Cavour agreed to let France have the regions of Nice and Savoy after France and Piedmont went to war against Austria in 1859. Garibaldi freed Sicily from the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and then took control of the mainland, uniting the entire kingdom. While Venetia, the Papal States, and Rome were still not part of Italy, Venetia was given to Italy by Austria in 1866 and the Papal States voted to join Italy after the French forces withdrew to fight Prussia in 1870, completing the unification of Italy with Rome as its capital.
5. In 1859 the armies of France and
Piedmont went to war against
Austria. Cavour agreed to let
France the regions of Nice and
Savoy
7. Sicily was part of the
Kingdom of the Two
Sicilies made of Sicily
and Naples. Garibaldi
freed the island.
8. When Garibaldi
had freed the
Island, He took
the fight to
mainland and
controlled the
entire Kingdom
10. The regions of Venetia and the Papal States
were not yet part of Italy.
Austria gave up Venetia in 1866
Italian forces invaded Papal States in 1870.
Napoleon III defended the States.
The French went to fight the Franco-Prusian
war and the people from the Papal States
voted to join the new nation of
became its Capital
