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By 1750, the Salonnieres, Their Salons, and the. "Enlightenment The Age of." Enlightenment The Age of. Accessed October 31, 2016.
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Reflection of Enlightenment in Science
Newtonian Science was making its biggest impression at this time. This can be evidenced by philosophy of the time. They wished to find laws that occurred in human affairs similar to the ones they had found in the natural world -
Change in Art
Enlightenment changed the way many people did things. This included the way people viewed and created art. The neoclassic approach to art was one that used stark realism and was known to show dissatisfaction and criticism of the existing order of things. An example of such art is "Death of Socrates" by Jacques Louis David -
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"Death of Socrates." Digital image. Wikipedia. October 20, 2016. Accessed October 30, 2016. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_Socrates -
Young Italy, Italian Giovine Italia, movement founded by Giuseppe Mazzini
It was made to work for a united, republican Italian nation. This attracted many Italians to the cause of independence, it played an important role in the Risorgimento which was struggle for Italian unification. -
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"NATIONAL UNITY: ITALY (1848-1876)." NATIONAL UNITY: ITALY (1848-1876). Accessed October 28, 2016. https://faculty.unlv.edu/gbrown/westernciv/wc201/wciv2c21/wciv2c21lsec2.html. -
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Unifying Northern Italy
The stage for unification, the work of Cavour, was set in the state of Piedmont-Sardinia, which lay in the northwest corner of Italy, near France. Piedmont-Sardinia was well positioned to lead Italian nationalism because it was the most prosperous region in Italy and its administration had been modernized by the French Revolution. Its efficient government, competent bureaucracy, and relatively strong economy provided a firm foundation for national unification. -
National Society
founded as an umbrella organization for Italian patriots. These romantic nationalists would provide crucial ideological support to the campaign for national unification and would play a vital role in eventually mobilizing the population. -
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"NATIONAL UNITY: ITALY (1848-1876)." NATIONAL UNITY: ITALY (1848-1876). Accessed October 28, 2016. https://faculty.unlv.edu/gbrown/westernciv/wc201/wciv2c21/wciv2c21lsec2.html. Webster, Wendy. "National Rescue Society of Italy." National Rescue Society of Italy. Accessed October 28, 2016. http://international-maritime-rescue.org/national-rescue-society-of-italy. -
Risorgimento
19th-century movement for Italian unification that culminated in the establishment of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861. 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. Although the Risorgimento has attained the status of a national myth, its essential meaning remains a controversial question. -
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"Risorgimento." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Accessed October 28, 2016. https://www.britannica.com/event/Risorgimento. -
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"The Triple Alliance (The English Tranlation)." - World War I Document Archive. Accessed October 31, 2016. https://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/The_Triple_Alliance_(The_English_Tranlation). -
Formation of the Triple Alliance
Italy formed an alliance with Germany and Austria/Hungary on this day. -
Eritrea Officially Becomes a Colony
After Italy had established unity within their country, Italy began to expand and formed La Colonia Eritrea on January 1, 1890. -
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Life in Italy during the 19th Century." Life in Italy. January 20, 2016. Accessed October 28, 2016. http://www.lifeinitaly.com/history/life-italy-during-19th-century -
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Food Inovations
Many of the Italian foods we know and love today came about as a result of a majority of people being peasants, and because they were peasants, they didn't have much money. Because of this, they resorted to having a diet based around pasta and herbs, as well as tomatoes, which were previously thought to be poisonous. In the late 1800's, Pellegrino Artusi compiled the first Italian cookbook -
Change in Cuisine
This is a picture of the man who wrote the first Italian cook book
"Life in Italy during the 19th Century." Life in Italy. Accessed November 01, 2016.
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Battle of Adwa
Ethiopian troops defeat Italy, led by General Baratieri, in a fight for their freedom. King Menelik II drafted over 10,000 men to battle against the Italians, and this secured his reign as Emperor. Ethiopia is the first country in Africa to resist colonization since 1914. -
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Numbers, By The. "Battle of Adwa (Adowa), 1896 | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed." Battle of Adwa (Adowa), 1896 | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed. Accessed October 30, 2016. http://www.blackpast.org/perspectives/battle-adwa-adowa-1896 -
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Battle of Adwa. 1940-1949. The British Museum, London, England.
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Roussel, Ricardo, S. "Triple Alliance and Triple Entente." Word Press. October 18, 2015. Accessed October 31, 2016. https://20thcenturyhistory11a.wordpress.com/2015/10/18/triple-alliance-and-triple-entente/.
