History A-Level
Cavour’s statecraft
What Cavour’s statecraft means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Cavour’s statecraft
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Piedmont funded newspapers, welcomed exiles and tolerated volunteer movements, then mobilised troops and sought a pretext, casting Piedmont as the victim after Austria’s ultimatum.
Topics that use Cavour’s statecraft
- Paper 2, Option 2D.1: The unification of Italy, c1830–70 - 3 The creation of the Kingdom of Italy, 1856–61 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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