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- Italy tried to take over Ethiopia to gain territory, but this attempt failed due to a bigger Ethiopian army in 1896.
- Another attempt was made by Italy to gain territory. Italy went to war with the Ottoman empire, resulting in a success and gained land in Africa.

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Italy attempts to gain territory

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- Italy made military alliances with Austria-Hungary, and Germany, this alliance is called the Triple Alliance.
- This agreement stated that they need to defend each other against any possible attacks

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The Triple Alliance is made

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- Although Italy is now unified, their are still many reasons why Italians, as people, aren't unified, such as Southern Italians not wanting to be governed by Rome.
- Problems in Italy at the time of unification:
* Poverty
* Rising taxes
* Unemployment
* Rioting and violence
* Many Italians emigrating

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Rome is declared as the capital of Italy

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- Italy becomes united under the rule of King Victor Emmanuel.
- They did this by electing if the Italian States should be unified or not.
- Unification did not apply to Venetia or the Papal States, only because Venetia was still belonged to Austria and the Papal States was where the French troops supported the pope
- Unification was complete when the Italians sided with Prussians in a war between the Austrians and Prussians.
- The Prussians won Venetia and gave it to Italy along with Rome, which they got from forcing the French to bring their troops back to France.

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The states of Italy voted and decided to be unified

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- He continued fighting so the rest of Italy's states would be unified.
- Became part of Young Italy in 1833.
- He was exiled to South America because of his nationalist activities.
- When in South America, he learned Guerrilla Warfare, which he later used to gain control of Sicily.
- He had followers called "Red Shirts".
- During this war, Garibaldi, the Red Shirts, and Cavour gained Lombardy, Sicily, and Naples.

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- Known as "the brain" of Italian Unification.
- He became the prime minister of Sardinia and planned to overthrow the Austrian government, so the Italian states would become united.
- His plan worked because France supported Sardinia, after Sardinia had supported France in a war.

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- He was a writer who wanted nationalism.
- He was even exiled because of his options on nationalism.

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- When Italy was invaded by Napoleon, the states were unified under one government.
- However, when Napoleon was defeated, the Congress of the Vienna split the states up.

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Giuseppe Garbaldi
"The award" of unifiction.

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Camillio di Cavour
Rebelled against Austria to unite the Italian states, and won.

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Giuseppe Mazzini
Formed Young Italy, a nationalist group that fought for the unification of Italy.

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The Congress of Vienna splits up the Italian states apart again.