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Why Did The Revolutions Of 1820-1831 In The Italian States Fail?
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... Why Did The Revolutions Of 1820-1831 Fail? The year 1815 saw the restoration of the monarchy in the Italian states. This was met with great dissatisfaction by a high amount of middle class citizens, who saw this reactionary revert to pre-Napoleonic times as restricting and unfavourable, as during the French Rule, all were equal in the eye of the law, and had more freedom through a fairer system. This led to the foundation of revolutionary organizations, most notably the Adelfi, Carbonari and the Italian Federation. Their desires were to eliminate Austrian influence and unify the Italian states as one. There were then revolutions in Naples (1820), Sicily (1820), Piedmont (1821) and Modena, Parma & Papal States (1831). However, these failed due to a number of reasons, and these will be looked at in the course of this essay. One significant reason for these failures was the constant intervention of Austria














