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e spending, and greatly improved Commerce, communication, Industry, and agriculture, within Piedmont Sardinia, along with developing Transportation, and the Genoese port. His improvements to Piedmont Sardinia made the Piedmontese like their king very much. (ref. H.O. #2 p. 130).

After convincing Victor Emmanuel 2nd to send troops to assist Britain & France in the Crimean War, Cavour managed to earn Piedmont Sardinia the affect of Britain and France. (ref. H.O. #1 p.35).

After an attempted assassination on Napoleon 3rd (new king of France) by an Italian patriot, Napoleon 3rd's interest in Italian Liberation was renewed. (ref. H.O. #1 p.35).
Later that year, Cavour & Napoleon 3rd signed a secret agreement. In that agreement Napoleon 3rd made it clear he couldn't attack Austria, but if Austria was to invade Piedmont Sardinia, France would come to the rescue. Additionally, France would gain Nice and Savoy, & Piedmont Sardinia would gain Lombardy Venetia. This was to be a good deal for Piedmont That would gain her a large territory under her control. (ref. H.O. #1 p. 36).

Piedmont Sardinia had to somehow provoke Austria into invading. This was achieved by mobilizing troops and protecting conscription refugees. (ref. H.O. # 1 p. 36)
By now, Piedmont was fully behind their king. The idea of Italy being unified under Piedmont Sardinia was to their liking. Slogans saying 'Verdi' (Initials in Italian meaning: Victor Emmanuel King of Italy) appeared everywhere in Piedmont Sardinia. (ref. H.O. #1 p. 36)

On 29th of April, after an ultimatum posed by Austria, the inevitable happened. Austria marched into Piedmont Sardinia and declared war. As agreed, France marched into Piedmont Sardinia and assisted it against the Austrians.

But Napoleon 3rd became more and more reluctant about the deal. He noticed Prussia was mobilizing troops (probably to aid Austria), and the war had already taken a great toll on life. This led to a truce signed between France and Austria.

The truce stated: - Piedmont Sardinia would gain Lombardy but Austria would retain Venetia. - Tuscany & Modena would be restored to their former rulers. - A confederation of Italian States led by the pope should be formed.
(ref. H.O. # 1 p. 36)

As agreed, Piedmont Sardinia gained Lombardy. This was the first step towards the unification of Italy under one king. (ref. H.O. #1 p. 36)

The agreement between France and Austria couldn't be completed though. The people of Tuscany and Modena refused to be ruled by their former Duchies. They wanted to be joined to Piedmont Sardinia. France had no problem except it demanded Nice and Savoy.
As a result, a plebiscite was taken (Both in Tuscany and Modena, & In Nice and Savoy). The plebiscite concluded that Tuscany and Modena would become part of Piedmont Sardinia, and Nice & Savoy would join France. This even further enlarged the Kingdom of Piedmont Sardinia, which now stretched from North to center of the Italian peninsula. (ref. H.O. #1 p. 36)

Meanwhile Cavour, deeply furious due to the broken agreement, came back to his senses and continued working toward unification. (ref. H.O. #1 p. 36)

Now that Piedmont Sardinia gained all this land, the unification was stuck. What shou