Essential+Questions

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==1)Italy was originally in a monarcy and ruled by Kings and Queens, but the Italians wanted their own government and freedom, to be treated as individuals and not playing pawns. == ==2) Italy faced many obstacles when trying to be a united nation. Warfare was frequent. Italy divided from the north and the south. The two sides fought and that did not help the country get any better to become a united nation. Finally, the congress ignored the people that tried to help. All of these obstacles did not help this country at all. The country was basically a battle ground the whole time. Also, without its nationalists, it would take an even longer time to become a real united nation. == ==3) There were many steps in the unification process of Italy. First of all, a man named Giuseppe Mazzini is credited for coming up with the idea for a unified Italy again. Later on, Count Camillo Cavour was the new prime minister of Italy. He, like Mazzini, wanted to end Austrian power in Italy. Next in the kingdom of the two Sicilies, Giuseppe Garibaldi created an Italian Republic. They built an army and were supplied by Cavour and started to take Italy back. Cavour sent a man named Victor Emmanuel to claim all this land and then Emmanuel was elected king of Italy. == ==4) Cavour wanted to end Austrian power with Italy but they didn't have a powerful army yet. So Cavour made a secret deal with Napoleon that stated if Italy were to get in a war with Austria, then Napoleon would join forces with him. Cavour then purposely started the war and Italy won. The next military step in the Unification process was Garibaldi's Italian republic. Garibaldi recruited 1,000 men that wore red shirts and they started to take over all the provinces and states occupied by Austria. They were supplied by Cavour and later on took all of Italy. == ==5) The nationalist group that was formed to strengthen Italy was called Garibaldi's red-shirts. They all wore red and they had 1,000 men recruited in their Italian nationalist group. Giuseppe Garibaldi was the leader and he was supplied by the prime minister, Camillo Cavour, with weapons, food, and other supplies. They started becoming too powerful so Cavour sent Victor Emmanuel to make a deal with him. Patriotically, Gairbaldi gave up the land so Italy could be united and Emmanuel was named king of Italy. == ==6) Some challanges that Italy faced when they were finally unified was over population. This lead to emigration to the United States and Canada because they lacked natural resources, this meant that they didn't live very well with an over populated country. == ==**7) Napoleon played a huge role when it came to war. Napoleon and Cavour made a secret deal to team up with Sardinia just in case of a war with Austria. Also they got help from France. Finally the war came into play and Austria was defeated. Italy needed to win that war to help strengthen the countries unification. Without Napoleon, Italy would not be as strong of a country. **== ==8) In Italy the conservatives wanted to keep things the same. They wanted a small goverment, and wanted the country to stay ununified. But the liberals wanted a unified country and a big goverment. They wanted things to change in Italy. == ==9) Nationalists had many ideas on how to get order back to Italy, but only a few worked. Since Italy had absolutely no economic experience, the nationalists tried to bring that into Italy. The nationalists reminded the people of Italy of their glorious Roman Empire and tried to bring some of that success back. Italy spoke the same language and had the same history. All that the country needed was to understand the nationalists and trust them to bring order back into Italy. ==