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Republican forces fomented a revolt against the pope, declaring the Republic of Rome in 1848. -
prime minister
In 1852, Count Camillo di Cavour become prime minister of Sardinia -
Lombardy and Sardinia
Cavour joined Napoleon III in an attack on Austria. As a result, Lombardy and Sardinia were united in 1859. Later that year, most of the rest of northern Italy joined the union of Italian states. -
Invasion
In 1860, the fiery republican Giuseppe Garibaldi led an invasion of his followers, the Red Shirts, into the kingdom of Sicily, ostensibly to join a popular uprising. -
Election
With Garibaldi’s full support, he held an election throughout the states of southern Italy to decide whether the people were ready to join the northern states and Sardinia as a unified nation. The nation was officially united in 1861; the king of Sardinia was crowned Victor Emmanuel II of Italy later that year. -
War On Prussia
France declared war on Prussia in 1870
