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HCHS Italy: A LEVEL UNIT 2 - Booklet 1 complete Flashcards

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1
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Who invaded Italy in 1796?

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French

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2
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How many states was Italy divided into under the Napoleon?

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three

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3
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What was the name of French law instituted across Italy?

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Napoleonic Code

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4
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What flag did Napoleon introduce to Italy?

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Tricolour

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5
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How did the French encourage Italian nationalism through the military?

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Italian regiments

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6
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Whose land was sold off to the professional classes in Italy?

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Roman Catholic Church

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7
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Who were the Carbonari?

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Anti-French Nationalist movement

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8
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Who aided the British in Napoleon’s final defeat at Waterloo?

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Prussia

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9
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What year was Napoleon finally defeated?

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1814

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What was the meeting in 1815 that redistributed Europe after Napoleon’s defeat?

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Congress of Vienna

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11
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Which states did Austria directly control?

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Lombardy and Venetia

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12
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What royal family was given control of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies?

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Bourbon

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13
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Modena, Tuscany and which state were made into duchies under Austrian influence?

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Parma

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14
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Which state remained independent from Austria?

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Piedmont

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15
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Who ran the Papal States?

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Pope and Catholic Church

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16
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What types of governments were most Italian States in 1815?

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Monarchy

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17
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Define reactionary.

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Returning to the ways of the past.

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18
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Define Nationalism in 1820.

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People of the same race, language, geography, culture and or traditions should be united in an independent nation.

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Define Liberalism in 1820.

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People have some say in government.

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Define Radicalism in 1820.

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Use of violence to achieve aims.

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21
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Who was the Austrian premier determined to destroy nationalism and liberalism?

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Clemens von Metternich

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22
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What is a Zealot?

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Hard line Pope

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23
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Define constitutional monarchy.

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The monarchy retains their role but is answerable to the people.

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Define republicanism.

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No monarch. People have the right to vote for an elected leader.

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Define Conservative.

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To conserve key features, but undergo moderate reform.

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What is a federation?

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Where states join together with a common leadership, but retain some state freedoms.

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Who were the Federati?

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Northern secret society led by a Milanese nobleman, Federico Confalonieri. Anti-Austrian and favoured a constitutional government.

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28
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Name the secret society in the Papal States that were anti Austrian and anti-papacy.

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Spillo Negro (Black Pin)

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29
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The trigger for revolutions in 1830, was Charles X abdication in France. Who replaced him?

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Louis Philippe

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30
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What was the aim of most of the revolutions.

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Gaining a constitution.

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31
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Where was the revolt led by Enrico Misley?

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Modena

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32
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What did revolutions in Bologna achieve in the short term?

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An elected assembly, reformed finance system and fairer legal system.

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33
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Who suppressed most of the 1830-32 revolutions?

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Austrians

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34
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List the 6 reasons why the revolutions failed.

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Localised, moderate, lacked popular support, ill-equipped, French failure and Austrian power

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35
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Explain the Risorgimento.

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National uprising which comes from the Italian people.

36
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Why was the medieval writer Dante significant?

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Talked about ‘Italian’ language and wrote in Italian. Recognised common culture and customs. Hoped a German emperor would one day unite Italy.

37
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Who wrote, The Prince, complaining of foreign rule during French occupation in the 15th century.

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Machiavelli

38
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Why is Verdi significant?

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Anti-Austrian messages through opera.

39
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Who were the Congresso degli Scienziata?

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Congress of Science, spoke in Italian at meetings and encouraged moderate nationalism.

40
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What were the Gli Annali and the Politecnico?

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Journals that stressed the importance of economic growth such as the wine industry Chianti.

41
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Who started Young Italy in 1831?

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Giuseppe Mazzini

42
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Was Mazzini considered a moderate or a radical?

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Radical

43
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What type of government did Mazzini favour?

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Republican

44
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Who did Count Caesar Balbo believe should lead a a federation of Italian states againt the Austrians?

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Piedmont

45
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Which king was supported by the ‘Albertisti’ in the 1830s?

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Charles Alberto of Piedmont

46
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What is Neo-Guelphism?

A

The Pope and the Catholic Church lead a national revival

47
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Name the Piedmontese philosopher who believed in Neo-Guelphism?

