Unification of Italy: Key Points

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Giuseppe Mazzini

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Founder of Young Italy movement

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Camillo di Cavour

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Prime Minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, key diplomat

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Giuseppe Garibaldi

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Leader of the Red Shirts, military leader

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Victor Emmanuel II

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First King of unified Italy

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Young Italy

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Nationalist movement founded by Mazzini

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Piedmont-Sardinia

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Leading state in Italian unification

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Austro-Prussian War

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1866 conflict aiding Italian unification

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Rome

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Became capital of Italy in 1871

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Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

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Conquered by Garibaldi in 1860

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Carbonari

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Secret society advocating for Italian unity