How far was the intervention of foreign powers responsible for the failure of the 1848 Revolutions? Flashcards
What 5 factors need to be discussed?
1) Intervention of Foreign Powers
2) Reaction of the papacy
3) Piedmont’s weakness
4) Lack of revolutionary until and lack of popular support
5) Lack of international support
Who were still too strong for the Italian army?
Austria
When did Metternich resign following revolutions in Vienna and the declaration of the Venetian Republic?
March 1848
What demonstrated the Power of Austria?
The April 1848 Papal Allocution
When was the Papal Allocution?
April 1848
Why was Austria’s effective control of the Pope through the April 1848 Papal Allocution significant?
Because if they controlled the Pope they controlled 90% of the Population of Italy who were Catholics
Why did Louis invade and crush the Roman Republic?
He felt that if he did not Austria would, and he needed to gain support of Catholics across Europe by defending the Pope.
When did Louis invade and crush the Roman Republic?
1849
What did the Papal Allocution demonstrate to Italians?
Even a liberal Pope would not support a nationalist cause
What would the Pope not do?
Act in any way that may reduce the temporal power of the the papacy
What did the Papacy request?
Foreign action to help strengthen his hold on power
Why did many soldiers across Italy end their support for nationalism?
They did not want to go against the Pope
What was wrong with the revolutionary aims?
They were heavily divided, reflective of the society too
What did there lack of cohesion mean?
The revolutionary groups were no more similar to each other than enemies were, even if they shared the same ultimate aim.
Which monarch represses Sicilians?
Ferdinand II
What would have been necessary to try to remove Austria?
Foreign Support
Give an example of why foreign powers were concerned with other things?
Irish Potato famine returned in 1848
Why, other than distractions, did foreign powers not want to get involved?
They did not want to upset the French or the Austrians
What were the two foreign powers who were responsible for the failure of the 1848 revolutions?
Austria and France
How did Austria lead tot he failure of the 1848 revolutions?
1) Control over Naples
2) Collapse of the Venetian republic in August 1849
3) Winning the first war of Italian independence
Austria won which two battles as a part of the first war of Italian independence?
Custozza in July 1848 and Novora March 1849
Though ultimately cursing the 1848 revolutions, what happened initially to Austria?
Italy they were weakened, forced to withdraw from Lombardy to the quadrilateral in Venetia
After the victories over Piedmont in 1848 and 1849 the Austrians swept through the central Duchies, restoring which former ruler?
King Leopold II
Name three counter revolutionary methods used by the Austrians
Secret police
Political prisoners
Censorship
Though the Austrians may well be the most important short term cause of the failure of the 1848 revolutions, how are they limited?
Their influence was greatest in the north. In the peasant revolts of the south their influence was much less.