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Assess the contribution of Cavour, Garibaldi andNapoleon III to the unification of Italy
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Assess the contribution of Cavour, Garibaldi and Napoleon III to the unification of Italy The "Risorgimento" or "Resurrection" culminated in the declaration of the Kingdom of Italy and was finalized and put beyond all doubt when Rome, capital of the Papal States, was conquered in 1870. There were three key members of this gradual process who made the unification of Italy possible. Cavour, born into a noble Piedmontese family, started his career in the military but, due to his liberal views he was forced to leave and he resigned in 1831. After Pope Pius IX's election in 1846, Cavour felt that the chance for him to advocate reform had come. He failed in revolutions but he became Prime Minister of Piedmont-Sardinia and at the outbreak of the Crimean War he joined forces with Great Britain and France and, by this, proved himself to be a fine statesman for foreign affairs. And indeed...
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