unifying italy
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He was a Conservative
In 1859 the armies of France and Piedmont went to war againstAustria. Cavour agreed to letFrance the regions of Nice and Savoy
• Sicily was part of theKingdom of the TwoSicilies made of Sicilyand Naples. Garibaldi freed the island.
When Garibaldi had freed the
Island, He tookthe fight to
mainland and controlled the
entire Kingdom
• The regions of Venetia and the Papal Stateswere not yet part of Italy.
• Austria gave up Venetia in 1866
• Italian forces invaded Papal States in 1870. Napoleon III defended the States.
• The French went to fight the Franco-Prusianwar and the people from the Papal States
voted to join the new nation of
• became its Capital
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