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In 1848 the idea of Romanticism failed so Italy goes to get unification called realism. Italy and their unification movement and the idea of realpolitik is really the descendent of the Machiavellian ideas. Count Cavour made like a three-step plan for unifying Italy. Victor Emmanuel I was declared the king of Italy once the south and the north joined together.

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Victor Emmanuel II governed with a parliament in which their democratic party refused to ratify the peace treaty with Austria in Piedmont. The Proclamation Moncalieri contrasted his polices favorably, and the liberals installed a new cabinet under Massimo d'Azeglio . Camillo Benso di Cavour formulated international commercial treaties and drew on foreign capital to reduce the public debt, stimulate economic growth, and develop a railroad system.

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The role of Piedmont

In Piedmont Victor Emmanuel II governed with a parliament whose democratic majority refused to ratify the peace treaty with Austria. This was an exception to the general course of reaction. The skillfully worded Proclamation of Moncalieri (November 20, 1849) favourably contrasted Victor Emmanuel's policies with those of other Italian rulers and permitted elections. The victorious Liberals installed a new cabinet under Massimo d'Azeglio, a moderate trusted by the king. D'Azeglio introduced the Siccardi law, which curtailed the power of ecclesiastical courts. In October 1850 another prominent moderate, Camillo Benso di Cavour, entered the cabinet and directed a laissez-faire economic policy. He formulated international commercial treaties and drew on foreign capital to reduce the public debt, stimulate economic growth, and develop a railroad system. Cavour's dynamism alarmed conservatives and even d'Azeglio. In 1852, through an alliance with centre-left deputies that became known as the connubio ("marriage"), Cavour displaced d'Azeglio as head of the cabinet. Despite disagreements with the king (who favoured the clerical party and occasionally displayed absolutist tendencies), Cavour introduced various ecclesiastical, judicial, and fiscal reforms.

A number of events promoted Piedmont's prestige in Italy and abroad. In March 1854 France and England intervened in support of the Ottoman Empire against Russia in the Crimean War. To obtain Austrian support, they were prepared to guarantee the status quo in Italy. Only Piedmont was in a position to disrupt it at that time, and Cavour negotiated an alliance with the Western powers. In May he sent to Crimea an army that performed brilliantly. As a result, Piedmont was able to assume a place among the victors at the Congress of Paris (February 1856). From this platform Cavour, achieving a diplomatic coup for Piedmont and Italy, declared that the only threat to peace in Italy, and the root cause of subversive plots, was the burdensome Austrian overlordship. Cavour's pronouncements at the congress increased the standing of Piedmont among nationalists.

Meanwhile, Mazzini's democratic and republican movement was crumbling. In February 1853 an insurrection against the Austrians failed in Milan. The discovery and execution at Belfiore (1852-53) of the leaders of a conspiracy in Mantua, as well as abortive insurrections in Cadore and Lunigiana, discredited the democratic movement and discouraged its most dedicated adherents. Mazzini faced complete isolation for his support of an expedition to the southern mainland to incite insurrection, known as the Sapri expedition (June-July 1857), in which the Neapolitan republican and socialist Carlo Pisacane and some 300 companions lost their lives. The democrats were divided and unable to carry on the revolutionary struggle; nothing was to be expected from the restored governments. In Lombardy-Venetia, Austria carried out stern repressive measures. Pius IX, now under the influence of the reactionary Giacomo Cardinal Antonelli, refused to grant any reforms in Rome. Liberal Catholicism could not remain viable without reforms in the Papal States. In Naples and the duchies, reaction became pervasive, although the grand duke of Tuscany sought to make his subjects forget that he owed his throne to Austrian military intervention. Only in Piedmont was there any hope left for the reformers.

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Italy - Unification, Risorgimento, Nation-State

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Italy - Unification, Risorgimento, Nation-State: In Piedmont Victor Emmanuel II governed with a parliament whose democratic majority refused to ratify the peace treaty with Austria. This was an exception to the general course of reaction. The skillfully worded Proclamation of Moncalieri (November 20, 1849) favourably contrasted Victor Emmanuel's policies with those of other Italian rulers and permitted elections.

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Germany is a lot like Italy when they unify. Otto Von Bismarck the embodiment of realpolitik, began on a mission to improve the country, solidify power of his king Wilhelm I, and to improve the military. He wanted Austria to be out so he made non interfering agreements with territories to get them on his side. Wilhelm was crowned the king of the German empire in the very symbol of French power, the Palace of Versailles.

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On January 18, 1871, the formal German unification occurred at the Versailles Palace's Hall of Mirrors in France. Wilhelm of Prussia was proclaimed Emperor Wilhelm of the German empire. Princes of German states gather to proclaim him as emperor after the French capitulation in the Franco-Prussian War.

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During the Napoleonic war the British helped the royal family escape and set up court in Brazil. Portugal gained their independence from Brazil, but some people in the north still remained loyal to the Portuguese. Pedro's younger brother became emperor of Brazil.

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Brazilian Independence | 3 Minute History

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The transition wasn't peaceful when Brazil entered nationhood. The Portuguese prince regent Dom João decided to take refuge of Brazil and the colonists welcomed him warmly. They were convinced that a new era had dawned for Brazil.