The Creation of The Kingdon of Italy Flashcards
what was the Orsini Bomb Plot
Italian Nationalist Orsini escapes to France
attempts to kill Napoleon III
what was the Plombieres agreement
meetings between Cavour and napoleon to decide hoq to expel Austria from Lombardy+Venetia+ enlarge piedmont
what were the terms of the plombieres agreement
Austria seen as aggressor
France get Nice+Savoy in return for 2,000 soldiers
kingdom of central Italy created
house of savoy control piedmont, Lombardy, venetia
why did Napoleon want Austria to look like the aggressor
stop Prussian involvement
Britain wouldn’t allow Austrian control being replaced with French, had to be seen as helping weak piedmont
what was the second war of Italian independence called
Franco Austrian war 1859
when did piedmont mobilise their army
march 1859
why did Austria invade
said if piedmont didn’t demobilize their troops in 3 days or there would be war
what was wrong when French troops arrived
arrived before their supplies
two main battles of Franco-Austrian war
magenta (1)
solferino (2)
battle of magenta
30th May
14,000 austrians 40 guns
10,700 18 guns
french victory, no piedmont casualties
battle of solferino
austria attempt surprise attack 21st June-24th austria 21,000/128,000 casual allies 17,000/137,000 signed an armistice
why did Napoleon III sign an armistice after solferino
too many casualties
scared prussia might enter conflict
seige would be lengthy+expensive
when did Prussia moboilise their troops
24th June 1859
on banks of Rhine
When did Cavour resign
16th July 1859
angry he was excluded from talks in villa franca
what happened at villa Franca 11th July
Austria gave lombardy to France
venetia remain in austrian hands
france would get nice+savoy- didnt fulfill plombieres
what was the treaty made at Villa Franca
treaty of Zurich November 1859
when did Garibaldi go to the South
was going to Nice
heard uprising in Sicily against king
went with ‘the thousand’ May 1860
how did cavour feel about Garibaldi going to the south
refused to give garibaldi equipment
he thought south too poor to unite+he would fail