Cavour & Piedmont Flashcards
When was Cavour appointed?
1852
What anti-clerical measures did he take in 1855?
- suppressed 152 monasteries and 1,700 beneficiaries
- added £145,640 to state income
Why did Cavour end the Connubio?
1857, when the right increased their votes due to sympathy for the church, it was to create stability
What did he do in February 1853?
warned Austria of a Mazzinian uprising in Milan
What did he use as evidence that Mazzinian leadership was weak?
Feb 1853, failed uprisings in 1857
What was Cavour willing to do to government?
override them when it got in his way
What positions did he appoint himself?
prime minister
foreign minister
finance minister
When did Piedmont get involved with the Crimean war?
1854
When did Piedmont actually join the Crimean war?
- Jan 1855, under pressure from VE
- sent 18,000 troops
When was the Congress of Paris?
Feb-April 1856
What did Piedmont’s attendance at the Congress of Paris show?
Piedmont’s growing diplomatic status
When was the Italian question brought up at the Congress of Paris?
April 8th 1856
What did GB and France owe to Piedmont due to Crimea?
A favour
What was the membership of the National Society?
8,000 by 1857
When did Cavour meet with Manin?
1856, same year he met with Garibaldi
When was the Pact of Plombieres?
21st July 1858
What was the Pact of Plombieres?
an agreement between Cavour & Napoleon to draw up plans for French intervention to expel Austria from Northern Italy
When did Cavour die?
1861
What did the National Society do during the Second war of independence, 1859?
encouraged change in Central Duchies
When did Cavour return as PM?
21st Jan 1860 to negotiate the Treaty of Turin
What was agreed at the Treaty of Turin?
Savoy and Nice handed over to France if Nap agreed to Piedmontese annexation of Central Duchies
What did Garibaldi’s actions in south force Cavour to do?
March troops through the Papal states
