Giuseppe Mazzini (jan 1, 1805 – jan 1, 1872)
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He formed a group called Young Italy that promoted independence from Austrian and Spanish rule and the establishment of an Italian national state. Mazzini likened the nation to a family and the nation's territory to the family home. By the mid-19th century. Young Italy had inspired the development of nationalists movement in Ireland, Switzerland, and Hungary
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