knowledge test Flashcards

1
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How many silk workers and cotton workers were there in Piedmont??

A

60,000 and 114,000

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What did public debt rise to and from between 1850-59??

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from 120 million to 725 million

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3
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What train lines did the french Pay for??

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  • Mount cenis tunnel

- Train link between Genoa, Milan, Turing and Paris

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What was Cavours opinion on Austria and how did he show this??

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Cavour’s policy was anti austrian and this was enough to keep the hopes of nationalists alive that Cavour could lead a unified state if he acted to get rid of Austria

-involvement In the crimean war

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What anti-clerical measures did Cavour take before ending them?

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  • 1855-Cavour attacked wealth of the church by closing 152 monasteries and 1700 benefices (positions held by priests) to reduce their influence and added £145,000 to piedmonts economy
  • ending the connubio in 1857
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How did Cavour use Mamora to stabilise the army??

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Got him to remove hostile elements

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What did Cavour do in 1853 and 1857 to crush radicals??

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1853-avour warned Austria about Mazzini and his radicals planning an attack in Milan, gaining him Austrian thanks and undermining the nationalists who believed VE to be the likely leader of a new Italy.

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What was built by Cavour in 1857 to help promote construction industries??

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the Cavour canal

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9
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What was the main outcome for the 1848 revolution??

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The statuto was allowed to remain in Piedmont

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Why was the impact of the statuto limited??(chambers)

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Upper chamber appointed by the king

Lower chamber represented 2.5% of people

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11
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How many political refugees did piedmont attract and what prominent person came??

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30,000

Ferrera the economist

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12
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Why did mazzian politics decline after 1849??

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  • he had failed to reach the peasants and had very limited appeal
  • the church was relatively better in keeping control of peasants and stopping them revolting
  • the liberals deemed his as a dangerous radical
  • rich people disliked him due to wanting redistribute wealth
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13
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What failed uprisings was Mazzini involved in and why did they fail??

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Sicily 1851-52
1853 in Milan
1857 in Genoa
-Austrian forced had got into Mazzini secret organisations and made arrests, Austria were told of the 1853 revolting and Cavour suppressed the 1857 revolution

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14
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Who made the connubio and what did it do?

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Cavour in 1851-52

  • centre alliance between parliament and centre left leader ratazzi
  • strengthened the role of parliament against the crown
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When did Cavour asked VE to make him PM and what else did Cavour make himself??

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November 1852

Made himself minister of foreign affairs and finance

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