2 avr. 1848 - Revolutionaries take control of the island

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they took control by April of most of the Island and the revolution spread to Naples on mainland

-Sicilian parliament established based on middle-class moderates
- civic guard formed to control the peasants but the radicals and moderates
- on the mainland Ferdinand II faced a revolt in Naples, in response he promised
- to abolish censorship
- to introduce an elected parliament
- he also deployed the army. By September Ferdinand II crushed the revolt on the mainland

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