Unification of Italy
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- Today the Holy Roman Empire was dissolved by the last emperor, Francis II, after its defeat by us at the Battle of Austerlitz!
- I, Garibaldi, a native of Nice (then part of Piedmont), participated in an uprising in Piedmont in 1834 and was sentenced to death. I escaped to South America, though, spending fourteen years in exile, taking part in several wars, and learning the art of guerrilla warfare before my return to Italy in 1848.
- I, Mazzini's activity in revolutionary movements caused me to be imprisoned soon after I joined. While in prison, I concluded that Italy could − and therefore should − be unified, and formulated a program for establishing a free, independent, and republican nation with Rome as its capital. Following my release in 1831, I went to Marseille in France, where I organized a new political society called Young Italy whose motto was God and People which sought the unification of Italy.
- The insurrection in 1860 would be a success as Garibaldi and his army of Redshirts would conquer the island of Sicily and Naples. Meanwhile, the northern states had joined up with Piedmont-Sardinia and accepted Victor Emmanuel II as their King. Garibaldi handed Naples and Sicily to him in November 1860 and by 1861 Italy was declared as a kingdom. Only Venice and Rome would remain under foreign control and they became a part of Italy in 1866 and 1871 respectively. Thus, the Unification of Italy was completed.
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