca

Question 52

When did Bizmark sign the armistice with Austria?

Answer 52

July 26th

Question 53

Why was Venitia given to France?

Answer 53

Because they agreed to remain neutral

Question 54

What was the result of the Venice plebiscite?

Answer 54

650,000 to 69

Question 55

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

Answer 55

May 1870 France withdrawing their troops to fight Prussia

Question 56

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

Answer 56

Lanza Spain, Austria, Parts of Germany

Question 57

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

Answer 57

11th Sep 1870 Cadorna

Question 58

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

Answer 58

49 Italians 19 Pope soldier

Question 59

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

Answer 59

May 1871 £129,000

Question 60

When was Rome declared capital?

Answer 60

July 1871