Challenges to restored order & failed revolution - 1815 - 1848 Flashcards

1
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What year was the Congress of Vienna?

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1815

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2
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What year was there insurrection in Modena, Parma and The Papal States?

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1831

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3
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What happened in Modena 1831?

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Enrico Misley promised Francis IV leadership of Italy if he supported revolt.
Told Austrians
In his absence a provisional government was set up
SQUASHED BY AUSTRIA

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4
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What happened in the Papal States 1831 revolt?

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Was against the Catholic Church
Bologna provisional government was set up - which had an elected assembly and reformed financial/legal systems.
SQUASHED BY THE AUSTRIANS

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5
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What happened in Parma 1831?

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Riots against Duchess Marie-Louise demanding a constitution
She fled to Austria
Provisional government was set up
SQUASHED BY AUSTRIANS

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6
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What were the reasons for failure in the 31/32 revolutions?

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Localised 
No interstate organisation
Too reliant on secret societies 
Moderate
Middle class - political apathy of lower class
Divided aims
Austria 
No foreign friend
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7
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Who started young Italy in 1831?

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Mazzini

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8
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What were some of Mazzini’s successes?

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Organised propaganda

Converted Garibaldi

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9
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Mazzini’s failure?

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Alienated rich due to republican stance, and poor because his ideals were too intellectual
Absent from Italy for 40 years - became out of touch
Most revolts failed

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10
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Who wrote ‘The hopes for Italy’ in 1844 and what did it campaign for?

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Balbo - a federation

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11
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Who was elected in 1846?

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Pope Pius IX

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12
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Balbo supported which movement in the late 1830s?

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Albertisti

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13
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Who wrote primato in 1843 and what did it stress?

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Gioberti- argued for neo guelphism and a federation

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14
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When did people shout ‘o Sommo Pio’ and why?

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1846 because he freed political prisoners

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15
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What were Pius’s reforms across 1846/47?

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Constitution
Education 
Law 
Ended press censorship
Elected body called the consulta
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16
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Massimo d’Azeglio - When did he publish ‘on recent events in Romagna’ and what did it argue?e

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1846 - needed a foreign friend, support from upper class, Charles Albert was a viable leader

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17
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When was Pius IX elected pope?

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1846

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18
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What year was Europe wide harvest failure and what did it culminate in?

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1846 - hunger politics

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19
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When is the statuto issued?

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1847

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20
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What does the pope do in 1849?!

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Excommunicate challengers

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21
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What does he do in 1850?

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Renounce all previous reform

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22
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Who becomes PM in piedmont 1852?

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Cavour

23
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What was the life expectancy in Naples in the 40s?

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24

24
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How many died in Sicily from the 1836 cholera outbreak?

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65,000

25
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Which 2 battles of 1848 war of independence were CA forces crushed at?

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Custozza and Novarra

26
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Who made up the triumvirate of the Roman republic in 1848?

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Armellini, Saffi and Mazzini

27
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What did Garibaldi promise when the French were sieging on Rome?

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‘Hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles, and death’

28
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Why did the last standing revolutionary area (The Republic of Venice) surrender?

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An outbreak of cholera that killed 35,000

29
Q

What did Metternich set up that checked correspondence between all the different states?

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Metternich’s postal convention

30
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Metternich stated that “Italian affairs

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do not exist”

31
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How many states under Austrian control asked for Austrian assistance during the 1831 revolts?

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5/6

32
Q

Custozza

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July 1848

33
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Novara

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March 1849

34
Q

What % spoke ‘Italian’ rather than regional dialects?

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2.5% (Italian is a Tuscan dialect)

35
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What was the impact of Roman Catholic dominance on the Italian Peninsula?

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90% - received backward educations eg) geocentric teaching, limited new ideas - kept change and new ideas to a minimum

36
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What were Sicily and Naples fighting for in 1848?

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separation rather than unification

37
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What was the aim of Young Italy?

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to unite Italy in a republic and expel Austrian power

38
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what was the aim of the liberals?

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constitutional monarchy

39
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what was the aim of the nationalists?

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unite Italy under the principals of the Risorgimento

40
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What was Gioberti’s Neo - Guelphism?

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the idea that the pope would lead a united Italy

41
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The Albertisti

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led by Balbo - felt that Charles Albert could unite a prosperous Italy

42
Q

Carbonari membership was

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60,000

43
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Spillo Negro wanted

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to expel austrian dominance

44
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1833 Young Italy uprising in Piedmont

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12 members executed for trying to start a revolt amongst the military

45
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Riformisti group

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believed the peninsula would flourish without Austria but opposed Mazzini - creating more divides

46
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What was The Statuto?

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1848 constitution introduced by Charles Albert - created a liberal atmosphere in Piedmont

47
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How many political refugees fled to Piedmont after the events of 1848?

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30,000

48
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when did the Northern alliance declare war on Austria?

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March 22nd 1848

49
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What did the 1848 revolutions achieve?

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Sicily was joined

50
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How many French troops were entrenched in Rome after the 1848 revolutions?

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20,000

51
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What was the long term result of French presence in Rome?

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The Nationalist cause became seen as anti-clerical, and lost the support of the Catholics

52
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What was the result of the Roman Republic

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+ emblematic of the wider unification cause

  • 20,000 french troops in Rome
  • was short lived
53
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When were the poor harvests that caused political apathy/ hunger among the peasant masses?

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1820 + 1840

54
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Mazzini’s ideas

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\+ gave impetus to the cause of unity 
\+ skilful propaganda 
- alienating ideas 
- failed attempts at revolts 
- absent/ exiled for 40 years, out of touch with Italian affairs