Unification of Italy

By hollyswofford

  • Divided Italy

    Divided Italy
    Early in the 1800's, what now is Italy, was divided into separate states.

  • Italy Rebelled Against their Foreign Ruler

    Italy Rebelled Against their Foreign Ruler
    Nationalist forces in Italy rebelled against their foreign rulers. This happened in Parma and Modena, in 1831.

  • Liberal Consistution

    Liberal Consistution
    Italian nationalists looked for leadership from
    the kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia, the largest and most powerful of the Italian states.The kingdom had adopted a liberal constitution in 1848.

  • Cavour as Prime Minister

    Cavour as Prime Minister
    As Nationalism grew, many Italians shared the idea of unifiying as one country, but that failed. In 1852, Sardinia’s king, Victor Emmanuel II, named Count Camillo di Cavour as his prime minister.

  • Attack on Austria

    Attack on Austria
    Cavour joined Napoleon III in an attack on Austria. As a result, Lombardy and Sardinia were united in 1859.

  • Unite with Sardinia

    Unite with Sardinia
    The other Italian states in the reigion united with Sardinia.

  • Nation United

    Nation United
    The nation was officially united in 1861; the king of Sardinia was crowned Victor Emmanuel II of Italy later that year.

  • France vs. Prussia

    France vs. Prussia
    France declared war on Prussia in 1870, occupying French troops abandoned Rome.