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Revision as of 05:31, 1 February 2006 by 128.208.62.200 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Italy In Italy, the revolution was for a unified Italy. There were three major players, Giuseppe Mazzini, Pope Pius, and Charles Albert, who was the only Italian King at that time. Charles Albert declared war on Austria and was joined by the Papal States and Mazzini. However, there were two major problems which led to the downfall of this revolution. The first being that they all depended on France coming in, but France never did. The second was how they all had different visions, which made them suspicious of each other and Italy was never “together” in a nationalistic sense because of that. France Louis Philippe was inactive and had a corrupt government. He did not want to consider electoral reform, which led to a heightened sense of class distinction. Workers eventually revolted, so Louis fled and abdicated to his grandson, but people did not want another monarchy, so a provisional republic was created with 10 people in charge of overseeing the creation of a new government. However, as they were doing that, workers demanded that France adopt the red flag and revolted again, forcing the army to step in and stop this one too. A government with a president was created and Napoleon III was elected president.