1. The Early Unification of Italy
... complete by forcing its pace, Cavour made it safe by containing the force of radicalism and avoiding military conflict within and without. 5. Assess the diplomatic role of Napoleon III and Cavour in the unification of Italy. Napoleon III was interested in Italy because he wanted to overthrow the settlement of 1815, and he believed that once the Italian settlement of 1815 was overthrown, the rest would follow. The 1815 settlement had destroyed French hegemony in central Europe ... France must regard the clause of the treaty of Paris concerning the Black Sea and Bessarabia "as abolished" ...
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