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A united Italy would make a lot more sense than Italy being split up. There are a couple reasons why this statement is true. One of them is that Italy was one of the most famous territories at this time and that Austria was leading northern Italy it didn’t make sense to have two different types of people in one country. Also Italy had a very common language and good history. So the people that favored unification were very smart by driving Austria out of Italy because it made Italy a very important place back then and it is still very famous now and if Austria still ruled northern Italy it would not be as important as it is now.
 * 1) Why did a united Italy make sense to those who favored unification?

2. What were the obstacles in the way of Italian unification, and why might these obstacles make unification difficult? There are many obstacles that the people of Italy and the leaders had to go through to unify Italy. One of them was that most of the states within Italy do not consider themselves Italian examples are the people of Florence considered themselves as Tuscan's. The people of Venice were the Venetians and those of Naples said they were Neapolitan. Also every state IN Italy at this time was ruled by a different leader and country. Another conflict was that every time the people tried to drive Austria out of Italy they would send troops to have a war with the other people trying to drive them out.

 3. What steps did the Italian leaders take to unify, or ignite nationalist feelings, in the people?

The Italian leaders had to take many steps to unify and ignite the feelings in the people of Italy. Giuseppe Mazzini probably did the most work to ignite the feelings in the people this is because he created the group of young Italy and this got the people together that wanted to be united and made them happy because they knew they would be fighting the people of Austria out of the Italy peninsula. Also all the leaders coming together to drive Austria out of italy had to make the people happy because they wanted to be a united country with no problems in front of them.

 4. What military steps were taken in order to free Italian people from oppressive rule? One military step was to join Britain and France against russia in the crimean war. Later in the move Garibaldi recruited 1000 red shirted volunteers to head south to take over Sicily. The weapons and ships were supplied by Camillo Cavour. Amother military step was when Cavour made up a secret plan with Napolean to get rid of Austria and annex the provinces of Venita and Lombardy. Then with help from France Sardania Italy defeated Austria and annexed Lombardy. Which went exactly as Cavour and Napolean had planned it to be.

5. What nationalist groups were formed and created in order to strengthen the unification movement? Young Italy was one of the groups formed in order to strengthen the unification movement. It was founded in the 1830's by Giuseppe Mazzini. This secret society helped drive out the Austrians from Italy. One of the members of Young Italy, Giuseppe Girabaldi, fled Italy, returned, and organized freedom fighters in 1848 for Italy.The government of Italy played a big role because they made the government into a Nationalist government for the time of the war. Later on, they changed it to a monarchy.

 6. What challenges did a united Italy face when they finally were brought together as a nation-state? Some Italians felt like they were not a part of the new nation. Also, strong regional rivalry's left Italy in a dilemma. The greatest regional rivalry's were in the North and the South. The North was richer and had more cities, and there was a center of business and culture. The South on the other hand, were poor and more rural. Hostility between Italy and the Roman Catholic Church were dividing the nation

7. What role did Napoleon play in the Unification of Italy Napoleon was a general that overthrew the republican regime during the French Revolution. He then ruled France and was a virtual dictator, and eventually, he named himself emperor. Napoleon helped with the Unification of Italy by being given command of a French army fighting in Italy. When he arrived in Italy, the army was very ragged and had little ammunition and supplies. He drove his enemies completely out of Italy, and closed 25 miles of the Austrian city Vienna. On October 17th, 1797, signed the Treaty of Campo Formio. Napoleon helped drive out all of Italy's enemies, and that is the role he played to help with the Unification of Italy.

8. <span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; background: #1cdb00 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Explain the viewpoint of the liberals and the conservatives with regards to Italian Unification. The conservatives wanted to end the monarchy and go to a more nationalist-based society. The liberals still wanted to get rid of monarchy, but they wanted a democracy-based society. One of the people who supported the liberals was Giuseppe Mazzini. He organized a secret society called Young Italy. Nobody that had great power really supported the conservatives.

9. <span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; background: #1cdb00 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">How does Nationalism unify the people of the Italian States? <span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; background: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: #161313; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">In the beginning, Italy was never a nation. It was just a group of states, most ruled by Austrians. Nationalism unified the people because they believed with it, they could drive the Austrians out of Italy. Camillo Benso di Cavour was the brain of Italian nationalism and was the biggest reason of unification. There were many revolutions because many nations wanted to govern themselves. Italians, French, Poles, Danes, Germans, Czechs, Slovaks, Hungarians, Croats and Romanians all wanted to do this and demanded control. After Italy was unified, it was a monarchy, not a nationalist country.