Role Of VE II During The Unification Process? Flashcards
What did Victor Emmanuel allow?
The Statuto
What did the keeping of the Statuto lead to?
30,000 nationalist exiles came to Piedmont
Why shouldn’t Statuto be exaggerated?
The upper chamber was appointed by the king and the lower chamber only represented 2.25% of the population who were literate
What’s 30,000 in Turin and Genoa in the 1850s included the which Economist? and which writer?
Ferrera and Massari
What examples meant that there was little in the background to justify nationalist hope for Victor Emmanuel?
His mother and wife were both members of the Austrian imperial family. One of his first actions as king was to shell Genoa where radicals were entrenched
What could be said about Victor Emmanuel to begin with?
Symbolic
What do some historians argue, the reason for why Victor Emmanuel kept the Statuto and not truly nationalistic?
Felt pressured by the Austrians feared that if it was removed this can lead to an uprising against Victor Emmanuel and the Austrians again
What was one of the aspects the Statuto gave the ruling Monarch relating to policy?
Article 5 gave sole control over foreign policy Victor Emmanuel in the background to apply pressure on Cavour
For the end of 1849 VE had appointed who as prime minister?
Massimo Azeglio
What were VE and Azeglio both upset about?
The behaviour of the Church in 1848 when they had abandoned Charles Albert
What was the name of the series of anti-clerical laws that were brought in and when?
March 1850
Siccardi laws
1851-52 Cavour made a parliamentary agreement with the leader of the centre-left Ratazzi. What was this called?
Connubio
The Connubio undermined Azeglio and what happened in Nov 1852?
Cavour asked VE II to make him PM which was accepted
What essentially led to the Piedmont’s involvement in the Crimean War?
It was VE who pushed for its involvement, who threatened to sack Cavour for Revel who was more pro war than Cavour
At the meeting in Plombieres the participants also agreed on the matrimonial union between the two really houses to consolidate the alliance what was it?
Marriage of VE eldest daughter Clotilde and Napoleon III’s cousin, Jerome
What was the impact of the marriage between the two reigning houses?
Major contribution, relationship between the French and Piedmont. Bonaparte married into Royalty
When and where was the marriage between Clotilde and Jerome approved and celebrated?
Jan 1859 Turin
When did VE meet Garibaldi for the first time?
March 1859 and they got on well
What essentially stopped Garibaldi from attacking Rome in 1859?
Loyalty to the king following Villafranca
Garibaldi invaded main land Naples in August 1860 he did so in the name of who?
VE and Italy
How did the king react to the efforts of Garibaldi?
Hailed G efforts in the South which forced Cavour to go along with the events
VE opinion and reaction to the actions of G which may have prevented what?
Cavour from causing any action as he didn’t want to upset VE either
From October 3rd 1860 what did VE do which was seen as heroic and patriotic?
Led the Piedmontese army in person and helped to defeat the papal troops in the Papal States
When G handed over the land of the South to VE what had VE rejected?
VE rejected G calls to be made viceroy of the south
If G was put in control of the South what could this have prevented?
Brigands war and social problems down South
What had VE refused with Napoleon?
Napoleon’s suggestion to return parts of the Papal States to the Pope in 1860 in return for French withdrawal
What had VE negotiated instead of accepting Napoleons first suggestion?
The September Convention 1864 with Nap III which would lead to French withdrawal from Rome
What did the papacy not recognise?
VE position as king
What had VE encouraged G to do?
Destabilise Austrian rule in Venice
Essentially VE was more talk than action. What did he do during the 1866 War?
Took personal control of the armed forces and therefore faced criticism for his failures
After the Kingdom of Italy was established what had VE continued?
(Negative Symbolic)
Continued on as King VE II instead of VE I of Italy. Which was a terrible move and was not indicative of a fresh start that the Italian people had wanted
