CCEA A-Level History 4010
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Italy and Germany 1815–71
Garibaldi, the Thousand and his relations with Cavour
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- AS Unit 1
Overview
Sailing of the Thousand and cavour's public and private attitude to the expedition.
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
Outline the experience Garibaldi had gained before 1860.
What gave Garibaldi his opening in Sicily?
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Outline the experience Garibaldi had gained before 1860.
Model answer
Garibaldi had fought as an exile in South America, where his men first wore red shirts, defended the Roman Republic in 1849, and led a volunteer corps against Austria in 1859.
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What gave Garibaldi his opening in Sicily?
Model answer
A rising against Bourbon rule broke out in Palermo in April 1860, and reports of continued resistance in the countryside convinced Garibaldi that a small force could set the island alight.
- 3
Describe the sailing of the Thousand.
Model answer
Garibaldi's thousand or so volunteers sailed from Quarto near Genoa in two steamers in May 1860 and landed at Marsala in western Sicily, coming ashore while British warships lay in the harbour.
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What did the victory at Calatafimi achieve?
Model answer
The defeat of a Bourbon force at Calatafimi in May 1860 gave the expedition credibility and brought Sicilian peasants and armed village bands into Garibaldi's ranks.
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In whose name did Garibaldi govern Sicily?
Model answer
Garibaldi took the title of dictator of Sicily in the name of Victor Emmanuel, which kept monarchists with him and kept Mazzinian republicanism out of the campaign.
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How did Garibaldi complete the conquest of the south?
Model answer
After taking Palermo and winning at Milazzo, Garibaldi crossed the Straits of Messina in August 1860, entered Naples in September as Francis II withdrew to Gaeta, and held the line of the Volturno in October.
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