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7 Cards in this Set
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In 1879 Parnell became what?
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Leader of the newly founded 'Irish Land League'
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Why was Parnell imprisoned in 1881?
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Protesting the 1881 land act, He was arrested under the coercion act for encouraging boycott.
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What did the Kilmainham treaty do?
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Removed any debt Irish Tenants were in and released Parnell from prison. This was a success for the land league.
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What year was Parnell elected into parliament?
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1875
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What did Parnell do in response to the Phoenix park murders?
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Set up a new political party (Irish National League) to distance himself from the more violent Fenians
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Who was Kitty?
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The woman Parnell was having an affair with. She was the wife of one of his supporters, William O'Shea.
The affair ended up spliting the Irish national party. |
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Parnell managed to bring together which two groups of people?
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Constitutional and Revolutionary nationalists
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