Read the excerpt from an 1852 speech by Italian statesman Giuseppe Mazzini on Lombardy, a region of Italy that was ruled by Austria at the time. [Lombardy] struggled, they still struggle . . . for country and liberty; . . . They speak the same language, they bear about them the impress of consanguinity [common ancestors], they kneel beside the same tombs, they glory in the same tradition; and they demand to associate freely, without obstacles, without foreign domination –Giuseppe Mazzini, On Nationality, 1852 Which summarizes Mazzini’s argument about independence for

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I dont know the full answer (as your question kinda cut out at the end there), but based on what I know, he essentially says here that they are the same. They speak the same, act the same, and do the same traditions. Therefore, why should they not have the same liberty?

The answer is C. Lombardy should be an independent nation-state because it had a strong national identity.