Answer:
Failure of revolutionary uprising in Italy both in 1831 and 1848 made it clear that the unification of Italian states must be achieved through war under the leadership of Victor Emmanuel II, the king of Piedmont and Sardinia.
Cavour, who was the Chief Minister of this kingdom, contributed most in this process. Cavour led the movement to unify the regions of Italy.
Through a tactful diplomatic alliance with France engineered by Cavour, Sardinia Piedmont succeeded in defeating Austrian forces in 1859.
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