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What was the Congress of Vienna?

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A meeting of the great powers following the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte

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What was the concept of Risorgimento?

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National uprisings which come from the Italian people

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What is a federation?

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Where all states of the Italian peninsula could join together with common leadership but still retain some state freedoms.

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What is reactionary?

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Returning to the ways of the past. Linked with conservative restored monarchs.

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If someone was a progressive what would they favour?

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Liberal ideas, change and reform

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What is liberalism?

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Liberalism is a political philosophy founded on ideas of liberty and equality.

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What is the definition of unification?

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Turing a group of separate states into a single country

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What would a radical do?

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Use extreme methods in order to make political gains

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What were Jesuits?

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Extreme catholics

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What does Papal describe?

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Something relating to the pope

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What do Republicans want to get rid of?

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A monarch

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What is a constitutional monarchy?

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Where a monarchy’s role remains but they become accountable to the people.

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What does the political concept of conservatism entail?

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Believing in traditions and being resistant to change

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What is Nationalism?

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Having a strong love for your country, which you want to be free from foreign rule.

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Following Napoleon’s defeat where did the major powers meet?

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Congress of Vienna

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What word describes those who favour reform and liberalism?

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Progressives

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When did the congress of Vienna restore reactionary monarchs to Italian states?

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1815

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When was the revolution in Naples?

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1820

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When was the revolution in Sicily?

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1821

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When was the revolution in Piedmont?

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1821

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When was the revolution in Modena?

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1831

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When was the revolution in Parma?

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1831

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When was the revolution in the Papal States?

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1831

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In what year was pope Pius XI elected?

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1846

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When did grain shortages start?
1846
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In what year did Charles Albert issue the Statuto?
1847
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In what year did the revolutions begin?
1848
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What happened in Naples in 1820?
Revolutions
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What began in 1846?
Grain shortages
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Who issued the Statuto?
Charles Albert
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What began in 1848?
Revolutions
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What were the 4 different types of state rulers?
- Kings - Popes - Dukes - Viceroys
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Who ruled the Northern states of Lombardy?
Viceroys of Austria
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When did France gain control of Nice and Savoy?
1792
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What did France gain control of in 1792?
Nice and Savoy
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When did Napoleon gain Lombardy?
1796
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Who did Napoleon defeat to gain Lombardy?
Austrians
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What did Napoleon gain in 1796?
Lombardy
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When did Napoleon crown himself King of Italy?
1805
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When did Napoleon split the country into 4 states?
1798
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What was the purpose of splitting the country into 4 different states?
"An attempt to simply the boundaries"
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How did Napoleon further simplify Italy in 1810?
Split it into 3 parts
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In what year was Italy split further into 3 parts?
1810
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How were Napoleon's 3 parts distributed?
⅓ given to France ⅓ became known as the kingdom of Italy ⅓ became known as the kingdom of Naples but did not include Sicily which was controlled by Britain
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After the congress of Vienna what happened to Tuscany?
It was returned to the control of the Austrian appointed leaders
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After the congress of Vienna what did the Pope once again control?
The Papal States
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Where was control of education handed back to the church after Napoleon left?
Piedmont
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What percentage of taxes did Napoleon give to the military?
60%
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What political concept increased under Napoleon?
Nationalism
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In what year did King Emmanuel return to the throne of Piedmont?
1815
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In what year did duke Francis IV return to the throne of Modena?
1815 and attempted to return to a pre-napoleonic era
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What does Zealots?
Collective Popes
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Who returned as king of Naples in 1815?
King Ferdinand 1st
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In Naples which two political groups joined together to call for new constitution?
Liberals and Radicals
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What kind of person would be a liberal?
Non violent middle class
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Name two secret societies
Carabinieri and Young Italy
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Who was Metternich?
The Austrian chancellor
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How many members did the Carbonari have?
60 000
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What percentage of the male population were in Carbinari?
5%
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What percentage of the Italian population were peasants/
over 90%
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What did Risorgimento literally mean?
Resurgence
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Name 5 causes of the 1820s revolutions:
1) Food Shortages 2) High taxation 3) Desire for a constitution 4) Disease 5) Suffering
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Name 5 failures of the 1820s revolutions:
1) Only a very small minority were interested 2) Austrian intervention 3) No unity between groups 4) No leader 5) Most of the population want food not revolution
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What percentage of the population were roman catholic?
Over 90%
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What did the catholic church resist?
Change
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What did the catholic church's resistance of change make them?
Conservative
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What phrase best describes the peasant's political orientation?
Politically Apathetic
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When did roman catholicism regain its influence?
1815
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What was a key disagreement within the nationalists?
The extent to which the Italian peninsula should be unified
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What did Carbonari fight to gain?
Constitutions and more rights from the monarchs
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Where did the Federati and Aldelfi operate?
Mainly in the North of Italy
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Who led the Federati?
Federico Confalonieri
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What did the Federati rename itself to in 1818?
Society of the Sublime Perfect Masters
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Who was the head of the Aldefi?
Filippo Buonarroti
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What was an disadvantage of them being secret?
They could not communicate openly or use propaganda
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To whom did the Carbonari swear their allegiance to?
Their leaders
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In what era did writer Cicero talk of Italy as one nation?
3rd Century BC (Romans)
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Whose ideas greatly influenced the writers of Risorgimento 500 years later?
Dante Alighieri (Dante)
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Who wrote Della Tirranide?
Vitorio Alfieri
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Who wrote the partriotic "William Tell"
Rossini
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What journal spread national identity in Tuscany?
Antologia
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In 1871 only how many of 27 million spoke Italian?
630 000
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In 1871 what percentage of Italian spoke Italian?
2.3%
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Name a notable poet of Risorgimento:
Giacomo Leopardi
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Between which two years did the congress of science meet?
1838-1847
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What fact disproves the concept of risorgemento?
Before 1848 Italians were nowhere near ready to make their own destiny
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What two industries was in example of Italian growth after 1830?
Wine in chianti and the cheese industry in gorgonzola
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In the 1840s what was the life expectancy in Naples?
Just 24
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In what year did Mazzini become revolutionary?
1821
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In what year did Mazzini go to prison?
1830
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In what year did Mazzini join the carabinari?
1827
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Who did Mazzini want to lead the revolution?
"La Plebe" (think plebius latin -> the masses)
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How many members were there in Young Italy?
50 000
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What age did you have to be under in order to join Young Italy/
40
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When did Young Italy attempt to invade Savoy?
1834
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Where did a Young Italy revolt fail?
Genoa
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In what year did Garibaldi support Mazzini?
1831
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How did Mazzini isolate moderate liberals?
They viewed him as a dangerous radical
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What did Mazzini's attitude inhibit?
French Assistance
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Why did Mazzini's ideas isolate the masses?
Overly Intellectual
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Where were Mazzini's supports mostly from?
Privileged, educated backgrounds
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How long was he absent from Italy from in total?
40 years: he became out of touch with the situation in Italy
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What did the actions of Young Italy mostly end in?
Failure
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Between which two years did Mazzini live in Switzerland and London?
1834 to 1849
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What was not high on Mazzini's agenda?
Socioeconomic hardships, faced by the majority

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