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1
Q

what did nationalists expect piedmont to do after the take over of naples in 1861

A

get rome and venetia

2
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in december 1861 what did various working groups meet to form

A

the Italian freedom association

3
Q

when did the Italian freedom association meet for the first time

A

march 1862 which garibaldi as president

4
Q

why did Garibaldi tour lombardy

A

to try raise money for Venice and whip patriotic sentiment in favour of action

5
Q

what happened to a group of garibaldi supporters in may 1862

A

they were arrested on the Austrian border

6
Q

what happeded when Garibaldi tried to arange uprisings

A

news got out both times 1862,64 which upset foreign diplomats which forced the italian government to intervene with garibaldi’s actions

7
Q

what did italy have to wait for

A

foreign mood to be ready to support her

8
Q

what happened to Austria after the Schleswig-Holstein affair 1866

A

it was deemed to have violated the joint sovereignty of the region and relations between Austria and Prussia were declining

9
Q

what did both prussia and italy now agree on

A

Austria was their common enemy

10
Q

why was VE II keen for a war

A

wanted to remove the austrians from venice – far fetched, victor emmanuel was all talk and no action

11
Q

what did the PM do in attempt to get venetia

A

offered austria 1000million lire to buy it, declined

12
Q

what did napoleon agree with the prussians in1865

A

that they would remain neutral in any way

13
Q

what was there a military agreement in 1866

A

Napoleon helped to broker an alliance between Bismarck and Italy, signed a secret treaty with Austrie where france was promised venice in return for neutrality– italy would get it for supporting prussia.

14
Q

Austro-prussian war was declared in

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1866

15
Q

how many men did Italy have in comparison to austria

A

250,000 against 130,000

16
Q

what was an issue with italian fleet

A

the officers were inexperienced, so unorganised that 25% of soldiers didn’t even reach the front

17
Q

how many ships did italy lose in the battle of Lissa

A

3, including the re d’italia which was the pride of the navy

18
Q

where did garibaldi and his men defeat the austrian forces

A

the battle of Bezzecca

19
Q

what was the outcome of the war

A

failure for italy, no heroism that could unite nation

20
Q

why did the way damage the prestige of the monarchy and the army

A

They only gained Venitia thanks to the victory of a foreign power

21
Q

they didn’t actually get venetia from prussia, so what happened

A

there was a secret treaty between austria and france is they remained neutral- gave them venetia but france immediately gave it to italy

22
Q

what battle was italy crushed in despite having a larger army than the austrians

A

second battle of custoza