Following the Napoleonic invasions, feelings of nationalism were left in both Italy and Germany causing the people to unite. Italian unification, or Risorgimento was able to succeed due to Giuseppe Mazzini's inspiration, Count Camillo Di Cavour's shrewd politics, and Giuseppe Garibaldi's military initiative. It was Bismarck's ingenious political maneuvers that led Germany to its unification in 1871. Both the Italian and German unification would shift the balance of power, and setting the stage for the First …showed first 75 words of 519 total…

…showed last 75 words of 519 total…national politics, trade, and colonialism. Prior to its unification, foreigners ruled Italy, but as an independent power it was now no longer under foreign rule. As a united nation, Italy was now able to grow as a trading power, as well as a military power. Even though it was a relatively young nation, it would participate in the First World War, gaining Trent after the war. During Mussolini's rule, Italy would come to colonize Ethiopia.