The rise of Piedmont - 1850 - 1858 Flashcards
When were the siccardi laws introduced and what did they do?
1850, they significantly decreased church powers
What does Cavour create in the House of Representatives?
The connubio - a balance between the left and right
How many monasteries were closed due to Cavour’s anti clerical reform in 1855?
152, who could not prove their charitable work
How did Cavour make the government more stable?
What year did he do this?
Sacked Rattazzi and ended the connubio
1857
What did Cavour do to limit Mazzini’s success/ influence in Piedmont?
1853 - warned Austria about mazzinian revolt in Lombardy
1857 - revolts in Genoa that failed - Cavour used these to persecute Mazzzini and demonstrate his failure
What year was the Cavour Canal completed?
1857
How many silk/ cotton workers were in Piedmont in 1844?
114 000 cotton workers and 60 000 silk workers
What percentage did public debt increase by between 1847 and 1859?
83%
What year was the Sicilia completed?
1855
How many km of railway did Piedmont have by the end of the 1850s?
819km
How many km of railway did Italy have by the end of the 1850s?
1798 km
Who did Cavour make free trade treaties with?
Britain, France and Belgium
Which French banker funded a lot of Piedmontese development?
Rothschild
This banker also helped to fund which tunnel?
Mount Cenis
What slowly led to Austrian decline?
The growing strength of Prussia
Reduced influence over the German confederation
What years were the Crimean war?
1854 -56
How many Piedmontese troops fought in the Crimean war?
18,000
What happened between Mazzini and the French in 1849?
tried to appease them by returning French Prisoners, but was ignored
Failed Mazzinian uprising in Milan
February 1853 - highlighted weakness in policies and tactics - 50 revolutionaries were shot by Austrians
3 failed Mazzinian uprisings in the 1850s
Lunigiana 1853, Massa 1854, Palermo 1856
Sapri 1857 Mazzinian Failure
Pisacane’s forces were attacked at Sapri by both Neopolitan and local forces - demonstrated Italy did not want a democratic revolution
The Latin Committee
Set up in Paris in 1851 to campaign for a federal republic
Military Committee
Genoa in 1852 by Medici - wanted to find an appropriate method to expel Austrian Military dominance
The National Society
1857 - joined by many ex Mazzinians - demonstrated the end of ‘The Age of Mazzini’
What did the Pope do after returning to Rome in 1850?
renounced all previous liberal reforms and the reforms of the Roman Republic
How many political refugees fled to Piedmont after 1848 because of the liberal nature and free press/
30,000 - including the economist Ferrara
How much did Piedmontese trade increase by in Piedmont (1850s)?
300%
How much did Cavours Anti - Clericist economic reforms increase government wealth by?
equivalent £145,640
What did Cavour warn Austria of in 1853?
Mazzinian uprising in Lombardy
What did Cavour do in 1857?
persecuted Mazzinian radicals/ suppressed Mazzinian press in Genoa
How many km of Railway did Piedmont have?
819km (1/3 of entire peninsula)
What did Mamora do in 1853?
urged by Cavour to remove conservative elements
