Mazzini, Garibaldi, and French Revolutionaries Free Response

Contrast Mazzini and Garibaldi's revolutionary views with those of revolutionaries in France.

Mazzini Garibaldi contributed to the unification of Italy in the 19^th century. French revolutionaries during the French Revolution tried to overthrow power and gain rights for the people. The French Revolution could be seen as being similar to the Egyptian revolution that occurred in February 2011. Mazzini and Garibaldi were interested in conquering and unifying Italy rather than holding a revolution, while the French revolutionaries were going against Louis XVI and wanting rights for the people in France.

Garibaldi had the spirit of Mazzini and carried on his traits throughout the 19^th century. Garibaldi revolutionized by holding control and making alliances that would better Italy. He allied quickly with different countries, such as Austria. Garibaldi was a smart man working slowly and efficiently to keep Italy under control and ultimately unify the industrialized north and the agricultural south, although they would not be geographically unified because the papal states were separating them. Garibaldi was not trying to eradicate a ruler. Garibaldi was a single force working to revolutionize, although Emmanuel and Cavour were also trying to unify Italy, while the French revolutionaries were a group of people trying to overthrow the power of Louis XVI.

The French Revolution was about overthrowing the dominant power in France, Louis XVI. The French protested and fought so that the rights of the common people were protected. The French Revolution can be looked at as being similar to the Egyptian revolution in 2011 when the Egyptians overthrew their controller, Mubarak. The French people rallied and protested, which is nothing like Mazzini or Garibaldi. Garibaldi’s way of being a smart revolutionary was to make alliances that would help him keep the French away and the Vatican and Pope’s control limited. The people were rallying together in order to overthrow one dominant force, while Garibaldi was not trying to overthrow anyone because he enough power and was not against Victor Emmanuel or Cavour.

Garibaldi carried out Mazzini’s wishes in Italy. Another man was trying to unify Italy along with Garibaldi, and that was Emmanuel, who ended up becoming King of Italy when Italy was unified. Garibaldi worked without harm to the Italian people; he actually did more good than harm by finally unifying the country into one. In the French Revolution, it was the people revolting against their leader, causing much upheaval and confusion in France. It was all against one, while Garibaldi was not specifically against any one person. Garibaldi worked seamlessly and without much disturbance. He was trying to do a good thing for Italy by unifying the north and south into one country. The French revolutionaries were trying to do a good thing for their country as well, gaining freedom and rights, and in this way the French revolutionaries and Garibaldi are similar.

The French revolutionaries and Garibaldi and Mazzini were really trying to do two different things. While Mazzini and Garibaldi wanted to unify Italy and create a relationship between the north and south, excluding the Vatican, the French revolutionaries wanted to overthrow Louis XVI in an attempt to bring good for the common people, just like the Egyptian revolution of 2011. The revolutionaries in France compared to Garibaldi and Mazzini had very different views on revolutionizing.