Describe how Cavour, Garibaldi, Mazzini and Victor Emmanuel II helped to bring about the unification of Italy.

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2) Describe how Cavour, Garibaldi, Mazzini and Victor Emmanuel II helped to bring about the unification of Italy.

In the Italian Unification, Cavour, Mazzini, Garibaldi and King Emmanuel II played an important role. Cavour, a clever prime minister, was regarded as the 'brain of modern Italy'. Mazzini, the 'soul of the Risorgimento, was the propagandist of the Italian unity. Garibaldi, the 'sword' of the Italian Unification, was a guerrilla leader who provided Italy with the necessary military force. King Victor Emmanuel II completed the unification of Italy. Each of them contributed greatly to the course of unification.

Cavour is the individual credited the ingenuity which resulted in the unification of Italy. In 1847, He founded 'Risorgimento', a newspaper which became the official voice for the Italian national movement. He became a member of parliament briefly from 1848-1849. He learnt from the failure of the 1848 revolutions. He realized that internal strength and external aid were necessary for the success of Italian unification. His policy was to modernize Piedmont to make her strong enough to lead the national movement against Austria. He also intended to ally with a powerful foreign power for expelling Austria domination. Subsequently, he