Cavour was born in Turin, Peidmont, on the 1st of August 1810. In 1826 Cavour was an lieutenant of the Sardinian Army. After Cavour resigned his commission in 1831, he started getting interested in Politics. Cavour used his knowledge for the family's estates and greatly raised their productivity. He also promoted the modernsation in industry by using new railways and steam ships. In January 1848 there was a mass of unrest in support of liberalism and constitutionalism in Sicily, …showed first 75 words of 279 total…

…showed last 75 words of 279 total…Novara in March 1849. In the July 1849 elections related with this succession Cavour was again returned to the chamber of deputies. Cavour made a speech in the chamber, on the 7th of March 1850, where he suggested that "Piedmont, gathering to itself all the living forces of Italy, would soon be in a position to lead our mother-country to the high destinies to which she is called." In November 1852, Cavour was invited to lead a new ministry.