Italy UCAS - Events in the south 1860-61

Question 1

When and who did Cavour order to crush the South after a Bourbon uprising?

Answer 1

Farini October 1860

Question 2

When and how many Southerners took to the hills to avoid military service

Answer 2

1861 around 25000

Question 3

Who were the brigands made up of?

Answer 3

Unemployed, disillusioned and the 10000 convicts that escaped during Garibaldi’s campaign.

Question 4

How many Brigands were there and how many soliders did Piedmont deploy to deal with them?

Answer 4

82,000 Brigands and 120,000 Soliders

Question 5

What had been protecting the Souths economy that was removed after unification?

Answer 5

Tariffs that meant the Southern industry didn’t have to compete with the Northern one after this was removed industries such as silk collapsed in the South.

Question 6

Name 4 ways in which Piedmont dealt with Brigands?

Answer 6

Executed without trial, burn towns, imprison relatives of suspects, neutrals treated as supporters, censorship.

Question 7

What unpopular taxes were introduced to pay for 1859 and Brigand war debt?

Answer 7

Flour tax and Grist (grinding grain) tax