HIS103Y1 Lecture : Topic 10 - Italian & German Unification
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- both the quadruple alliance and the holy alliance have collapsed; - britain: fairly neutral policy; focuses on recovery; - russia: ceases to be the police of europe ; focuses on the revisions of treaty of paris; - austria: in illusion of legitimacy, treaty rights and pledged words of honor; - austria is in bad relation with the rest of the powers; severely alienated; - sardinia, the most advanced & prosperous kingdom was the hope of italian unification; - however after 3 defeats (including 1848), sardinia nearly lost its hope; - cavour, pm of sardinia, had the following plan: - in the crimean war, austria refused to ally with britain; - however sardinia offered 15,000 troops to britain; (not very many troops) - his aim: a great power sympathy & support; - france and sardinia were immediately drawn together, although for completely different reasons; - napoleon participated in italian revolution against austria, so his sympathy lies with austria;
