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14 Cards in this Set
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1870 |
1870 land act |
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What did the 1870 land act do? |
Gave tenant farmers the right to compensation of they had made improvements to land |
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1879 |
Irish national league founded |
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Who was the Irish national league led by? |
Michael davitt and Charles parnell |
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1880s |
Boycotts |
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What were the boycotts? |
Parnell and other tenant farmers ostracised those who replaced evicted tenants |
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What did the land league set out to achieve |
The 3F's |
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What were the 3F's |
Fixity of tenure, free sale of land, fair rent |
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1881 |
1881 land act grants 3F's |
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1885 |
Ashbourne act |
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What did the ashbourne act do? |
Allowed loans to be given to tenant farmers to buy land, loans to be repaid at low interest rates |
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1891 |
Purchase of land act |
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What did the purchase of land act do? |
Made more money available to tenant farmers to buy land |
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What was the land problem? |
Tenants believed they were being treated unfairly by the landowners |
