knowledge test Flashcards
How many silk workers and cotton workers were there in Piedmont??
60,000 and 114,000
What did public debt rise to and from between 1850-59??
from 120 million to 725 million
What train lines did the french Pay for??
- Mount cenis tunnel
- Train link between Genoa, Milan, Turing and Paris
What was Cavours opinion on Austria and how did he show this??
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
What anti-clerical measures did Cavour take before ending them?
- 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
How did Cavour use Mamora to stabilise the army??
Got him to remove hostile elements
What did Cavour do in 1853 and 1857 to crush radicals??
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.
What was built by Cavour in 1857 to help promote construction industries??
the Cavour canal
What was the main outcome for the 1848 revolution??
The statuto was allowed to remain in Piedmont
Why was the impact of the statuto limited??(chambers)
Upper chamber appointed by the king
Lower chamber represented 2.5% of people
How many political refugees did piedmont attract and what prominent person came??
30,000
Ferrera the economist
Why did mazzian politics decline after 1849??
- 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
What failed uprisings was Mazzini involved in and why did they fail??
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
Who made the connubio and what did it do?
Cavour in 1851-52
- centre alliance between parliament and centre left leader ratazzi
- strengthened the role of parliament against the crown
When did Cavour asked VE to make him PM and what else did Cavour make himself??
November 1852
Made himself minister of foreign affairs and finance
