Risorgimento: The political and social movement that consolidated different states of the Italian peninsula into the single state of Italy in the 19th century.
Giuseppe Garibaldi: An Italian general who played a large role in unifying Italy. He led several military campaigns that contributed to the consolidation of different states into a single Italian nation.
Kingdom of Sardinia: A state in Southern Europe which existed from the early 14th until the mid-19th century. It was the nucleus for Risorgimento and unification of Italy.