Cavour Flashcards
What prompted Cavour to make the Pact of Plombieres?
The Orsini Bomb Plot, Jan 1858
When was the Pact of Plombieres signed and who signed it?
July 1858, Nap III and Cavour
Name 3 aims of the PoP
To remove Austria from Italy, the papal marches would be annexed to Piedmont, France would give 200,000 soldiers to Italy
What did Cavour allow to exist in the 1850s
The National Society
What was the formal ending of the Austor-Prussian War and who signed it?
The Treaty of Zurich Nov 1859 and was signed by Cavour and VE II
In 1855, what positions did Cavour give himself?
PM, Finance Minister, Foreign Minister
By the end of the 1850s, how many km of railway did Piedmont have?
819km
When did Cavour resign and why?
16th July 1859 because he wasn’t at the Treaty of Villafranca
When did John Russell declare the principle of self determination?
June 1859
