Booklet 4 Italy Flashcards
Foreign Powers
When was the September convention? What did it do?
1864
Napoleon agreed to evacuate Rome in return for Florence being made the capital
Foreign Powers
How many people died rioting over the change of capital?
23
Foreign Powers
What did Cavour do to try and gain Venetia? What was the outcome?
Encourage a Hungarian uprising
Failed
Foreign Powers
When did Prussia make the free trade agreement with France that weakened Austria?
1862
Piedmontisation
How many Naples decrees changed in how long? When?
53 decrees in 2 days
Feb 1861
Piedmontisation
How many monasteries dissolved to finance education?
2382
Piedmontisation
Where was promised its own legal system that never got one? Who was to blame?
Lombardy
La Mamora
Piedmontisation
Who retained control in what area?
Ricasoli in Tuscany
Socio-economic problems
How much debt by 1861?
2.45 billion lire (doubled in 4years)
Socio-economic problems
When was the Flour Tax?
1865
Socio-economic problems
By 1860, what proportion of Italian bonds in foreign hands?
1/3
Socio-economic problems
When was the Grist Tax? What was the result of the riots because of this?
1868
250 deaths/1000 wounded
Socio-economic problems
When was 9 million acres of church land sold in 9 years?
1867
Socio-economic problems
How many people employed? What percent of this was women and children?
3 million employed
80% women and children
Political weakness
When did Cavour die?
June 1861
Political weakness
How many PMs in how many years? Name them:
5 in 5
Riccasoli, Rattazi, Farini, Minghetti, La Mamora
Political weakness
Which PM attacked Garibaldi after the creation for the Society for the Emancipation of Rome? When?
Rattazi
1862
Political weakness
What did Mazzini describe the new Italy as?
A sham
Political weakness
How many people elected the all male parliament?
2% of population
The Papacy
How much of his land has the Pope lost because of Cavour?
2/3
The Papacy
Which two people threatened the Church’s position?
Darwin and Renan
The Papacy
When was the Syllabus of Errors?
1864
The Papacy
When was the Dogma of Papal Infallibility?
1870
The Papacy
When did the Pope declare himself a prisoner in the Vatican?
1870
The south/brigands
When was the Casati law introduced? What did this mean for the South?
1859
No education received in the South
The south/brigands
When was Fraina ordered to crush the Bourbon uprising?
October 1860 (By Cavour)
The south/brigands
When was conscription introduced? How many fled?
1861
25,000 men
The south/brigands
How many soldiers had Piedmont deployed by 1862 to deal with the Brigands?
120,000, 82,000 Brigands
The south/brigands
By 1863 how many troops were engaged in peace keeping?
90,000
Explain how the Civil Service ran?
Run by 30,000 bureaucrats
Gave jobs to Veterans of War
Created centralised Gov
How did the Local Governments run?
- Divided into 69 provinces each with a prefect
- Carabinieri were military police
- 18,000 Local police
-8382 Communi ran by Mayors
What did VE symbolise?
Stability
What did VE need to pass new laws?
Parliamentary approval and a ministers signature
How much of all expenditure spent on the Army?
1/4
How many soldiers in the Army?
215,000
How many soldiers in reserve?
2 million
Who agreed to keep French troops in Rome?
The French Chamber of Deputies and Senate
How many troops were the Pope allowed? When would the French leave by?
10,000
2 Years
When did the Government move to Tuscany?
1865
When did the French leave Rome for the first time?
1866
When did Garibaldi leave Caprera to march on Rome? With how many men?
1862
4000
When was Florence proclaimed capital?
April 1865
When did Garibaldi form the Italian Freedom Association?
December 1861
When was the Sleischwig-Hollstein Affair?
1866
When did General Govire make a military agreement about Italy receiving Venitia for a war agreement?
1866 April
When did Italy declare war on Austria?
20th June 1866 (4 days after Prussia)
How many men did Italy have vs Austria?
250,000 vs 130,000
What percentage of Italian troops reached the battle?
25%
When did the Italian troops fail at Custozza?
24th June 1866
What happened at the battle of Lissa?
Persano’s fleet destroyed, 3 ships lost
Where was Garibaldi defeated?
Bezzecca
When did Bizmark sign the armistice with Austria?
July 26th
Why was Venitia given to France?
Because they agreed to remain neutral
What was the result of the Venice plebiscite?
650,000 to 69
When did France seek an anti-Prussian alliance with Italy? What did this lead to?
May 1870
France withdrawing their troops to fight Prussia
Which PM gained the approval to take Rome? Where did he gain approval from?
Lanza
Spain, Austria, Parts of Germany
When did the Italian army reach the Papal frontier? Who led them?
11th Sep 1870
Cadorna
How many Italian soldiers and Papal soldiers died when Italy claimed Rome?
49 Italians
19 Pope soldier
When was the Law of Guarentees passed? How much did it give the the Pope per annum?
May 1871
£129,000
When was Rome declared capital?
July 1871
