An investigation into two regions of Italy, Piedmont and Sardinia, which once formed the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont

1. Piedmont
Sardinia
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by
Barnaby
Jack
Anna

2. Sardinia!
Giovanni
Maria Angioy
Natinal Hero
Flag
Sea
The festival of Sant'Efisio
Vandal
Coin
Giant’s
GraveTharros
Prehistoric temple of
Monte d'Accoddi
Nuraghe Losa
The proclamation of
the Republic of Sassari
A Mamuthones and
an Issohadore,
Rock Lobster
Scampi
Sweets
Launeddas
Wedding Cake
Narughe

3. Piedmont!
Castelrosso
cheese
Bagna càuda featured in
Babylon 5
Bicerin
Bra (cheese)
Corzetti
Gianduiotto
Turin
Primo
Levi
Chemist
and
Writer
Blockbuster
Gianni
Agnelli
founder
of Fiat
Carla
Bruni
Piedmontese
language
Castelmagno cheese
Piedmontese Cattle
Gianduja
Krumiri
Sacro Monte
di Crea
Venchi
Lacábon
Piemonte
Wine
The Palazzina di caccia
of Stupinigi
Nutella

4. The Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia
• The Crown of Sardinia was awarded to King Victor Amadeus II of
Savoy under the Treaty of The London (1720). This compensated
him for the loss of the crown of Sicily to Austria and allowed him to
retain the title of king
• In 1792, Piedmont-Sardinia joined the First Coalition against the
French First Republic, but was beaten in 1796 by Napoleon and
forced to sign the Treaty of Paris.
• In 1798 Turin was occupied and Charles Emmanuel IV had to
abdicate and go to Sardinia and the provisionary government voted
to unite Piedmont with France.
• In 1814, the kingdom was restored and enlarged with the addition
of the former Republic of Genoa
• The Kingdom of Sardinia industrialized from 1830 onward

5. Turin

7. Charles Albert
• Charles Albert succeeded
Charles Felix to the throne of
Sardinia in 1831
• Showed sympathy with
rioters
• In March 1848 King Charles
Albert promulgated a new
constitution for Piedmont-
Sardinia, the Statuto
Albertino, which became the
basis of the constitution of
the new kingdom of Italy
proclaimed by the first Italian
parliament on March
17, 1861.
Victor
Emmanuel I
• Returned to Turin in
1815 as one of the
restored monarchs
• Abolished Code
Napoleon and equal
justice for all
• Used laws from 1800
• Abdicated in 1821

8. Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
Came back to Piedmont in 1815, and tried to reinstate the pre-
Napoleonic wars so he completely reworked the social and
political systems by removing the Code Napoleon, and he
restored the old government and law courts. Got rid of all the
French stuff.
Born: 14 March 1820
Reign (as King of Sardinia): 1849-1861
Reign (as King of Italy): 1861-1878
Died: 9 January 1878 (aged 57)
Full name: Vittorio Emanuele Maria Alberto Eugenio Ferdinando Tommaso di Savoia
• Invited Jesuits to return
• Reinstated laws about Jewish people owning property, so they
had to live in ghettos
• Returned the lands and power to the nobility and the Church

9. How Happy Were The People and Why?
• Towards the end of the 18th century the population
Piedmont was mainly peasant, and there were high birth
and death rates, coupled with short life expectancy
• On 28 April 1794, during an uprising in Cagliari, two
Piedmontese officials were killed
• This lead to a revolt (called the "Moti rivoluzionari sardi"
or "Vespri sardi") all over Sardinia, which culminated in
the expulsion of the officers for a few days from the
Capital Cagliari
Victor
Amadeus III

10. Political Strength of the Region
 Very ambitious
 They sought Unification from early on
 After 1815 most key figures in unification came from
Piedmont, which meant they dominated the politics
afterwards.
 Up until 1815 they were the strongest political
region, with a large army and an ability to switch
allegiances quickly between Austria and France
 Garibaldi, Mazzini, Count Camillo of Cavour

11. Economical Strength of the Region

12. Ambitions
• All the famous people from the unification
came from Piedmont
• Nationalism started there
• Politically ambitious- Always had favourable
position between Austria and France

13. Weaknesses

14. Key Risorgimento Figures
The
Risorgimento
was an
ideological
and literary
movement
that helped to
arouse the
national
consciousness
of the Italian
people, and it
led to a series
of political
events that
freed the
Italian states
from foreign
domination
and united
them
politically.
Pier Alessandro Paravia was
an Italian writer, scholar,
philanthropist and professor
of Italian eloquence at the
University of Turin.
Alfonso Ferrero, Cavaliere
La Màrmora was an Italian
general and statesman.
Giuseppe Garibaldi was
an Italian general and
politician.
Camillo Paolo Filippo Giulio
Benso, Count of Cavour, of
Isolabella and of Leri founder
of the original Italian Liberal
Party and Prime Minister of
the Kingdom of Piedmont-
Sardinia