Roman Republic Flashcards
Who does Pope Pius IX appoint as his PM ?
Count Rossi.
What happens to the Pope’s PM shortly after his appointing and on what date?
Count Rossi is assassinated by a mob on 15th November 1848.
Where does the Pope flee too after Rossi’s assassination?
Flees to Gaeta in Naples on the 26th of November.
Who takes over leadership of Rome and what reforms do they make?
Guiseppe Gallette
Tax reform, Public works, Constituente is established to plot Italy’s future.
What is the Constituente?
The Constituent Assembly made up of radical middle class men.
What do the Constituente convince Charles Albert to do that ends negatively?
convince CA to attack Austria for a second time even with a weakened army due to Papal allocution, which leads to failure at the battle of Novara on the 23rd of March 1849.
How many French troops siege the city and how long does the RR hold back the French i.e. when do they surrender?
20,000 French Troops - 2 months siege - collapses in July 1849.
What happens to Mazzini after the fall of the RR in July 1849?
He addresses the Roman people before escaping to exile in London on the 5th of July.
How did the defense of Rome establish Garibaldi as a military hero in Italy?
He addressed the Constituente with an allegedly bent sword and delivered his famous speech promising - hunger, thirst, forced marches, and death.
What happened to Garibaldi after the fall of the RR?
He fled Rome with 400 loyal followers to continue fighting in San Marino.
What was the Triumvate?
Armellini, Saffi and Mazzini in a joint leadership of the Roman Republic, based of traditional ancient Roman culture.
When does Mazzini arrive in the RR?
March 5th 1849 a whole month after the republic is initially established.
When is a republic declared in Rome?
February 5th 1849
What else happened on the day that the republic was declared?
Abolishment of the Pope’s temporal power
