Answer:
B
Explanation:I took the quiz for that and got an A+ but i had to write the answer down on paper so i went to go get my paper and B is the answer.
This was a huge goal because at the top me all trades and ships were all on the east coast and controlling that region would hurt the other side baffle cutting them off supplies and food also the flow of money that was needed for the war to on each side to survive
The Franco-Austrian War of 1859 was the agent that began the physical process of Italian unification. ... The northern Italian states held elections in 1859 and 1860 and voted to join the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia, a major step towards unification, while Piedmont-Sardinia ceded Savoy and Nice to France.
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