1798 Rebellion🇮🇪🙏➗ Flashcards
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CAUSES: What were the four causes?
- Power of Protestant Ascendancy
- Position of Catholics
- The position of Presbyterians ( dissenters )
- Influence of American and French revolutions
CAUSES: 1. The power of the Protestant ascendancy
Since the plantations Ireland had been?
There was an Irish …… in Dublin with limited powers over Irish affairs.
This was controlled by the ?
Who could become MPs?
Under the rule of the British crown
Parliament
Protestant ascendancy class
Only church of Ireland members (anglicans)
Protestant ascendancy
The wealthy land-owning Church of Ireland minority
CAUSES: 2. The position of Catholics
What percentage of Catholics was there and what percent owned land?
Catholics were discriminated against by what?
Most Catholics were what?
75
15
Penal laws
Poor, un-educated tenant farmers who hated paying rent and tithes.
CAUSES: 3. Position of Presbyterians (dissenters)
They weren’t allowed to?
How much of the population did they make up?
Vote or sit in parliament
10%
Dissenters
Disagreed with the official Protestant church of Ireland.
CAUSES: 4. Influence of the American and French revolutions
Many Catholics and Presbyterians were excited and attracted to the ideas of?
The affect of these revolutions changed the way the British government dealt with…… .
During the American one they feared similar revolt would break out so they?
During the French they feared?
Liberty and equality
Ireland
Let the Irish have more power over their own affairs
The Irish would start a rebellion with French support or that France would use Ireland as a way to get to Britain.
The United Irishmen: Foundation
Who wrote a pamphlet?
What was it called?
What did it argue?
Where was he invited to?
What did this meeting found?
Soon what happened?
What was their original aim?
What did they want?
Theobald Wolfe Tone
An argument on behalf of the Catholics of Ireland
That the Catholics should have same rights as Protestants
A meeting in Belfast with Presbyterians who were similarly interested in the French rev and wanted the same for Ireland.
Society of United Irishmen
Other branches were created all around the country
Peaceful reform not a violent revolution
Religious equality, removal of British influence, all men to have the vote and to sit in parliament
The United Irishmen: Impact of war with France
Britain abolished the …. …… .
Granted Catholics freedom of …….. and the right to …… but not the right to …. …. ……. .
The British government kept an eye on groups considered a …….. , like the United Irishmen.
The government then did what?
Then the United Irishmen became what?
Penal laws
Worship
Vote
Sit in parliament
Threat
Banned the United Irishmen
A secret society that was committed to a revolution against British rule
The United Irishmen: Wolfe tone in France and bantry bay
Why did Wolfe ton go to France?
A French fleet of 43 ships sailed to Ireland but what happened?
To get military support for the Irish rebellion.
There was a storm and only 14 ships made it
The United Irishmen: The governments response
The potential French invasion did what?
What did they do then?
What did General lake do?
Why did he do this?
Part time armies were set up called?
What was created to encourage unity between Anglicans and Presbyterians in opposition of Catholics?
Horrified the government
Quickly took steps to destroy the United Irishmen and their networks
Went from town to town pitch-capping and half hanging suspects
To terrify people and reduce support for a rebellion
Militias
The Orange Order
The 1798 Rebellion: Dublin and surrounding counties
What emerged for the first time in Ireland in 1798?
The rebels planned that the rebellion would be signalled by what?
What happened?
There were rebel attacks in surrounding counties but were easily defeated because they were?
Physical force nationalism
The disruption of mail coaches
Most of the rebels were captured when they arrived at their assembly points.
Largely uncoordinated
Physical force nationalism
Nationalists were prepared to use violence to fight for Irish independence from Britain.
The 1798 Rebellion: Wexford
Wexford saw the most what?
Wexford had a more?
The rebels were led by who?
There rebellion quickly spread?
Wexford saw the only atrocities committed by the ……. during the 1798 rebellion.
This violence was the direct …….. of wolfe tones plans
Intense action of the rebellion
Mixed population
Father John Murphy
Through the country
Rebels
Opposite
The 1798 Rebellion: French help arrives
When Wolfe tone heard about the rebellion what did he do?
What happened to the French soldiers?
What happened to the French that said to Donegal?
Why was on board?
What happened to him?
Asked the French to send help
They were eventually overpowered by the British
They were captured by the British navy
Wolfe tone
He was tried for treason
The 1798 Rebellion: Why did the United Irishmen rebellion fail?
- They were badly organised and trained
- They had few decent weapons, mainly pikes against British rifles
- Received no useful French help
- Infiltrated by British spies
CONSEQUENCES: What were the three main consequences?
- Growth of sectarianism
- Act of Union
- Irish republicanism
CONSEQUENCES: Growth of sectarianism
These events intensified sectarian divisions between Catholics and Protestants .
Irish politics became increasingly divided on the basis of religion.
CONSEQUENCES: 2. Act of Union
The government in London tried to bring Ireland under?
It bribed the Dublin parliament to pass what?
What did this do?
Where did Irish MPs go?
Before the Union Dublin was ?
After it became?
Control
Act of Union 1800
Abolish the parliament in Dublin
Westminster, where Ireland was ruled from for the next 120 years
Prosperous
Poor and unglamorous
CONSEQUENCES: 3. Irish republicanism
Wolfe tones dream of an independent Ireland did what?
He became know as?
Who did he inspire in particular?
Inspired others
Father of Irish republicanism
Leaders of the 1916 Easter rising.
Sectarianism
Conflict and hatred based on religious divide
What happened in Scullabogue?
200 Protestants were burned alive in a barn
