Question

How did the Count of Cavour secure unification for Italy?

• A. He made all European leaders agree to the Italian Unification at the Congress of Vienna.
• B. He fought against the French colonies in East Africa and secured victory.
• C. He made a secret pact with the French and provoked Austria, who were defeated by the combined forces of France and Sardinia.
• D. He made a pact with Bismarck and attacked Austria; the combined forces of Germany and Sardinia defeated the Austrians.

Answer 1

The correct option is C He made a secret pact with the French and provoked Austria, who were defeated by the combined forces of France and Sardinia.

Camillo, the Count of Cavour, made a secret pact with the French and provoked Austria. Austria readily entered the war and was defeated by the combined forces of France and Sardinia. He merged Lombardy and Sardinia with Italy. Tuscany, Modena, Parma and the Papal states chose to be annexed to Sardinia.