Garibaldi Help / Hinderance (Booklet 3)

Question 1

After the Fall of the Roman republic, How far did his men have to travel?

Answer 1

800km

Question 2

How many people survived the trip to San Marino after the fall of the Roman Republic?

Answer 2

1500 men survived, His Wife Anita also died

Question 3

How many volunteers was G put in charge of in the 1859 war with Austria?

Answer 3

3000 Lombardy volunteers

Question 4

What was G’s first task in the 1859 war against Austria?

Answer 4

Advance the Alps and attack the Austrian right flank - successfully crossed the Ticino river on the 23rd May

Question 5

When and from whom did G protect the city of Varese from in the 1859 war against Austria? (Battle of Varese)

Answer 5

26th May 1859

General Karl Von Urban’s Austrian regiment.

Question 6

On the same day of the battle of Varese, what did G also achieve?

Answer 6

Captured a lightly defended pas (Battle of San Fermo 27th May 1859)
Austria retreated to the quadrilateral

Question 7

Why was Garibaldi bitter even after defeat of Austria during the 1859 war with Austria?

Answer 7

His home state of Nice and Savoy had been ceded to France. Referred to Cavour as a “Low intriguer.”

Question 8

Why did Garibaldi sail to Sicily in May 1860?

Answer 8

Mazzini urged him to join the already beginning Sicilian uprising

Question 9

How many troops and weapons did Garibaldi take to Sicily in May 1860?

Answer 9

1200 Volunteers
1000 Rifles with no ammo
and his current mistress

Question 10

What did Garibaldi sail to Sicily in the name of?

Answer 10

“Italy and Victor Emmanuel”

Question 11

Why didn’t Cavour like G’s Conquest to the south in May 1860?

Answer 11

Didn’t want to inherit the problems of the under-developed south so sent G away with no Ammunition.

Question 12

When did Garibaldi arrive in Sicily?

Answer 12

11th May 1860

Question 13

What was the Lucky reason that G’s ships didn’t face confrontation at the ports at Sicily? (May 1860)

Answer 13

British Naval ships arrived at the same time so his “thousand” weren’t fired upon.

Question 14

By the time he marched to Palermo, how many extra volunteers had G gathered and how many troops did he face once in Palermo?

Answer 14

3000 G’s Army

20,000 Neapolitan troops

Question 15

What happened in Palermo and who assisted Garibaldi?

Answer 15

3000 G’s army, Local mafia and marauding peasants helped G beat the 20,000 Neapolitan troops in a street fight.

Question 16

Once self appointed dictator of Sicily, What reforms did he make to appease the peasants?

Answer 16

Abolished mail tax, Promised Land redistribution.

Question 17

What did G do as dictator of Sicily that annoyed the peasants?

Answer 17

stopped appeasing them and turned attention to the upper classes - quelled peasant revolts.

Question 18

Why did Garibaldi refuse to hand Sicily over to Piedmont immediately, despite applying Piedmontese law in the state?

Answer 18

So he could have enough influence over the population to have an army to attack Naples and Rome.

Question 19

When did G begin his march to Naples?

Answer 19

22nd August

Question 20

Why was claiming Naples so easy?

Answer 20

King Fernando had fled already so he arrived by train and appointed himself dictator by popular support.

Question 21

At the point of appointing himself dictator of Naples, how many troops did G have to hand, and what did that army consist of?

Answer 21

60,000 Troops

Mazzinians, Republicans, Anti-Clericals

Question 22

What did Cavour have to do to prevent Garibaldi from upsetting the Pope and catholic foreign powers?

Answer 22

March into Rome with VEII to defeat the papal army before G could in order to “save” the pope and then stop G from advancing any further.

Question 23

What date did G and VEII meet after G’s conquest and what did G do upon meeting the king?

Answer 23

26th October 1860

Willingly handed over the south to Piedmontese control

Question 24

How did the foreign powers think react to The second war of Italian independence and G’s conquest of the south? (Brits, Russian, Austria)

Answer 24

British opposed Nice and Savoy becoming French, but fully supported Italian independence.
Russia broke all ties with Italy because G unseated the bourbons in Naples
Austria reinforced its Venetian army