Cavour, Count Camillo Benso di (1810-1861) .
The figure who forged the Kingdom of Italy, designe d the constitutional structure of the unitary state and served as its first prime minister was the second son of an aristocratic Piedmontese family. Born in Turin when it was under French control, he was sponsored in baptism by Napoleon's sister Pauline, and her husband, Prince Camille Borghese, after whom Camillo was named. Both Camillo and his older brother Gustavo were initially educated at home. Whereas Gustavo, as the first son could expect a position in the administration or the diplomatic corps in Piedmont, Camillo, as the second son of a nobleman, was earmarked for a career in the army, even though his interests were more political than military. In 1820 he enrolled in the military academy of Turin, and in July 1824 was named a page to Charles Albert, the king of Piedmont (1831-1849), who opened the first war of independence against Austria. Camillo resigned from the army at the end of 1831. .
He administered the family estate at Grinzane, some forty kilometers outside the capital, ser ving as mayor there from 1832 to the revolutionary upheaval of 1848. He traveled widely in Europe, though not much in Italy, visiting France, Switzerland and Great Britain. Convinced that economic reconstruction had to proceed political change, he stressed the advantages of free trade and railroad construction in the peninsula. Suspicious of the Papacy, he did not support the Neo-Guelph program which dreamed that the pope would play a leading role in the unification movement. Instead, Cavour in the 1840s jo ined the ranks of those who looked to Charles Albert to effect the liberal and national program in Italy. Following the election of Pius IX in 1846, the Piedmontese monarch allowed the congress of scientists meeting in Genoa in September to issue a series of patriotic pronouncements. .
In 1847, when Carlo Alberto introduced a series of reforms, Cavour took advantage of the revised press law to establish the newspaper Il Risorgimento.
" Cavour wanted strength, wealth, and power for Sardinia. ... France and Austria attempted to block Cavour from gaining any more land. Cavour convinced France to allay with him in order to defeat Austria. ... Cavour defeated Austria gaining a large amount of land. ... Cavour and Garibaldi teamed together in discussion of uniting Italy. ...
Cavour had become committed to Italian unification. After becoming prime minister, Cavour had three goals. ... Later, Napoleon III and Cavour met to discuss war tactics on Austria. ... Since Cavour built new railroad lines, the French troops poured across the Alps. ... In September 1860, Cavour sent troops to gain control over the Papal States. ...
Cavour when he came to power, carried out vigourous economic reform and industrial development since he knew that a strong economic basis was the prerequisite for national struggle. ... As Cavour once said, "We must be the partner of France in the great game that sooner or later must be played in Europe." ... Cavour was to make known to the world the Italian question and to exploit the enthusiasm of Napoleon III in order to exclude Austrian power from Italy. ... While the Italy to be united should not include South Italy which marked by backwardness and this was only a source of economic and ...
These men were: Guiseppe Mazzini, Count Camillo Cavour, and Guiseppe Garibaldi. ... Cavour didn't agree with the ways in which Garibaldi went about unification. ... Mazzini, Garibaldi, and Cavour all took advantage of every opportunity they were given to achieve their end result. ... In 1858 Cavour wanted to start a war against Austria; though Cavour might not have gotten the war he had hoped for if it wasn't for the ineptitude of the Austrians. ... This gave Cavour the excuse to start military action like he had hoped for in the beginning. ...
Until Count Camillo Benso di Cavour, most of the nationalists formed secret societies. Cavour reorganized the Sardinian army, and established banks. Cavour tried to reduce the political influence of the church. ... Cavour and Garibaldi united, and Garibaldi was given financial help to liberate the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. ...
Until Count Camillo Benso di Cavour, most of the nationalists formed secret societies. Cavour reorganized the Sardinian army, and established banks. Cavour tried to reduce the political influence of the church. ... Cavour and Garibaldi united, and Garibaldi was given financial help to liberate the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. ...
The unification of Italy started with a man named Count Camillo Benso di Cavour. ... Cavour eventually resigned out of rage. ... Cavour came back into power in 1860 and gained Napoleon's support by ceding Savoy and Nice. ... Cavour used Garibaldi to "liberate" the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. ... As a result Italy Cavour turned popular nationalism in a conservative direction. ...
