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Early Phase of the Italian Risorgimento
The period of time in which Italy was fragmented in a number of small states, with the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont in northwestern Italy -
Congress of Vienna
Left Italy split into many states -
Young Italy
Gieseppe Mazzini set up a national revolutionary movement, in favor of a united republic -
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Reforms in the Italian states
Brought about the revolutions of 1848 -
Revolutions of 1848
In Sicily, Naples, Rome, Florence, Milan, Venice, and Turin
Sicily-- constitution formed
Rome-- Pope Pius IX fled
Sardinia-- drove Ausrians from the north -
Victor Emmanuel II
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Count Camillo de Cavour-- prime minister
Helped Italy achieved unification -
Napoleon helps drive Austria out
French emperor Napoleon III helped drive Austria out of the northern Italian provinces -
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Military leader, sailed with the Thousand Red Shirts and captured Sicily
United southern areas of Italy with Piedmont-Sardinia -
Italy is united
Victor Emmanuel (king of Piedmont-Sardinia)-- first King of Italy -
Venetia added to Italy
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Rome is added and becomes capital of Italy
Papal states were taken over, but the Pope continued to rule a small part of Rome known as Vatican City