DEVELOPMENTS IN PIEDMONT

POLITICAL:

• the statuto, created in Piedmont, was the only thing that remained following the 1848 revolutions
• it was a constitution that allowed free press and individual liberty
• it was because of this that 30,000 political exiles fled here
• Piedmont became part of a nationalist movement
• the 'Connubio' was later created by Cavour with Rattazzi and d'Azeglio (both from opposite wings), they wanted to strengthen parliament against the monarch in order to pass legislation
• in 1850, Cavour became Minister of Agriculture, Navy and Trade where he set up free trade treaties with France and Britain
• in 1851, he became Minister of Finance…