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Pictures? Also, what about their backgrounds before the unification process. This requires digging a little deeper than the textbook.

Camillo Cavour- Camillo rose from being a politician to becoming Victor Emmanuel's prime minister in 1852. He was a liberal and a very hardworking man whos first priority was to fix Sardinia's economic problems, once in office. He did many things to improve Sardinia, such as new railroads, encouraging commerce by free trade and improving agriculture.

Giuseppe Mazzini- ﻿Giuseppe Mazzini was a nationalist leader who founded Young Italy.Young Italy was an organization that supported Italy as a free, independent nation. Giuseppe really wanted a united Italy because of the common language and history that Italy shared.

Giuseppe Garibaldi- Guiseppe Gaibaldi and Guiseppe Mazzini were both on the same page when it came to Unity and a new republic. Although Garibaldi and Mazzini were both allys and in agreement on unification, Garibaldi and Cavour worked together to form the group "The Red-Shirts" to go fight down South in Sicily and surprisingly they won control.

Victor Emmanuel- ﻿Victor Emmanuel was the constitutional monarch of Italy who hoped to gain more power by joining other states to the ones of his own. After Garibaldi's success with Sicily, Cavour went to Emmanuel to encourage him to send our his troops to take Garibaldi's land. Shortly after Victor Emmanuel gained Garibaldi's land, he was then crowned King of Italy.