Outline

1. **Unitying Italy** 2. **Obstacles to Italian Unity** 3. **Challenges Facing the New Nation**
 * They had not experienced political unity since Roman times.
 * By the early 1800's italian patriots were determined to build anew italy.
 * Often wars and foreign rules had led people to identify with local reigons.
 * The congress of Vienna ignored the nationalists who wanted to end foreign rule and acheive unity.
 * Nationalists organized a secret patriotic society that focused on expelling Austrian forces from Northern Italy.
 * **Mazzini Establishes Young Italy**
 * Nationalist Guesseppe Mazzini founded young Italy's Unity
 * The goal of the secret society wat to constitiute Italy as a free, independent, republican nation.
 * **Nationalism Takes Root**
 * Although the revoulution failed the nationalists ideas had been planted and installed into the peoples head for future refrences.
 * Nationalists strive for unity reminded italians of ancient times.
 * To nationalists a united Italy made sense not just because of geography but because of common language and history.
 * Nationalists made their point by reminding italians of anciet rome and economic values by stimulating industry.
 * Italy faced many problems like the German empire Bismark cemented together.
 * **Divisions**
 * The greatest differences was the North and South, the North was richer and had more cities than the south.
 * **Turmoil**
 * Italy was a constitution monarchy with a two house legisture, and the king.