Role of Individuals - Cavour and VE Flashcards
When did Cavour become PM?
1852
Which organisation did Cavour form to become PM? Who with?
The connubio
Rattazzi
What did the Connubio do?
Weakened D’Azeglio’s moderate right govt
What anti-clerical thing did Cavour do?
Abolish the monastaries
How many monastaries and beneficiaries supressed? How much did this add to the state income?
152 monastaries
1700 beneficarys
£145,000
When did Cavour sack Rattazzi therefore ending the Connubio?
1857
When did Cavour warn Austria of an impending Mazzinian uprising in Milan?
Feb 1853
What three roles did Cavour make himself and when?
PM, Foreign Minister, Finance Minister
Jan 1855
When did Cavour reform the finance office?
1852
Who did Cavour use to reform the Army?
La Mamora
Which two french bankers did Cavour get to invest in the Mount Cennis tunnel?
Rothschild and Lafitte
How much railway by end of 1850s in Piedmont?
800km
When did Cavour get involved in Crimean war?
Jan 1855
How many troops did Cavour send to the Crimean war with what request?
18,000
That they would be allowed to join peace talks
When did Cavour attend congress of Paris? What day revolved around the Italian issue?
1856 - April 8th
When was the treaty of Turin
March 1860
How did Cavour convince Napolean of unifying the Central Duchies?
By using a series of Plebecites
What was the plebecite outcome for the duchies?
426,000 to 1506 in favor
When did VE become King?
MArch 1849
Following Charles Albert’s Abdication
When was the Pact of Plombieres?
21 July 1858
What were the terms of the Pact of Plombiere? (3)
France would aid Italy if they were threatened by Austria IF:
- Nice and Savoy given to france
- Marriage between Jerome Bonaparte and Marie Clotide
- Cavour got rid of Mazzini
When did VE make the “Grido de Delore”
Jan 1859
