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The First War of Italian Independence 1848 Flashcards

1
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When was the Statuto granted in Piedmont?

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March 1848

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2
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When did Austrian minister of foreign affairs, Klemens von Metternich, resign?

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13th March 1848 after revolutions in Vienna

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3
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When were the Five Glorious Days of Milan?

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17-22 March 1848

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4
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What happened during the Five Days of Milan?

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  • tobacco boycott
  • 10,000 petition to Austria
  • Austria forced to quadrilateral
  • town council set up/union with Piedmont desired
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5
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When did Charles Albert declare war on Austria?

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22 March 1848

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6
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Why did Charles Albert declare war on Austria?

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Wanted to annex Lombardy to Piedmont

Fearful revolutionaries may extend to Piedmont and revolt against the monarchy

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7
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Who commanded the Neapolitan troops which aided Charles Albert in the war against Austria?

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General Pepe

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8
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Who commanded the Roman troops which aided Charles Albert in the war against Austria?

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General Durango

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9
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Who was commanding the Austrian troops in the war against Charles Albert?

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General Radetsky

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10
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When did Pius IX issue his papal allocution?

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29 April 1848

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11
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What did the papal allocution state?

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  • war against Austria didn’t have papal blessing
  • Charles Albert was the aggressor (wrongly)
  • totally opposed a united Italy (hurt Gioberti)
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12
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Which battle did Charles Albert’s troops win in May 1848?

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Battle of Goita

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13
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Why did the Roman troops return to the Papal States?

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Because of the papal allocution

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14
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Why did the Neapolitan troops return to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies?

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Because Ferdinand II had retaken power

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15
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When did Charles Albert lose the first Battle of Custoza?

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24 July

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16
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When was the Armistice of Salasco signed?

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11 August, forcing Piedmontese out of Lombardy

17
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What happened on the 23 March 1849?

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Charles Albert re-instigates the war against Austria but is defeated at the Battle of Novara

18
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What was the consequence of the loss at the Battle of Novara?

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The abdication of Charles Albert with Victor Emmanuel II assuming the throne

19
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When was the Venetian Republic declared under Daniele Manin?

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22 March 1848

20
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What happened in July 1848 concerning the Venetian Republic?

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Parliament decides to aid Charles Albert and Daniele Manin resigns subsequently due to being a republican

21
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When did Daniele Manin reassume power following his resignation in July 1848?

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March 1849 following Charles Albert’s loss at the Battle of Novara and his abdication

22
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Why did the Venetian Republic surrender eventually?

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Due to cholera outbreak

Due to hunger (Austrian siege)

23
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When did Pope Pius IX appoint the anti-liberal prime minister Count Rossi

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September 1848

24
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When was Count Rossi murdered by an angry mob exiting parliament?

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15 November 1848

25
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What was the immediate consequence of the assassination of the prime minister Count Rossi on 15 November 1848?

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The Pope flees from Rome and to Gaeta

A revolutionary government is established

26
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When the pope flees Rome following the assassination of his prime minister Count Rossi, who leads the revolutionary government?

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Giuseppe Galletti

27
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What did the revolutionary government in Rome do?

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Tax reform
Public works
Constituente (parliament) established

28
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When is the Roman Republic declared?

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February 1849

29
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When are the Triumvirate put in place in Rome?

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March 1849

30
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Who were the members of the Triumvirate?

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Mazzini, Armellini, Saffi

31
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When did Napoleon III send 20,000 troops to Rome to restore papal rule?

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April 1849

32
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Who held the French troops back for 2 months as they tried to claim Rome from the revolutionaries?

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Giuseppe Garibaldi

33
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When did the French enter Rome?

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3 July 1849

34
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Why did the uprisings begin in Sicily?

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An outbreak of cholera

Poor living conditions in Palermo (capital)

35
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What happens in Sicily in March 1848?

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A revolutionary government declares it is no longer a part of Naples or under the reign of Ferdinand II

36
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When does the Neapolitan army take control of the Sicilian resistance?

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May 1849

37
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Why does Ferdinand II grant a constitution to the Neapolitan people?

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Uprisings in Salerno and Naples

38
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What hinders the Austrians taking action in Naples?

A

Pope Pius IX had forbidden Austrian troops to enter the Papal States. The allocution overturned this and the Austrians were able to restore Ferdinand II to the throne

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