. European history : an outline of its development. ster, Cavour, a shrewd stroke to gain the gratitude of someof the first powers of Europe by joining the alHes againstRussia in the Crimean war and sending his little army totheir aid. This led directly to the desired result. TheCongress of Paris, which followed the war, was not willing 2 u The ,RecentTimes, 164. The causeof unitygainingleaders. The currentstrong inGermanyand Italy. Cavour wins allies for his plans. Fyffe, Europe, Chap. XXII.; Miiller, Recent Times, 466 Ettrope since 1815 [§479 270-292;Cesaresco,Liberation ofI
. European history : an outline of its development. ster, Cavour, a shrewd stroke to gain the gratitude of someof the first powers of Europe by joining the alHes againstRussia in the Crimean war and sending his little army totheir aid. This led directly to the desired result. TheCongress of Paris, which followed the war, was not willing 2 u The ,RecentTimes, 164. The causeof unitygainingleaders. The currentstrong inGermanyand Italy. Cavour wins allies for his plans. Fyffe, Europe, Chap. XXII.; Miiller, Recent Times, 466 Ettrope since 1815 [§479 270-292;Cesaresco,Liberation ofItaly(Scribner). War withAustria. to allow Cavour to accomplish his plans by diplomaticmeans. But the emperor, Napoleon III., was ready toenter into a close alliance with him. Encouraged by this, Cavour began extensive militarypreparations. When he refused to explain these prepara-tions at the demand of Austria, she declared war and senta large army into Italy. Napoleon III. immediately sentagainst it a still larger army. The Austrians were beaten. Count Cavour The peopletoo strongfor thediplomats. in three great battles. Lombardy and Milan were occupiedand Venice threatened. But Napoleon did not wish togo too far. He refused to drive the Austrians from November, 1859, he concluded the treaty of Zurich withAustria, by which Lombardy was given to Victor Emanuel,and the Italian states were authorized to form a United Italy. — But matters had now gone toofar to be controlled any longer by diplomacy. The peopletook matters into their own hands. Everywhere they arose, §48o] William I. and Bismarck 467 expelled the rulers of their little states, and voted their ownannexation to Sardinia. All central Italy down to the Statesof the Church had done this by March, i860. Napoleon that he would acquiesce in these arrangements ifcompensation were granted him by the cession to Franceof Savoy and Nice, and this was allowed him, — the largestperma
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