Acquisition of the south; Garibaldi
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- Created on: 24-03-14 18:45
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- Garibaldi was angry at the fact his hometown, Nice, was being handed over to France
- he wanted to do everything in his power to prevent this from happening, he planned on blowing up ballot boxes just to stop voting
- but many of his followers from The Thousand notified him about a revolution in Sicily which ocurred in April 1860
- he agreed to help acquire the south because he favoured Italian unification
- he and his Thousand landed in Sicily 11th May 1860
- Cavour thought nothing of this so far, he assumed they would fail because they lacked any real military tactics and men and he refused to give them any equipment
- while Garibaldi was sailing to the south, the British navy did not attack him because they were mistakenly under the impression that he was under British protection
- The Thousand soon increased in numbers to about 3000
- once they all got in Sicily and settled…
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