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Young Italy
in 1832 a nationalist by the name of giuseppe mazzini organized `a group called young Italy. Italian patriots dedicated tomaking Italy a free and independant country. -
Victor Emmanuel & Camillo di Covour
Victor Emmanuel was crowndking of Italy in 1849. Camillo di Covour 3 years later became prime minister of Sardinia. Covour pledged out to drive out the australians and unite Italy -
Cavour and Napoleon III meet
Cavour and napoleon IIImet secretly to plan their strategy against austria. Napoleon the 3rd agreed that if austria would try to start a war with sardinia then france would send troops to drive out austria. Cavour promised to give the french-speaking regions of nice and savoy-then sardinian possessions-to france. -
The help of 4
The people of Parma, Modena, Tuscany, and Romagna voted to untie with sardina. This was one of the crucial steps towards unifiying italy. With the years to come unity was within their grasp. -
Garibaldi and the thousand
It was 1860 around spring season when Garibaldi and his "Expedition of the Thousand" went to Sicily and took over and captured it. Garibaldi didnt want to stop there he wanted to continue north and go after Rome and Venetia. Cavour had to stop Garibaldi so he sent an army to the South. -
United at last
The citiizens of Rome voted to become part of Italy. this completed the unification of Italy. Italy was untied at last
