Pre unification
congress of Vienna
was divided into 8
states
Different dialects
Cultural Problems
Few people had
been involved in the
unification process
and so were instead
loyal to there local
region rather than
italy
Little sense of Italian pride and what it meant to them
Problems the Liberal Government faced
Religion
Opposition from the Church
Pope lost land and power
Previous domination of the papal state
diminished and believed that it blocked
religious freedom
Priests
hesped set
up unrest
amongst
peasantry
Pope warned people not
to participate in the new
state and no to vote
Catholics only true religion opposed socialism
Economic and social
Little development in industry
compared to the great powers
and the rest of the nations
South lacked resources
War of unification left the government with extortionate debt which led to rise in taxes
segragation between Northern elite and southern peasentry
Politics
Army was a prop to royal authoriy
Priorities to budget, increase tax without concern for the poor
Transformio
Bribery manoevering corruption
Notion of real Italy concerning the
daily lives of ordinary people and
legal Italy refering to the
government and individual
interests and concerns as elite
Vote based upon literate skills
Opposition groups begin to form = increase in instability
International/ regional issues
Italia Irredenta
Areas populated with Italians owned by Austria
European affairs dominated by the great powers
Achieved
between 1859 -
1870
The once all
powerful Roman
empire long since
passed
Founded upon beliefs of risorgmento (Italy rising again)
1886 Italy gains
Venetia from the
Austro-Prussian war,
and in 1970 the French
garrison which had
been guarding the
pope dince 1848
revolutions withdrew
Count Cavour (
PM Piedmont
1857- 61) unified
the North
Moderate liberals aimed
to create a liberal
independent state in the
North of Italy
Geographical unity all they could claim
1870 the new kindgdom of Italy
encompasses the majority of the
Italian Peninsular]
Revolutionary
Garibaldi Unified the
south
1861 Garibaldi hands over his
conquests to the King of the newly
unified North Victor Emmanuel
Garibaldi and Napolean
were also important in
the role of the unification
of Italy
Napoleon sent over
100,000 troops to help
expel Austria in
exchange for Nice and
Savoy for France
Garibaldi radical nationalist popular
with the masses, aimed to liberate
the masses, trusted Emmanuel.
Attempted several marches on Rome
to gain it for Italy
Rome becomes capital in 1971
Joins a peasant revolt in Sicily
and conquers SIcily and
Naples