Piedmont-sardinia was Italy’s largest independent state. Therefore,

it would be a. that is the only one i could think of

they had many gains 1 one freedom for slaves the major cause of the civil war is that the   north wanted freedom for slaves but the south didn; t creaitng the civil war

another gain they have is poltiical influence

poltiical influence is a big thing everywhere even now peoplle are always trying to get the head up in poltics thats what they did by giving the republicians a good name for freeing slaves

they met to talk about what type of government they wanted and how best to go about creating that republican government.