La SINISTRA STORICA di Agostino DEPRETIS (1876-1887)

► SUBSCRIBE HERE: https://steadyhq.com/it/lastoriasultu... The beginning of the end for the Historical Right came in the 1874 general election. The Right received 53.6% of the vote, managing to win the national elections by a slim margin. The winds of change came from the South. To achieve a landslide victory in the southern regions, the Historical Left had exploited voters' feelings of abandonment and frustration: the country appeared divided, and so did Parliament. The government would hold out until the debate on the railways, then in private hands, which the Historical Right wanted to nationalize. The clash with the Left was extremely fierce: on March 18, 1876, the government lost its majority in Parliament, and Minghetti was forced to resign. The Historical Right has fallen: Victor Emmanuel II summons former Mazzinian Agostino Depretis, a representative of the historical left, to form a new government. Depretis comes from the liberal-progressive Piedmontese tradition and has the support of both the Left and part of the Historical Right. In November 1876, approximately 350,000 of the 600,000 eligible voters show up to vote. Catholic abstentionism plays a significant role. The result is overwhelming: with nearly 60% of the vote, voters confirm their confidence in Depretis and the Historical Left. The government led by Depretis would last from 1876 to 1887, interrupted only twice in 1878 and 1879-81 by the presidency of Benedetto Cairoli. It's not just Parliament that changes, but also kings: on January 9, 1878, one of the heroes of the Risorgimento, Vittorio Emanuele II, dies, and the throne passes to his son Umberto I. Education Minister Michele Coppino signs a momentous law in 1877: compulsory schooling extends to the age of ninth. In 1882, electoral reform is introduced and suffrage is expanded. Voters increase from 2.2% to 6.9% of the population, a jump from 600,000 to 2 million eligible voters. The rise of the Historical Left in these years is not only due to electoral victories: the lack of marked ideological differences between the two camps allows for unthinkable actions. Moderates of the Left and the Historical Right unite in a large centrist bloc, with the aim of isolating the two most extreme sides of parliament: republicans and conservatives. Transformism sought to promote moderate politics and consolidate the liberal, monarchical state. In this situation, the real casualty was stability: governments were hijacked by individual parliamentarians, continually dissolving and reforming. In this situation, even the most complex reform programs struggled to take off. To further support industrial and financial groups, the Left decided, in July 1887, to abandon free trade and embrace protectionism. ► Discord Server:   / discord   ► Instagram (@lastoriasultubo):   / lastoriasul…   ► TikTok (@lastoriasultubo): https://vm.tiktok.com/ZM8tS7YR1/ ► Facebook:   / lastoriasultubo   =================================== 00:00 - The 1874 Elections and the Fall of the Historical Right 01:15 - The Rise of the Historical Left and Agostino Depretis 03:28 - The Reforms of the Historical Left 04:32 - The 1882 Elections and Transformism 06:58 - The Italian Economy and the First Tax Reforms = ... MEDIA MANAGER: Fulvio Matera