Crimean War The Crimean War was a war between the French, Ottoman, and British Empire against the Russian Empire. The war took place between the years of 1853 and 1856. The overall purpose of the war was to control the Crimean peninsula. By controlling the Crimean peninsula meant they would be able to control the Black Sea. That meant that they would be a large benefactor by being able to trade during the winter months. During the war the Ottoman Empire supported the Christian Church, while the Russian Empire supported the Eastern Orthodox Church. The churches eventually came together and worked out all of their differences. The start of the war was caused because of the Russian Empire wanting control of the Crimean peninsula. Once the Russian …show more content…
Garibaldi recruited over 1,000 “Red Shirts” as well as two ships that were given to him by Cavour. The Red Shirts take control of Sicilies and head for Naples. Cavour then worries that Garibaldi was going to break away and create his own republic in the south, so he encouraged King Victor Emmanuel II to send troops to Naples and stop Garibaldi. Garibaldi gave Victor Emmanuel II Naples. Victor Emmanuel was later crowned the king of Italy. However they still did not have full control of the peninsula. There was the city of Rome along with Venetia. Venetia was acquired from Bismarck and Rome is given to Italy after the Franco-Prussian war in …show more content…
While Gladstone was in office he enacted the Education Act of 1870. This act made the government take control of education, previously it was a responsibility of the churches to educate the young. The government then placed schools were schools were not already placed by the churches. The reform removed abuses without destroying the institutions. They also reinforced loyalty to the nation by abolishing ways of discontent. Disraeli was a conservative that focused on helping the less fortunate and helping the overall life in England. In 1875 Richard Cross, and Disraeli enacted the Public Health Act. This act helped sanitation and gave the states the duty to interfere with the physical well-being of the people. They passed another act in 1875 called the Artisan Dwelling Act. This act made it so the government would have to provide housing to the working class. Also that same year the conservative majority gave new protections to the British trade unions and allowed them to protest and make picket