Unification of italy: Learn about the 19th century

Learn about the 19th century political and social movement that resulted in the unification of the Italian Peninsula into a single state. Explore the historical context, the role of Napoleon, Garibaldi and Victor Emmanuel II, and the challenges of the new kingdom. Unification of Italy stands as an important chapter in the history of the Italian peninsula. It shows the struggle of separate states to become a unified nation. Italy was unified by the Roman Republic in the latter part of the third century BCE. For 700 years, it was a de facto territorial extension of the capital of the Roman Republic and Empire, and for a long time experienced a privileged status but was not converted into a province. Learn about the unification of Italy through a timeline of events. See when Italy was founded, who unified the country and what the goal of young...