Italian and German Unification
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Updated: 1 Dec 2018
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Failed RevolutionVictor Emmanuel, monarch of Sardinia-Piedmont, upholds the liberal constitutionPope Pius IX writes "Syllabus of Erros" condeming rationalims, separation of church and state, socialism, and religious libertiesCongress of Vienna reorganizses ItalyCavour gets Austria to attack Sardinia, but his secret alliance with Napoleon III causes Napoleon to come to help. Austria is defeated.Napoloen II wants to abandon Sardinia-Piedmont, compromised on peace with AustriaCavour returns to power after resigning following Napoleon's abandonment
Cavour gives land to Napoleon to appease himGaribaldi emerges as a independant force in Italisn politics following his leadership of troops against Austria in 1859Garibaldi and the Red Shirts arrive in Sicily, secretly supported by Cavour
Take control of Papal StatesEstablishment of the Italian kingdom (Garibaldi and Victor Emmanuel, north and south united)Venice added to the Italian KingdomRome added to the Italian KingdomItaly before unificationVillafranca Peace TreatyNapoleon reorganizes the 300 German states into the German FederationFailed revolutions in German Federation, Austria, and PrussiaCreation of the ZollvereinExclusion of Austria from the Zollverein becomes an issueAll German States except for Austria are part of the Zollverein despite Austria trying to destroy itPrussian Parliament createdPrussian Parliament controlled by the liberal middle classParliament rejects the military budget SO WILLIAM I CALLS IN BISMARCK TO LEAD A NEW MINISTRY TO DEFY PARLIAMENTBismarck becomes chief minister of PrussiaWar with Denmark when they tried again to take Schleswig-Holstein againAustro-Prussian WarBismarck writes a federal constitutional for a new North German Confederation after the Austro-Prussian WarFranco-Prussian WarFrance is made to ratify a humiliating peace treaty, making future German-French relations strainedPrussia before German UnificationSouth German states join with Prussia to form a German EmpirePeriods
Count Camillo Benso di Cavour leads Sardinia-PiedmontCavour seeks northern Italian unity under a Sardinian kingdomAfter Austria and Prussia repressed Prussia, PR and AU fought to block each other within the German Confederation and this extended into their domestic policy.William I of Prussia's reignWhile Bismarck was in office, the voters expressed their opposition to him by electing liberal majorities
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