oct 22, 1870 - Italy is an Independent State

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Mazzini is a leader of nationalism and the leader of Young Italy. Practical political leaders such as Count Camillo di Cavour (prime minister and owner of newspaper called Risorgimento) combined forced with nationalist advocated for independence. In alliance with France he expelled Austrian Authorities from the North in 1859. In the South Giuseppe Garibaldi led the unification movement with an army of Red Shirts. In 1860 the met King VIttore Emmanuel near Naples and gave southern Italy to him. The kingdom of Piedmont and Sardinia became the kingdom of Italy and the new monarchy absorbed other territories in the next decade.

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