Formation of Italy

Question 1

What was the House that was the primary instigator for a united Italy?

Answer 1

The House of Savoy

Question 2

Which unsuccessful war started off thoughts about Independence form Austria?

Answer 2

n the context of the 1848 liberal revolutions that swept through Europe, an unsuccessful war was declared on Austria.

Question 3

Which Kingdom attacked Austria to gain control of the region?

Answer 3

The Kingdom of Sardinia again attacked the Austrian Empire in the Second Italian War of Independence of 1859, with the aid of France, resulting in liberating Lombardy.

Question 4

Which journalist helped keep revolutionary thoughts alive?

Answer 4

The patriotic journalist Giuseppe Mazzini, member of the secret revolutionary society Carbonari and founder of the influential political movement Young Italy in the early 1830s, favoured a unitary republic and advocated a broad nationalist movement. His prolific output of propaganda helped the unification movement stay active

Question 5

Where did Garibaldi unify in 1860-62?

Answer 5

n 1860–1861, general Giuseppe Garibaldi led the drive for unification in Naples and Sicily, while the House of Savoy troops occupied the central territories of the Italian peninsula, except Rome and part of Papal States.

Question 6

What did Garibaldi spark that allowed the Sardinian government led by Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, to declare and when?

Answer 6

This allowed the Sardinian government led by Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, to declare a united Italian kingdom on 17 March 1861.

Question 7

Where was the capital of Italy moved from in 1861?

Answer 7

Turin to FLorence