Americans did not want to be taxed by those they did not elect. "no taxation without representation".
In the 1830's, the voice of a young nationalist leader began to be heard. Giuseppe Mazzini founded Young Italy. It was a secret society that called for the unification of Italy under a representative government. Mazzini opposed dictators and tyrants and came to symbolize the soul of Italian unification.
1. Along the coasts of the Roman Empire.
Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, King Philip II of France, King Richard I of England
