Developments in diplomacy in Piedmont

Question 1

What did cavour recognise as important to solving the italian question

Answer 1

piedmont would need foreign help to oust austria, placed his ideas firmly in european diplomacy

Question 2

what was cavour not

Answer 2

instinctively nationalist but he disliked austrian attitudes to Lombardy

Question 3

what made political change possible in italy

Answer 3

Austria’s relative decline which was based on challenges from prussia – was becoming isolated

Question 4

When was the Crimean war?

Answer 4

1854

Question 5

who remained neutral in the Crimean war?

Answer 5

Austria

Question 6

how many piedmontese were sent to help France and Britain

Answer 6

15,000

Question 7

what did piedmonts involvement in the war mean for them

Answer 7

they were invited to peace treaty (congress of paris)

Question 8

when was the congress of paris

Answer 8

1856

Question 9

what did Cavour’s attendance of the peace treaty mean for piedmont

Answer 9

showed piedmonts growing diplomatic status

Question 10

what was discussed on april the 8th at the congress of paris?

Answer 10

the italian question, now official diplomatic issue

Question 11

what did the secret treaty between austra, britain and france entail

Answer 11

that all austrian possessions in Italy be guaranteed for the duration of the war

Question 12

what was a bad outcome of joining the war

Answer 12

russia had provided piedmont with significant amounts of grain, stopped after piedmont joined