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How was Ireland governed at the beginning of the 20th century? |
Ireland was ruled directly from London. Irish members of parliament and Lords sat in the House of Commons and the House of Lords in Westminster |
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Who were the two main political groups? |
Nationalists and unionists |
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What did the nationalists and unionists want? |
They wanted changes in the way Ireland was ruled. They wanted some form of self government, with a parliament in Dublin. But unionists wanted to keep the system as it was with the parliament in Westminster? |
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Who was John Redmond? |
He was the leader of the home rule party. |
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What were the reasons of home rule? |
Home rulers believed that the british government didn't understand irish problems. They wanted to protect irish culture |
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What was home rule? |
Home rulers wanted self government for Ireland: They wanted a parliament in Dublin to deal with internal irish affairs,such as education, roads and the police The parliament in Westminster would be responsible for external affairs, such as peace and ear, customs trade The british monarch would be king and Queen of Britain and Ireland Home rulers believed that their goals would be achieved by peaceful means through an act of parliament in Westminster |
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Who supported the Home Rule party? |
The Liberal Party |
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Who were the Irish Republican Brotherhood? |
They were a secret revolutionary organisation. It's members were also known as the Fenians. It organised a rising in 1867 |
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What were the aims of the IRB? |
They wanted complete independance from Britain They wanted to establish a Republic They believed that only physical force or rebellion would achieve this |
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Who founded Sinn Fein? |
Arthur Griffith in 1905 |
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How did he want to establish a parliament? |
He admired the hungarians who in the 1860s won independance from Austria and established their own parliament |
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What were the ideas of sinn fein? |
The party wanted a dual monarchy for Britain and Ireland It wanted to develop irish industry by using tariffs These goals would be achieved by means of parliamentary abstention which was when irish mps would withdraw from the parliament in Westminster and set up their own parliament in Dublin |
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What were the aims of the unionist party? |
The parliament at Westminster would continue to make laws for Ireland The British government and king would still have representatives based in Dublin |
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Who were the leaders of the unionist party? |
Edward Carson and James Craig |
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Who supported the unionist party? |
The Conservative party who believed that home rule was a threat to the unity of the british empire |
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What were the reasons for unionism? |
They believed that catholics would discriminate against them under home rule. The used the slogan 'home rule is Rome rule' |
