Camillo Benso

Many believe that Italy has not changed much in its history; it is a small country that has been exempt from many modern political affairs. However, a half-century long political and economic debacle known as “Risorgimento,” ‘The Resurgence,’ or simply the Italian Unification was one of the most important events in Italian history. It was successful in uniting the many independently controlled states into one unified kingdom known as Italy, and was influenced by many means including Camillo Benso, and Victor Emmanuel the Second. It took place for half a century from about 1815 to 1870 in the location of modern day Italy in the south of Europe. The Italian Unification was successful in creating a kingdom due to the influence of Camillo Benso,…

Revolutions have occurred all over the world. The most noteworthy have been the American and French Revolutions. Revolutions can happen for many reasons. In this essay, I will be writing about the causes of the Latin American revolutions and other European Revolutions. In Latin America, the countries of Haiti, Venezuela, Chile, and Argentina were trying to break off of their mother country. In Document 1, Louis Peru de Lacroix describes Simon Bolivar as being “too dogmatic”, and “not always…

political, but deeply social, aiming at human redemption on a religious and moral basis, at liberty, and at justice. He wrote on politics, social science, philosophy, and literature. A selection of his works appeared in English (6 vol., 1890–91).” Later in 1861 Kingdom of Italy announced at Turin, capital of piedmont Sardinia under rule of King Victor Emmanuel. But Mazzini continued asking for a democratic republic and refused monarchical united Italy until his death in 1872. 3- Cavour,…

army and Napoleon III were forced to leave the confines of Rome, allowing Italy to incorporate Rome into the newly formed nation. For the Germans, the French were forced out of the southern states of Germany. Having already established the North German Confederation, the southern states of Germany were able to be incorporated into the country. The final events of the Franco-Prussian war were the ultimate factors in the two nations completing the unification process. The ideals which the leader…