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Write at least a paragraph explaining the important people of Italian unification. A quality explanation will include who EACH person was to Italian unification, (Mazzini, Cavour, Garibaldi, and King Victor Emmanuel), why they were important and what things or steps did they take to help unification efforts.​

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King Victor Emmanuel II, to unify the Italian states through war. ... In 1860, they marched into South Italy and the Kingdom of the two Sicilies and succeeded in winning the support of the local peasants in order to drive out the Spanish rulers. In 1861 Victor Emmanuel II was proclaimed the king of United Italy.

Cavour : (i) He led the movement to unify the regions of Italy. ... (2) Garibaldi : He gathered a large number of armed volunteers and marched into South Italy and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and succeeded in winning the support of locals to drive out Spanish.Garibaldi fought for Italian unity and almost single-handedly united northern and southern Italy. He led a volunteer army of guerrilla soldiers to capture Lombardy for Piedmont and later conquered Sicily and Naples, giving southern Italy to King Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, who established the Kingdom of Italy.

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