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Revolution and New Ideas in Europe c.1780-1881

Garibaldi, the Thousand and the completion of Italian unity

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Expedition of the Thousand, cavour's attitude to the expedition and aspromonte and Mentana.

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Who was Garibaldi and what had he done before 1860?

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What was the expedition of the Thousand?

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What was Cavour's attitude to the expedition?

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  1. 1

    Who was Garibaldi and what had he done before 1860?

    Model answer

    A sailor from Nice turned guerrilla soldier, who had fought in South America, defended the Roman Republic in 1849 and led volunteers for Piedmont in 1859.

  2. 2

    What was the expedition of the Thousand?

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    Garibaldi's landing in Sicily in May 1860 with about a thousand red-shirted volunteers, launched from near Genoa to support a rising against Bourbon rule.

  3. 3

    What was Cavour's attitude to the expedition?

    Model answer

    He neither authorised nor stopped it, so that he could disown it if it failed and claim it if it succeeded.

  4. 4

    Which victory opened Sicily to Garibaldi?

    Model answer

    Calatafimi in May 1860, a small action whose moral effect brought Sicilian volunteers flocking to him and led to the fall of Palermo.

  5. 5

    Why did the Sicilian peasantry at first support Garibaldi?

    Model answer

    They expected land reform and relief from taxes and landlords, and they hated Bourbon government from Naples.

  6. 6

    How did Garibaldi lose peasant support in Sicily?

    Model answer

    He suppressed land seizures to keep the propertied classes on side, most notoriously at Bronte, so the social revolution the peasants wanted was refused.

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