q: When did the Kingdom of Italty begin? a: 1861 q: Who was King? a: Victor Emmanuel II q: of? a: Sardinia q: until? a: 1946 q: What did the dicontent cause? a: abandonment of the monarchy q: What did it form? a: Italian Republic q: When did Italy declare war? a: 1866 q: Who was their alliance? a: Prussia q: Who were they fightig? a: Austria q: when? a: 1866 q: What did they receive? a: region of Veneto q: When did Italy enter Rome? a: 1870 q: How long had there been Papal power? a: more than one thousand years q: Who was in the triple alliance with Italy? a: Germany and Austria-Hungary q: when? a: 1882 q: How were they disagreeing with? a: France q: about what? a: respective colonial expansions q: How was the alliance with Vienna described? a: formal q: What did the Italians want? a: to acquire Trentino and Trieste, q: What happened in 1915? c: The Kingdom of Italy () was a state which existed from 1861, when King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy, until 1946, when a constitutional referendum led civil discontent to abandon the monarchy and form the Italian Republic. The state was founded as a result of the unification of Italy under the influence of the Kingdom of Sardinia, which can be considered its legal predecessor state. 

Italy declared war on Austria in alliance with Prussia in 1866 and received the region of Veneto following their victory. Italian troops entered Rome in 1870, ending more than one thousand years of Papal temporal power. Italy entered into a Triple Alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary in 1882, following strong disagreements with France about the respective colonial expansions. However, even if relations with Berlin became very friendly, the alliance with Vienna remained purely formal, as the Italians were keen to acquire Trentino and Trieste, corners of Austria-Hungary populated by Italians. So, in 1915, Italy accepted the British invitation to join the Allies in World War I because the western allies promised territorial compensation (at the expense of Austria-Hungary) for participation that was more generous than Vienna's offer in exchange for Italian neutrality. Victory in the war gave Italy a permanent seat in the Council of the League of Nations.
accepted the British invitation to join the Allies in World War I