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Unification of Italy - Questions

Here you have the questions about the unification of Italy:

  • What were all the territories that formed the Italian Peninsula?
    •  The territories were: the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, the Vatican City, the Papal States, Tuscany, Modena, Parma, the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia, Veneto, Lombardy and the Tyrol.
  • What territories were controlled by Austria?
    • The territories controlled by Austria were: Lombardy, Veneto, Parma, Modena and Tuscany.
  • Who controlled the kingdom of the Two Sicilies?
    • The kingdom of the Two Sicilies was ruled by a Bourbon Dynasty (with a Spanish origin).
  • What Italian kingdom started the process of unification and who was the king and who was the Prime Minister?
    • The kingdom that started the process of unification was Piedmont-Sardinia
    • The King was Victor Emmanuel II
    • The Prime Minister was Cavour
  • What European power helped the process of unification?
    • The European power that helped the process of unification was France and his emperor Napoleon III.
  • When were the states of Tuscany, Parma and Modena incorporated?
    • These states were incorporated in 1860.
  • Who conquered the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, how and when?
  • Garibaldi conquered the kingdom of the Two Sicilies in 1860 using military ways.
  • What happened in 1870?
    • In 1870 the  Italian army occupied the Vatican City and established their capital there. They took advantage of the defeat of France in the Franco-Prussian war.
  • Explain in one paragraph using this information all the process of unification.

At the beginning , the kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia started the process of unification.
 In 1860 after the war against Austria they won the territories of the North of Italy (Lombardy, Parma, Modena and Tuscany). Venice was added in 1866. The territories of the south were conquered by Garibaldi and his redshirts, these territories were incorporated to Italy.

Finally in 1870 after the Franco-Prussian war Italy took advantage of the defeated and incorporated the Vatican city.

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Unification of Germany - Questions

Here you have the questions of the Unification of Germany:

  • How many states composed the German Confederation created after the Congress of Vienna?
  • It was composed by 39 states .
  • What two important German States controlled the German Confederation?
    • The two German states were Austria and Prussia.
  • What was the first step for getting the union? (Explain what it was and when it happened).
    • The first step was the Zollverein that was a customs union created in 1834. The aim of this union was to promote trade between separate states.
  • What German State promoted the unification of Germany?Who was the king and who was the Prime Minister?
    •  The German State that promoted the unification was Prussia.
    • The king was Wilhelm and the Prime Minister was Otto von Bismarck.
  • What means did Prussia use to create the new German Empire?
    • Prussia used mainly military ways with victories against Denmark, Austria and France.
  • When was the Second Reich created and how?
    • It was created in 1871. After the victory against France in the Franco-Prussian war the Second Reich was declared in Versailles and king Wilhelm (Guillermo) of Prussia was named the German Kaiser.
    • Prussia also took control of the French territories of Alsace and Lorraine.
  • What territories were conquered by the German Empire after the Franco-Prussian war?
    • The territories that were conquered were Alsace and Lorraine.
  • Was the Austro-Hungarian empire included in this new German Empire?
    • No, the Austro-Hungarian empire was not included in this new German Empire.

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Maps of the unification of Italy

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Maps of the Unification of Germany

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