The new Kingdom of Italy obtains Great…
1876 CE to 1887 CE
The Constitutional Law of the Kingdom of Sardinia, the Albertine Statute of 1848, had been extended to the whole Kingdom of Italy in 1861, and has provided for basic freedoms of the new State, but electoral laws exclude the non-propertied and uneducated classes from voting.
The government of the new kingdom takes place in a framework of parliamentary constitutional monarchy dominated by liberal forces.
As Northern Italy quickly industrializes, the South and rural areas of the North remain underdeveloped and overpopulated, forcing millions of people to migrate abroad and fueling a large and influential diaspora.
The Italian Socialist Party constantly increases in strength, challenging the traditional liberal and conservative establishment.
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