Italian Unification
The Italian Unification began in the early eighteen hundreds, around the same time as the German unification. ... The Italian unification also known as Risorgimento was ruled by the Savoy dynasty of Sardinia, who defeated the Italian Peninsula. Before this time the unification of Italy hadn’t even been considered, and patriotism would mean joining Sardinia or another kingdom. ... The idea of unification, like any big change, started the appearance of revolutionists. ... Giusseppe Mazzinni founded the first secret organization aimed for the unification of Italy. This secret society called Giovane Italia was working towards the union of several small city-states and kingdoms of the Italian Peninsula into one grand nation. ... After all this excitement in South America he returned only to fight yet again, for the unification of Italy this time. Although Girabaldi and Mazzinni greatly helped Italy’s unification and feelings of nationalism they still had quite a battle to fight…the Pope.