The period of French invasion and occupation was important in many ways. It introduced revolutionary ideas about government and society, resulting in an overthrow of the old established ruling orders. The ideals of freedom and equality were very influential. Also of consequence, the concept of nationalism was introduced, thus sowing the seeds of Italian nationalism throughout most parts of the northern and central Italian peninsula. With the downfall of Napoleon in 1814, most of the Italian states were reconstituted.
Giuseppe Mazzini
Young Italy (Italian: La Giovine Italia) was an Italian political movement founded in 1831 by Giuseppe Mazzini. Every member of the brotherhood had to recite an Oath, where they would pledge to make Italy a united, free, independent, republican nation, where every man would be considered equal. The movement garnered about 60,000 members around 1833.
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The final push for Italian unification came in 1859, led by the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia (then the wealthiest and most liberal of the Italian states), and orchestrated by Piedmont-Sardinia’s Prime Minister, Count Camillo di Cavour. A skilled diplomat, Cavour secured an alliance with France.
Victor Emmanuel II
Count Cavour
Austrians
The Franco-Austrian War of 1859 was the agent that began the physical process of Italian unification. The Austrians were defeated by the French.
French
In 1860, Garibaldi cobbled together an army (referred to as the “Thousand”) to march into the southern part of the peninsula. Garibaldi and his men overthrew the Bourbon monarchy and turned over the southern territories to Victor Emmanuel II, King of Piedmont-Sardinia.
The northern Italian states voted to join the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia, a major step towards unification. Giuseppe Garibaldi, a native of Piedmont-Sardinia, was instrumental in bringing the southern Italian states into the unification process.
Process completed with the crowning of Victor Emmanuel II as the king of Italy in 1861.
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