Pre-Napoleonic and French rule in Italy (knowledge questions)

Question 1

In what year did Napoleon’s army invade Italy

Answer 1

1796

Question 2

Who was Piedmont ruled by in 1796

Answer 2

House of Savoy

Question 3

Who was Lombardy ruled by in 1796

Answer 3

Representatives of Austria

Question 4

Who was Venetia ruled by in 1796

Answer 4

Dominated by Austria and local aristocracy (highest class - governing power held by nobility(privileged) )

Question 5

Who were the Central Duchies (Tuscany, Modena and Parma) ruled by in 1796

Answer 5

Own Dukes and Austria

Question 6

Who were the Papal States ruled by in 1796

Answer 6

Pope

Question 7

Who was the Kingdom of Naples ruled by in 1796

Answer 7

Bourbon family

Question 8

What did Napoleon crown himself as in 1805

Answer 8

King of Italy

Question 9

How many parts did Napoleon divide Italy into in 1805

Answer 9

3

Question 10

Name the 3 parts Italy was divided into in 1805

Answer 10

North West = part of French Empire, North East = Kingdom of Italy, South = Kingdom of Naples

Question 11

Which 3rd of Italy in 1805 was treated as part of the French empire (the names of the states)

Answer 11

Piedmont, Central Duchies, Papal States

Question 12

One 3rd of Italy in 1805 became the Kingdom of Italy, which states were included (3)

Answer 12

Lombardy, Modena, Bologna

Question 13

The final third of Italy in 1805 was the Kingdom of Naples (not including Sicily) who was it controlled by

Answer 13

Britain

Question 14

Give three positives of French rule in Italy

Answer 14

1. Country divided into 3 = more United than ever
2. 10% of Italians living in towns benefited (middle class) increased prosperity
3. External custom barriers simplified
4. Code Napoleon introduced
5. Compulsory education

Question 15

Give 3 negatives of French rule in Italy

Answer 15

1. Men needed for French army (conscription)
2. High taxes to pay for army
3. Reduced power of church (negative for pope)
4. Two Popes imprisoned, church lands sold
5. Peasants (90%) largely unaffected
6. Disease continued (pellagra, failed crops, women and children needed to farm

Question 16

Give 3 negatives of French rule in Italy

Answer 16

1. Men needed for French army (conscription)
2. High taxes to pay for army
3. Reduced power of church (negative for pope)
4. Two Popes imprisoned, church lands sold
5. Peasants (90%) largely unaffected
6. Disease continued (pellagra, failed crops, women and children needed to farm

Question 17

Explain what was included in Code Napoleon

Answer 17

Ideas of ‘liberty, fraternity, equality’. Established codified rules that promoted equality of all men, removed birth privileges and freedom of religion. The system standardised laws across Italy (and Europe) negatively affecting the monarchy.

Question 18

Explain what was included in Code Napoleon

Answer 18

Ideas of ‘liberty, fraternity, equality’. Established codified rules that promoted equality of all men, removed birth privileges and freedom of religion. The system standardised laws across Italy (and Europe) negatively affecting the monarchy.

Question 19

Why were the peasants unaffected by Napoleon

Answer 19

No reforms made for them, had to be better educated to get good jobs, South left largely alone (where most lived) couldn’t vote as they couldn’t pass the literacy test