Unification of Italy booklet 1 of 4

Question 1

what are Jesuits

Answer 1

extreme Catholics

Question 2

what is the risorgimento

Answer 2

national uprising which comes from the Italian people

Question 3

what is a reactionary

Answer 3

retuning to the ways of the past .linked with conservative restored monarch

Question 4

what is a federation

Answer 4

where all states of the peninsula could join together with a common leadership yet still retain some state freedoms

Question 5

what is the congress of Vienna

Answer 5

meeting of the great powers following the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte

Question 6

when did napoleon invade Italy

Answer 6

1796

Question 7

who controlled piedmont in 1796

Answer 7

house of savoy

Question 8

who controlled Lombardy in 1796

Answer 8

local representatives

Question 9

who controlled central duchies in1796

Answer 9

governed by their own dukes

Question 10

who controlled papal states in 1796

Answer 10

pope

Question 11

who controlled naples in 1796

Answer 11

Bourborn family

Question 12

which states were economically advanced in 1830

Answer 12

Piedmont,sardinia, lombardy,venetia,

Question 13

which state was divided georgraphically and culturaly

Answer 13

papal states

Question 14

which state suffered from famine and bad harvests

Answer 14

kingdom of the two sicilies

Question 15

what were the general difficulties for unification in 1830

Answer 15

each state had different political systems, which lead o localised economies. Mountains split Italy. 2.5% of the population spoke Italian

Question 16

social barriers for unification in 1830

Answer 16

1. class divides, rich didn’t care about the poor.
2. poor are politically apathetic
3. middle class were frustrated by the aristocracy who controlled power. this is shown by secret societies.

Question 17

economic barriers for unification in 130

Answer 17

1. north was more economically advanced while the south wasn’t.
   2.trade between states was difficult due to custom barriers, 22 on the river po
2. mountains divide Italy so would be hard to travel

Question 18

political barries of unification in 1830

Answer 18

1. Piedmont + Tuscany were progressive, while others were reactionary.
   2.levels of Austrian control varied
   3.range from absolute monarchs/ pope/ constitutional monarchs, who would be prepared to give up power.

Question 19

%% of Italians that are catholic 1815-1830

Answer 19

90%

Question 20

what happened in the treaty of vienna

Answer 20

the pope was restord to his full power as leader of the papal sates and the code napolean was abolished in most areas.

Question 21

who placed troops in the papal states to protect the pope and to protect conservatism

Answer 21

Austria

Question 22

how significant will the church be in the unification

Answer 22

helps unification
1. most of italy was catholic
2.has foriegn support
hinders unification
1. economically poor
2.wasnt advancing

Question 23

what were the 3 main political groups between 1815-1830

Answer 23

Nationalism, liberalism and radicalism

Question 24

what were the secret societies

Answer 24

1. the carbonari ( charcoal burners)
2. Spillo Negro ( black in) Latinisi bersaflieri
3. Federati ( “the confederates”) and aldelfi

Question 25

strength of the secret societies

Answer 25

1. committed republicans
   2.anti Austrian
2. higher people/ educated
3. non radical

Question 26

weaknesses of the secret societies

Answer 26

1. weren’t very big
2. Austria is a big power so wouldn’t want to upset
3. have very big aims
4. unprepared to work together and lacked organisation

Question 27

how many members were in the carbonari

Answer 27

60,000 which was 5% of the adult male population

Question 28

what were the aims of the secret societies

Answer 28

1. drive out the Austrians
   2.overthrow the restored monarch

Question 29

who was in the secret societies

Answer 29

army officers, soldiers, lawyers, teachers and doctors (mostly middle class)

Question 30

where did the revolutions 1830-32 happen

Answer 30

Naples, Sicily and Piedmont