3.
How was your country/region
affected by the 1848 Revolutions?
a.
Explore the effects of
Nationalism on your country/region and the people in your country.
Since there weren’t any
Revolutions in Russia, Nationalism did not affect Russia in any kind of way.
The ruler nor capital didn’t even changed until now.
b. Why was your
country/region affected by the 1848 Revolutions?
- Although Russia wasn’t technically affected by the Revolutions of 1848, the countries, which were affected by the Revolutions, had a serious impact on it. Russia was forced to prepare an army and militarize itself, even though they did not have the money to fund themselves, for a couple of reasons. Russia's aims were to check the spread of revolutionary ideas from France, foster an alliance with the absolutist monarchies of Austria and Prussia and prevent the re-establishment of an independent Poland.
- The year 1848 did not bring revolution to Russia. However, it was a year in which Russia was to suffer from a bad harvest, a major cholera epidemic and an increase in the number of fires in provincial towns, which were caused by the unusually dry weather. The effect of these disasters on Russia's economy was serious, since the majority of the population was engaged in agriculture. As the result, there was a sharp fall in the export of grain, which had begun to increase after the repeal of the Corn Laws in Great Britain in 1846.
4. How
did the Revolutions of 1848 contribute to the unification of Italy or Germany?
a. Who
were the key actors in the unification of your chosen country? Explain your
choices.
The
key actors in the Italian Unification were Giuseppe Mazzini, Cavour, Victor
Emanuel II, and Giuseppe Garibaldi.
·
Giuseppe Mazzini was born in 1805, Genoa.
Unlike his father, who was the professor of pathology at Genoa University, he
found law and literature intriguing. In 1831, Mazzini formed a group called
“Young Italy.” Young Italy became Italy’s first truly organized political
party. Young Italy became a unified voice for revolution, Italian unification,
democracy, and the ousting of Austrian dominance in Italian affairs.
·
Cavour was Turin, Piedmonet on August 10,
1810 and died in 1861. He served in the Sardinian army for 5 years as a
Lieutenant. After being a participant of the Sardian Chamber of Deputies and
him being a great politician, Cavour later became the prime minister in 1852.
To get Austria out of Italy, Cavour made an alliance with Napoleon III against
Austria and then he made Austria go to war with France and Sardinia expecting
it lose and get out of Italy.
· Given
the title “King of Italy”, Victor Emanuel II was king of Sardinia from 1849 to
March 17, 1861. Emanuel supported Garibaldi’s Expedition of Thousand. Giuseppe Garibaldi
conquered Sicily and Naples, and Sardinia-Piedmont grew even larger. On 17
March 1861, the Kingdom of Italy was officially established and Victor Emanuel
II became its king.
·
Giuseppe Garibaldi was one
of the most important figures of the Italian unification. Garibaldi was an Italian Solider who fought for the Italian Unification Movement. He led a group called the Red Shirts through the Kingdom of Two Sicilies to bring together the kingdoms of Italy in 1860.
b. How
was the country unified and was there any opposition to it? Give detail.
Rome and Venetia were still lacking and
neither could occur to win over easily in any battle since they were under the
defense of the Austrian and French soldiers. The Seven Weeks war gave Italy the
chance to gain Rome and Venetia back, Prussia had agreed that if Italy joined
them in the war they would give them Venetia back and if Prussia won they would
hold there part of the deal. Austria did not want Italy to configure because it
took a huge part of Austria.
· Italy would had never became an Italian
Colony
· Italy did not take part in World War I
nor World War II.
. Italy would have never gone
to war with the Ottoman Empire and captured Libya as a colony.
