Revolutions: Sicily&Naples
- Created by: Abigail
- Created on: 27-09-13 09:43
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Sicily:
- initial problems occured when King Ferdinand II of Naples offered Sicilians a better life by introducing reforms
- it didn't last, instead there was a period of repression mixed with an outbreak of cholera making Sicilians in a very desperate state
- January 1848, notices appeared in the citys capital - Palermo, advertising the handing out of weapons
- there were clashes with the government when the authorities found out a revoultion was about to take place
- the Neapolitan army fought back by shelling (the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target) and…
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