Italian Unification - Getting Started

Which is not a key date in the history of Italian Unification

• 1796

• 1815

• 1848

• 1890

Which is a key event?

• The French Revolution

• The Peterloo Massacre 1819

• Battle of Trafalgar 1805

True or False: foreign influence is a key part of the story of Italian unification

• True

• False

Mazzini was a

• revolutionary

• monarchist

• papist

• conservative

Victor Emmanuel was King of

• Sicily

• Venetia

• Lombardy

• Sardinia

1848 was the year of...

• Wars

• Revolutions

• Reconciliation

• Happness

Which country was Metternich in charge of?

• France

• Britain

• Italy

• Austria

The Congress of Vienna...

• ...restored the old leaders to power.

• ...unified Italy.

• ...silenced Italian nationalism.

• ...was fantastic for Italian liberals.

What ideas did the Napoleonic occupation bring to Italy?

• Authoritarian rule, few rights, repression.

• Liberty, equality, fraternity, the Napoleonic code

• Liberalism, conservatism, tradition.

• Liberty, equality, freedom, socialism.

Metternich is significant because...

• ...he wanted to suppress Italian nationalism.

• ...he wanted to restore the old monarchies / rulers.

• ...he wanted to control northern Italy for economic purposes.

• ...all the above answers.