Uniting the remainder of Italy

• although the Kingdom of Italy had been proclaimed, there were still some issues when people thought of Italy as united
• firstly, Italy was not actually geographically united - two states were not part of Italy yet
• there was dissatisfaction amongst the southern states
• the Pope was causing problems for Catholics as he denounced the Kingdom of Italy
• there were, however, a couple of good things that came out

Some positives:

• the government introduced a new law, similar to Code Napoleon
• there was now a fully unified system for education
• armies of Piedmont, Naples and leftovers from Garibaldi's red shirts joined as once force - demonstrating unity

Now for the ISSUES:

The south:

• the vast majority of adults were illiterate
• Naples and Sicily were very backwards
• taxes increased greatly so people couldn't afford to live
• 25,000 men fled to the mountains and woods to escape being enrolled in the army
• people turned to a life of crime as they couldn't afford anything
• the Maffia actually began around this time, causing general unrest
• life was complicated further due to the hard-to-understand new law system
• people became part of the underclass because they couldn't find work
• people lived as bandits hunting…