Thesis Checklist

• Does your thesis have/do the following:1. Answer the question _____

2. Take a position that is debatable and has to be proven _____

3. Is specific ______

4. Foreshadow the essay to follow ______

5. Is one sentence _____

Italian Unification

HOW THIS

BECOMES THIS

Unification of Italy, 1858-1870 – pg 716

1. Shade (or pattern) the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1858

2. Use a different color (or pattern) for each step to:

1. Mark the area added to Sardinia in 1859

2. Mark the area added to Sardinia in 1860

3. Mark the area added to Italy in 18664. Mark the area added to Italy in 1870

3. Create a legend to help interpret your map

GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI

CAMILLO DI CAVOUR

VICTOR EMMANUEL II

GIUSEPPE MAZZINI

DATING PROFILES - OPTIONAL

• YOUR JOB ….1. USE THE INFORMATION FROM OUR DISCUSSION

AND THE BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY IN THE BACK OF YOUR TEXTBOOK (R79/HAS ORANGE EDGING) TO WRITE A SHORT DATING PROFILE OF

1. GIUSEPPE MAZZINI

2. CAMILLO DI CAVOUR

3. GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI

4. VICTOR EMMANUEL II

EXAMPLE

GIUSEPPE MAZZINI

Young Italy radical looking for Italian woman for long-term relationship. Hope to share a passion for freedom, a united Italy, and pasta with that someone special. Must be willing to attended fiery “Young Italy” meetings. Please send portrait to freeitaly@youngitaly.net

PATH TO UNITY IN ITALY

1. USE THE TEXTBOOK (CH 24 PP.715 ) AND THE GRAPHIC ORGANIZER TO TRACE THE PATH TO ITALIAN UNITY

1. USE THE HINTS IN EACH BOX TO ADD THE CORRECT INFORMATION THAT WILL TRACE ITALY FROM THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA TO UNITY IN 1870.

PATH TO ITALIAN UNITY

Congress of Vienna

AustriaFranceThe Hapsburgs

Giuseppe Mazzini

YOUNG ITALY

Revolution of 1848

New Leaders

Camillo di Cavour Giuseppe Garibaldi

Il Risorgimento 1854

1852 1859

Cavour Reforms July 1860

1860 Northern Italy September 1860

Garibaldi Offers …

1861 Election

1866

1870

ITALIAN UNIFICATION

ITALIAN UNIFICATION TIMELINE

• 1815 CONGRESS OF VIENNA DIVIDED ITALY INTO 3 SECTIONS RULED BY AUSTRIA, FRANCE, AND THE HAPSBURGS

• 1831 – GUISEPPE MAZZINI FORMS YOUNG ITALYMOVEMENT

  • 1848 – REVOLUTION IN NORTHERN ITALY

FAILS/ SUCCESS IN SARDINIA

• 1848 – CAVOUR STARTED NEWSPAPER”IL RISORGIMENTO”

 • 1852 – CAMILLO DI CAVOUR NAMED PM

OF SARDINIA

• CAVOUR LAUNCHES REFORMS OF ECONOMY AND ALLIES WITH FRANCE

• 1854 – GIUESPPE GARIBALDI RETURNS TO ITALY

• 1859 GARIBALDI GIVEN COMMAND OF ARMIES OF SARDINIA IN WAR WITH AUSTRIA.

• 1860 – NORTHERN ITALIAN STATES LIBERATED FROM AUSTRIAN EMPIRE

• JULY 1860 GARIBALDI AND RED SHIRTS CAPTURES SICILY

• SEPTEMBER 1860 RED SHIRTS CONTROL SOUTHERN ITALY

• GARIBALDI OFFERS SOUTHERN ITALY TO VICTOR EMMANUEL II

 • 1861 – ELECTIONS AND VICTOR EMMANUEL

II PROCLAIMS ITALIAN UNIFICATION.

• 1866 – AUSTRO-PRUSSIN WAR - VENETIA JOINS ITALY

• 1870 – FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR -- PAPAL STATES JOIN ITALY 

Thesis Question

• On “Ch 24 Thesis Statements” copy the following question and write a thesis to answer it:

“Who was more important in the unification of Italy, Camillo Di Cavour or Giuseppe Garibaldi?”

ITALIAN UNIFICATION

• NOW WITH AUSTRIA WEAKENED ITALY WAS READY TO MOVE AGAINST THEM AND CREATE A UNIFIED COUNTRY

• THE PIEDMONT KINGDOM FORMED AN ALLIANCE WITH FRANCE, THEN PROVOKED A WAR WITH AUSTRIA, WHICH THEY WON

• WITH THIS VICTORY SMALL ITALIAN STATES PROPOSED ANNEXATION FROM THE PIEDMONT FOR PROTECTION

• IN THE SOUTH GARIBALDI FORMED AN ARMY AND CONQUERED THE SOUTHERN KINGDOMS, THEN FORMED AN ALLIANCE WITH KING VICTOR EMMANUEL II, GIVING HIM THE SOUTHERN KINGDOMS

ITALIAN UNIFICATION

• PRUSSIAN-AUSTRIAN WAR ALLOWED PIEDMONT TO SIEZE VENETIA FROM AUSTRIA (1866)

• FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR ALLOWED HIM TO SIEZE ROME FROM FRANCE (1870)

• VICTOR MOVED THE CAPITAL TO ROME• ITALY WAS OFFICIALLY UNIFIED ON

SEPTEMBER 20, 1870