The 1848 Revolutions Flashcards
Sicily: How is the revolutions announced?
Notices in Palermo stating that the revolution will begin
Sicily: How is Ferdinand unseated?
Peasant clashed with troops in Palermo and still win despite 5000 troops reinforced
Sicily: What is Ferdinand’s last ditch attempt at revolution quelling before he is forced to flee?
Jan 1848 - Offer of autonomy to the people, who ignored and continue to revolt, controlling most of the island at this point
Sicily: What do the middle class do to slow down peasants who are looting, and burning tax records?
Civic guard to control the masses, Alexa parliament declared separation from Naples and Sicily declaring Ferdinand as no longer their king
Sicily: How and when does Ferdinand Retaliate?
September 1848 - 20,000 troops are dispatched to reclaim Messina and the Sicilian parliament surrender after a three day bombardment in March 1849
Naples: What is the uprising in Naples?
January 17th revolution launched - Burning tax records and killed a few notorious bourbon Leaders
Naples: When did the King yield (give way to demands)?
Jan 27th
Naples: What did Ferdinand do after yielding to the revolts?
Appointing a more liberal ministry led by Nicola Maresca, Duke of Serracapriola - withdrew troops from Palermo
Naples: What is established in Naples following the Kings allowance of a constitution?
Carlo Troya attempts to persuade the King to break ties with Austria but instead he just frees the press and ignored all calls for land reform
Naples: What was the ultimate result of Naples uprising?
Local, not national, illusion of progress and democracy, King still remains ultimately in power and peasants have been falsely appeased
Lombardy/ Piedmont: What marked the beginnings of revolution in the North?
The “Five Glorious Days” initiated in Milan
Lombardy/Piedmont: What happened at the start of the “Five Glorious Days?”
10,000 people presented a petition for liberal reforms to the Austrian governor in Milan
Lombardy/Piedmont: What physical conflict occurs out of the “Five Glorious Days?”
On one side: Radetzky withdraws to the Quadrilateral
On the other: Moderates led by Cassati ask for union with Piedmont
Radicals led by Cattaneo ask for a federation of Italian republics.
Lombardy/ Piedmont: How does Charles Albert react to the “Five Glorious Days?”
Fearing French intervention is he hesitates, CA sends troops to Lombardy, declaring war on Austria
Lombardy/Piedmont: Who joins CA’s Piedmontese army?
Naples soldiers led by Pepe, Papal soldiers led by the rebel Durando and they go on to win the battle of Goito
Lombardy/Piedmont: What causes mistrust and doubting in CA’s army?
30,000 French troops have amassed on Piedmonts Western border. and his
army is full of divided aims, and loyalty to different states.
Lombardy/Piedmont: What dwindles CA’s army numbers?
He refused to accept troops that didn’t swear loyalty to him and the Papal Allocution
Lombardy/Piedmont: What two battles are Piedmont crushed in?
Custozza July 1848
Novara March 1849
Lombardy/Piedmont: What armistice is signed after the Piedmontese are expelled from Lombardy?
11th Aug - Armistice of Solasco
Lombardy/Piedmont: How much do the Piedmontese have to repay after the war?
65 million French Francs
Venetia: Who resigns leaving an opportunity to revolt?
Metternich
Venetia: Who takes over rule of Venetia and what does he do?
Daniel Manin. Creates the Venetian Republic
Venetia: Why is the republic forced to surrender?
Hunger and an outbreak of cholera. Venice becomes Isolated as the rest of
Venetia is back under Austrian control.
Central Duchies: What is the Duke of Tuscany forced to do in 1848?
Grand Duke Leopold Il is forced to Appoint a more democratic government
led by Montanelli. and he grants an equally conservative constitution as the
one in Venetia
Central Duchies: What do the people of Tuscany want, which forces Leopold to flee?
Peoples army to face Austria
Central Duchies: When does Leopold return?
After the defeat of Piedmont at Novara, Tuscan moderates regain the
advantage and Leopold returns.
