role of individuals in unification up to 1861 Flashcards
C- on what date did cavour warn austria of a mazzinian insurrection
february 1853
C- what did cavour do in february 1853
warned austria of a mazzinian insurrection in venetia
C- how many monastries did cavour abolish
152
C- how many benifices did cavour abolish
1,700
C- what 3 roles did cavour take
finance minister
prime minister
foreign minister
C- what 3 countries did cavour create free trade agreements with
britain
france
belgium
C- when was a railway line built to link what 4 places
1854
genoa, milan, turin and the french border
C -which two french bankers invested in piedmont
Rothschild and Laffite
C- by the 1850s what franction of the peninsulas railway did piedmont have
1/3
C- when was the sicilia built
1855
C- where was piedmonts first steamship built and what was it called
port of genoa - sicilia
C- when did piedmont join the crimean war
1854
C- how many members did the national society have by 1857
8,000
C- by when did the national society have 8,000 members
1857
C- what did cavour allow the national society to do
grow in piedmont
V- when victor emmanuel took power how was he viewed
the British saw him as a cautious liberal and the Austrians a cautious conservative
V- how did VEII force piedmonts involvement in the crimea
he threatened to sack cavour
V- who would VEII have replaced cavour with
Thaon De Revel
V- how many piedmontese troops were involved in the crimean war
18,000
V- what did the amount of piedmontese troops in the crimean war mean
that they would be able to talk in the peace treaty
V- how many piedmontese troops died in the crimea
2,000 but only 30 from wounds, the rest from cholera
V- which two countries were greatful to piedmont after the crimean war
france and britain
what was the main point of discussion on the 8th of april
the italian question
when was the italian question the main point of discussion
the 8th of april
V- what did VEII do after the orsini bomb plot
he made piedmont seem the best guarentee against further assasination atempts from italy
V- when was the cry of anguish speach
10th of january
V- who said the cry of anguish speach
victor emmanuel