1. Questione Meridionale and Italian Emigration
... made people of the South more poor and were not able to provide for themselves. This created a grudge towards the regime. Thus became 'il Brigantaggio'. 'Il Brigantaggio' were a group of people who joined together to go against the new changes created in Italy. The group consisted of labourers, peasants, ... land which had been taken from them. The Bourbons had always protected the estates of the people of the South. From the emergence of 'il Brigantaggio' the Italian government feared as it seemed as though a real civil war may have occurred. The Italian government panick...
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