How Far Do You Agree That the Role Played by Cavour Primarily Accounts for the Unification of Most of Italian Piedmont in 1861?

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Cavour's skills as a diplomat proved to be a primary reason for the unification of most of Italian Piedmont in 1861. His relations with Napoleon 3rd of France proved to be vital. For example during the Plombiérs meeting in July 1858 Cavour gained the military support of foreign power France in order to drive the domination power of Austria out of Italy. Without the support of Napoleon 3rd Austria would surely have triumphed at the war 1859 and continued to influence Italy. The war being settled by a truce suggested by Napoleon 3rd meant that Piedmont extended it's territory thus enhancing the landmass of Italian Piedmont. Without Cavour's diplomatic skills Piedmont would not have increased its landmass and Austria would still be a very dominant influence thoughts the country of Italy. Cavour's bold move in 1860 to invade the Papal States was an effective one. He chose to do this in order to stop Garibaldi's army from attacking the region that was home to the holy figure Pope Pius 1X. As France was fundamentally catholic and had troops left in the state after since bbb an attack on the church could have proved disastrous. However Garibaldi's gamble was effective and directly led to the meeting of the two armies at Teano on 26th October. Here Garibaldi agreed to hand the territories he had taken over to King Victor Emmanuel 2nd. With out Garibaldi's decision the outcome could have been entirely different and it was due to his successful gamble that the unification of Italy under the government of Victor Emmanuel became a reality and some distant dream. However Cavour is not the only one that can be help accountable for the unification of most of Italian Piedmont. Napoleon 3rd also played a vital role. His army allied with Piedmont to drive Austria, who strongly rejected the idea of a unified Italy, out of the country. Together with the Piedmontese troops,
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