Rise of Piedmont

Political factors:

• the only thing good that came out of the 1848 revolutions was the Statuto
• some of the terms included:
  - individual freedom
  - free press
• this ideal of liberty attracted 30,000 political exiles to Piedmont making it a Nationalist state
• Cavour created something called the 'Connubio' which was also known as a political alliance
• this political marriage was between Rattazi (centre-left party) and d'Azeglio (centre-right)
• Cavour at this point was finance minister
• the political marriage managed to strengthen parliament against the monarchy
• Cavour then became Prime Minister in 1852 when d'Azeglio suggested it
• the previous Prime Minister had to resign because he got into an argument between Victor Emmanuel II and the Pope over wanting to pass a civil marriage bill
• RELIGIOUS:
• in 1850, Giuseppe Siccardi created the Siccardi Laws;
  - no member of the clergy could buy property
  - they banned the church from having separate law courts
  - they also banned the right for criminals to seek refuge and protection in the church
• this theme of anti-clericalism attracted more liberals

Economic factors:

• between the years of 1833-5, Cavour…