Question

Find out the wrong statement about Giuseppe Mazzini
A.He was a member of the Secret society of Carbonari
B.He believed that “God had intended nations to be the natural units of the mankind”
C.He was the founder of Young Europe
D.None of the above

Answer 1

Hint:Giuseppe Mazzini was born in Genoa in 1807. He was an Italian revolutionary. At the age of 24, he was sent into exile for trying to carry out a revolution in Liguria. He founded Young Italy. He opposed the monarchy and his ideas of democracy frightened the conservatives.

Complete answer:
Mazzini was a Genoese propagandist and revolutionary, , and a champion of the movement for Italian unity known as the Risorgimento.
Soon, he became a member of the secret society of Carbonari. He was also the founder of two more underground societies- Young Italy (Marseilles) and Young Europe (Berne). The members were like minded people from France, Italy, Poland and Germany states.
He believed that “God had intended nations to be the natural units of mankind.” This is why Italy couldn’t remain a patchwork of small states and kingdoms. It was required to be forged into a single unified nation consisting of wider alliances. Such a unification shall be the base to Italian liberty.
It was the first Italian democratic movement which had all classes. According to him, “Neither pope nor king, only God and the people will open the way of the future to us.”
Inspired by him, similar models of unification and societies began emerging in the nearby territories.

Hence, the correct answer is option (D).

Note:Metternich described him as “the most dangerous enemy of our social order.”
Mazzini was also the editor of Giovine Italia which spread the movement and inspired similar models as it was smuggled. He also aided in establishing Young Poland, Young Germany and Young Switzerland.