History of Europe

Why did Giuseppe Garibaldi stepped aside to let Victor Emmanuel II rule areas that had conquered in southern Italy?

Garibaldi did not step aside to let Victor Emmanuel II rule the areas he had conquered in southern Italy. Garibaldi was forced to give up his conquests to Victor Emmanuel II under strong diplomatic pressure from Britain and France, who feared the spread of republicanism in Europe following the establishment of the Second French Republic and feared a war with Austria over control of Venice, which was part of the Austrian Empire at the time.