Treaties And Agreements

Question 1

What treaty redistributed Europe in 1815?

Answer 1

Congress of Vienna

Question 2

What did the Congress of Vienna also do?

Answer 2

Ended the Napoleonic wars

Restored Italian Leaders

Question 3

Who was at the Congress of Vienna?

Answer 3

The big 4 powers:

Britain, Austria, Prussia and Russia

Question 4

When was the Treaty of Milan?

Answer 4

1849

Question 5

What was the Treaty of Milan for?

Answer 5

To end the 1st Italian War of Independence between Austria and Piedmont

Question 6

What was Piedmont’s punishment for going to war with Austria (1st war of independence) and how did it impact Italy?

Answer 6

65 million francs of reparations

Restoration of leaders

Question 7

What treaty was in 1856?

Answer 7

Congress of Paris

Question 8

What was the purpose of the Congress of a Paris?

Answer 8

Treaty to end Crimean war involving France, Great Britain and Italy against Russia

Question 9

Why did Italy join the Crimean war in 1855?

Answer 9

To gain allies

Question 10

When was the Pact of Plombieres?

Answer 10

July 1858

Question 11

Who was at the Plombieres meeting?

Answer 11

Napoleon 2nd and Cavour

Question 12

For French help, what did Cavour do?

Answer 12

He accepted the unification of Italy into 4 blocks

Question 13

What did Cavour agree to give to France in return for their help with the war against Austria? (Plombieres)

Answer 13

Nice and Savoy

Question 14

How did the 2nd War of Independence against Austria begin and who helped?

Answer 14

Piedmont mobilised 20,000 troops on the Lombardy boarder to make Austria appear to be the aggressors of war
France helped by contributing the 20,000 troops

Question 15

When was the Treaty if Villafranca/ Zurich?

Answer 15

1859

Question 16

Why was there two treaties to the end the 2nd War of Independence?

Answer 16

Villafranca ended the war and Zurich agreed the terms

Question 17

What happened at the meeting for the Treaty of Villafranca/ Zurich?

Answer 17

Napoleon sued for peace due
Italy not invited
Lombardy given to France by Austria

Question 18

How did Italy become united with Lombardy?

Answer 18

After being given it by Austria at the Treaty of Villafranca/ Zurich 1859, France handed Lombardy to Italy

Question 19

What happened on the 26th October 1860

Answer 19

Teano meeting

Question 20

What was the Teano meeting?

Answer 20

After conquering the south, Garibaldi meets VEII in Teano and hands it to him

Question 21

Why was VEII travelling towards the south in 1860?

Answer 21

Cavour send the King with an army to stop Garibaldi attempting to take Rome

Question 22

When was the Treaty of Turin?

Answer 22

1860

Question 23

What happened due to the Treaty of Turin?

Answer 23

Nice and Savoy were handed to France (even though they hadn’t annexed Venetia as promised) because France accepted Piedmont annexing the Grand Duchies

Question 24

When was the Declaration of the Kingdom of Italy?

Answer 24

17th March 1861

Question 25

Who was the first King of Italy?

Answer 25

Victor Emmanuel the 2nd

Question 26

When did the period of Fractious Cohabitation start?

Answer 26

1861

Question 27

What is Fractious Cohabitation?

Answer 27

Involving VEII and the Pope, it was the idea that they both held power in Italy but not happily together/ there was a bad relationship between the church and the state

Question 28

What convention happened in 1864?

Answer 28

September Convention

Question 29

What was the September Convention?

Answer 29

France agreed to leave Rome if the capital of Italy was moved to Florence (from Turin to stop Piedmont being too powerful)
However, the French return to Rome because Garibaldi attempts to annex Rome

Question 30

When was the Brigands war?

Answer 30

1850-1865

Question 31

Who was the Brigands war between and what was it caused by?

Answer 31

Between bandits and Piedmontese

Caused by conscription

Question 32

When was the Biarritz Pact?

Answer 32

1865

Question 33

What did the Biarritz pact involve?

Answer 33

Bismarck (Prussian political leader) met Napoleon II who promised neutrality in any future war

Question 34

In 1866, what agreement was formed?

Answer 34

Berlin Agreement between Prussia and Italy

Question 35

What were the terms of the Berlin Agreement?

Answer 35

Italy offered to open a second front against the Austrians

This was during the 7 week Austro-Prussian war and they did it in exchange for Venetia

Question 36

What agreement was secretly made between France and Austria in June 1866?

Answer 36

Franco-Austrian Agreement

Question 37

What were the terms of the Franco-Austrian agreement in June 1866?

Answer 37

Napoleon II sorts a secret alliance with Austria

Austria promised to give Venetia to Napoleon in return for French neutrality in war

Question 38

What was the name of the treaty that ended the Austro-Prussian war?

Answer 38

Peace of Prague 1866

Question 39

What happened in 1870?

Answer 39

The Pro Rome agreement

Question 40

Wha happened in the Pro Rome Agreement?

Answer 40

Italy wrote to Spain and Austria to inform them that they were going to take Rome from the Pope and neither objected

Question 41

When was the Treaty of Frankfurt?

Answer 41

1871

Question 42

What did the Treaty of Frankfurt involve?

Answer 42

It ended the Franco-Prussian war (between France and Germany)

Question 43

How did the Treaty Of Frankfurt 1871 affect Italy?

Answer 43

Italians attached Rome during the Franco-Prussian was because during this time the French had to withdraw its troops to deal with war