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Updated: 24 Jan 2018
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Created byJiselle Barba
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Mazzini helped set up a revolutionary republic in Rome, but French forces soon toppled it.Giuseppe Mazzini founded Young Italy.Leadership of the Risorgimento, or Italian nationalist movement, passed to the kingdom of Sardinia, which included Piedmont, Nice, and Savoy as well as the island of Sardinia.Victor Emmanuel made Count Camillo Cavour his prime minister.Sardinia, led by Cavour, joined Britain and France against Russia in the Crimean War.Cavour negotiated a secret deal with Napoleon, who promised to aid Sardinia in case it faced war with Austria.War between Sardinia and AustriaVictor Emmanuel II was crowned king of Italy.Garibaldi recruited a force of 1,000 "Red Shirts"Italy's economy was better off than in 1861.Periods
Nationalist revolts exploded across Italy
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