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Founded Young Italy, a secret society to create one independant nation; led revoluteion in Rome, crushed
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Appointed prime minister by VIctor Emmanuel
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Sardinia joined Britain and France in the Crimean War against Russia.
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Recruited a force of 1000 red-shirted volunteers to win control of Sicily .
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Alarmed Cavour, who thought he would set up his own republic in the South; turned over Sicily to Victor Emmanual and his Sardinian army.
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Forced Giribaldi from Sicily with Cavour's guidance
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Appointed King of Italy
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France was forced to withdraw troops, and Italy was unified for the first time since the Roman Empire.
