False, Marx and Engels wrote the "Communist Manifesto"
Dickens and Disraeli wrote about the deplorable factory conditions.
At the time of unification, the overwhelming majority of the population could not speak standard Italian. They used local dialects instead. Another major change in the political climate was the acquisition of colonies. Italy wanted to increase its status among European nations by acquiring a colonial empire in Africa
<span>They started because the Persian Empire expanded into Ionia where there were several Greek colonies. The colonists sent back to Greece for help. The Athenians sent a few ships to help the colonists, but the cities were taken any way. To put the mainland Greeks in their place, the Persians sent a small force to punish the Greeks. So begins the battle of Marathon. </span>