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Abbe Gioberti

48
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Which ‘liberal’ Pope was elected in 1846?

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Pius IX

49
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What was the Consulta?

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Pius created an elected body of advisors under a new constitution

50
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Which monarch did Massimo d’Azeglio predict could defeat the Austrians and unite northern Italy?

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Charles Alberto of Piedmont

51
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Who did Charles Albert, king of Piedmont, join in a customs union and legal reform?

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Pope Pius IX and Tuscany

52
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What was the Statuto?

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A constitution granted by Charles Albert, King of Piedmont, in 1847.

53
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What did Pius IX do to incite crowds in Rome to chant ‘O sommo Pio’?

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Release political prisoners

54
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1/3 of Austrian tax revenue came from which two wealthy Italian states?

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Lombardy-Venetia

55
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What happened at Ferrara in 1847?

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Austrian troops occupied the town causing the Pope to lodge a formal protest and asking the lord to bless ‘Italia’.

56
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What is subsistence farming?

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Farming just enough food to feed oneself. In a good year any surplus may be sold at market.

57
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What caused maize and wheat prices to rise in 1847?

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Europe wide harvest failure and shortages

58
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What was the average life expectancy in Naples in the 1840s?

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24

59
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What did the Sicilians blame their rulers in Naples for in 1836?

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Cholera outbreak that killed 65,000

60
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Which city did the Italian revolutions of 1848 break out in?

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Palermo, Sicily

61
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Who were the lazzaroni?

A

Poor peasant masses of Naples

62
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The King of Naples was forced to withdraw from Sicily in 1848 and introduce a constitution. Who was he?

A

Ferdinand II

63
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Which two states followed Naples and introduced constitutions in February 1848?

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Tuscany and the Papal States

64
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What type of monarchy did Charles Albert create in Piedmont?

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Constitutional Monarchy

65
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Austria had problems at home too. There were uprisings in the capital city. What was the capital?

A

Vienna

66
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Where were ‘Five Glorious Days’?

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Milan, Lombardy

67
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What did the ‘Five Glorious Days’ achieve in the short term?

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Anti Austrian uprising causes General Radetzky to withdraw and gains an alliance with Piedmont

68
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Who set up the Venetian Republic known as the Republic of St Mark?

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Daniel Manin

69
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What was Pius’ Allocution of April 1848?

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Pius, afraid of upsetting Austria, publically stated that he did not support war, did not want to lead Italy and called Charles Albert an aggressor

70
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What do the Sicilians declare in April that isn’t very pro Italian Unification?

A

Sicilian independence

71
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After early military wins, how does Charles Albert show a lack of commitment to unity?

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Refuses to accept recruits to his army that won’t swear loyalty to him. Garibaldi is refused.

72
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In which battle does Radetzky crush Charles Albert on 24th July?

A

Custozza, Lombardy

73
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The Piedmontese are expelled from Lombardy on the 11th August, what was the name of the armistice?

A

Armistice of Salasco

74
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Ferdinand crushes the uprising in Sicily, earning himself what nickname?

A

King Bomba

75
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Why does the Pope flee Rome in November 1848?

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His anti-liberal PM, Count Rossi, is murdered by a mob

76
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Who set up the Costituente in Rome, which later created the Roman Republic?

A

Giuseppe Galletti

77
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Charles Albert attempted to fight the Austrians again in March 1849, but was defeated where?

A

Battle of Novara

78
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Name the 3 members of the Roman Triumvirate.

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Mazzini, Armellini and Saffi

79
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List the liberal reforms introduced by the Roman Republic.

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legal reform, slum clearance, ended press censorship, abolished the death penalty, removed church control of education, promised a constitution

80
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Who replaced Charles Albert when he abdicated in March 1849?

A

His son, Victor Emmanuel II

81
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Why did Louis Napoleon send 20,000 French troops to defeat the Roman Republic in April?

A

To help the Catholic Church and gain favour at home

82
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How long did General Giuseppe Garibaldi and the volunteer Republican army hold off the French?

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2 months

83
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What was Piedmont’s punishment for supporting revolution against Austria?

A

Reparations of 65 million francs

84
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Which revolt was the last to fail?

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Republic of Venice in August 1849 due to Cholera outbreaks and hunger

85
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Until what date did the French troops stay in Rome protecting the Pope?

A

1870

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