Nationalism And Unionism☘️☘️ Flashcards
(33 cards)
A Divide in Culture : North and South : RELIGIOUS DIVISIONS NORTH AND SOUTH
The main religious denominations on the island of Ireland in the late nineteenth century were?
The south of Ireland (Connacht, Leinster and munster) were mainly?
The north of Ireland (Ulster) had a?
Many were descendants from the settlers of the ?
Catholics - 12%. Anglicans - 12%. Presbyterians - 9%. Others- 2%
Catholic
Protestant majority
Ulster plantations
A Divide in Culture : North and South : POLITICAL DIVISIONS, NORTH AND SOUTH
Ar this time Ireland was ruled entirely from?
People had varying attitudes towards this but fell into two main political groups which were?
Westminster
Unionists and nationalists
A Divide in Culture : North and South : POLITICAL DIVISIONS, NORTH AND SOUTH
NATIONALISTS
What two types of nationalists were on the rise?
What did c nationalists believe?
What was the largest nationalist political party?
Who did many of the r nationalists belong to?
What did they want to achieve?
Constitutional nationalists and radical nationalists
That the British Parliament was too far removed from Irish issues to deal with them properly.
Home rule party
The Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB)
A republic
A Divide in Culture : North and South : POLITICAL DIVISIONS, NORTH AND SOUTH
UNIONISTS
The majority of Irish Protestants were …….. in their politics.
Unionism was particularly strong in …… …… as there was a ?
What was founded in 1905?
Who was one of the leaders?
Unionist
Northern Ireland
Large Protestant population
The Unionist Party
Edward Carson
Irish Nationalist
Someone who believes that the Irish people are their own nation
Constitutional nationalists
Wanted to see the re - establishment of a parliament in Ireland and to achieve this through the use of politics.
Home Rule
Ireland would have its own parliament in Dublin to govern local affairs, such as education and health, while Westminster could still control trade and foreign affairs. Ireland would still be part of the United Kingdom.
Who founded the Irish parliamentary party?
Isaac Butt
The home rule party was later renamed
Irish parliamentary party
Radical nationalists
Wanted full independence from Britain and believed they should use force if necessary to achieve this.
Republic
A country not ruled by a monarch, but instead ruled by citizens who choose their representatives
Unionist
Someone who wants Ireland to remain part of the United Kingdom with Britain
Political Parties and Organisations in Ireland in 1910: IRISH PARLIAMENTARY PARTY
It’s constitutional nationalists aims were unchanged:
- achieve home rule (having a parliament in Dublin to deal with internal affairs)
- the king/queen of England to be king/queen of Ireland
Political Parties and Organisations in Ireland in 1910: SINN FÉIN
Nationalist party founded by who?
Sinn Féin wanted?
Arthur Griffith
- king/queen of England was king/queen of Ireland
- develop Irish industry by having tariffs put on goods
- to achieve these by using parliamentary abstention
- the Dublin parliament would deal with Irelands internal affairs
-
Political Parties and Organisations in Ireland in 1910: What were the 4 main political parties and organisations?
Irish parliamentary party
Sinn Féin
IRB
Unionist Party
Political Parties and Organisations in Ireland in 1910: THE IRB
IRB or?
It was a radical nationalist organisation whose members believed in the use of?
It infiltrated other organisation such as?
What did the IRB want?
Irish republican brotherhood
Physical force
Gaa and Gaelic League
- complete independence from Britain
- make Ireland a republic
- use physical force to achieve this
Political Parties and Organisations in Ireland in 1910: UNIONIST PARTY
Unionists wanted to retain the ….. ….. …… and keep their …… …….. with Britain.
Who was the leader of the unionist party?
The unionists wanted?
Act of Union
Strong link
Edward Carson
- parliament in Westminster to continue to make laws for Ireland
- for the British government and crown to still have representatives in Ireland
The Home Rule Crisis 1912-1914 : THE PARLIAMENT ACT OF 1911
What party had been in government from 1895-1906?
Who had supported them?
While the conservatives were in power, what didn’t pass?
What was the parliament act?
What did it mean?
Conservative Party
Unionists
Home Rule Bill
The House of Lords could not fully veto any bill and could only delay laws from passing for two years.
Home rule was a possibility in the near future
The Home Rule Crisis 1912-1914 : THIRD HOME RULE BILL OF 1912
Who was the leader of the Liberals?
He put forward the third home rule bill to the house of ……. and house of ………. . It was similar to the other Home Rule bills:
Due to the …….. …….. , the House of Lords couldn’t ….. the Home Rule Bill, even though the …… and …… …… both opposed it, so Home rule became law in ….. .
Herbert Asquith
Commons
Lords
- Ireland would have its own parliament in Dublin to deal with internal affairs
- parliament in Westminster would deal with external affairs such as foreign policy and taxation.
Parliament Act
Veto
Conservatives
Unionist party
1914
The Home Rule Crisis 1912-1914 : UNIONIST OPPOSITION TO THE THIRD HOME RULE BILL
Unionists were opposed to Home Rule because they believed?
And they felt ……. would be deeply affected
Unionists believed government wouldn’t impose home rule if opposition was strong enough. They:
‘Home Rule is Rome Rule’
Trade
- organised demonstrations and protests against home rule
- made a declaration called the Ulster solemn league and covenant.
- founded the UVF a paramilitary resistance
- bought arms and ammunition from Germany for the UVF
Parliamentary abstention
Irish MP’s would withdraw from the Westminster parliament they entered in the 1801 Act of Union to set up their own parliament in Dublin
The Home Rule Crisis 1912-1914 : UNIONISTS OPPOSITION TO THE THIRD HOME RULE BILL
What was the Ulster Solemn League and Covenant?
This was signed by?
What was the UVF?
A declaration stating that unionists would ‘use all means to defend the present conspiracy to set up a Home Rule parliament in Ireland’
200,000 men, some used their own blood and 250,000 women
Ulster volunteer force was a paramilitary resistance
Paramilitary force
An unofficial military-style organisation of volunteer soldiers
The Home Rule Crisis 1912-1914 : NATIONALIST REACTIONS TO UNIONIST OPPOSITION
The Gaelic league suggested that nationalists should follow the ……. example by forming their own ……….. force and pressuring the British government to make sure what?
What was founded in the rotunda?
What kind of members did it have?
Germany also sold arms and ammunition to who?
With both groups now armed and home rule still causing disagreement in the government, what became a serious possibility?
What suspended the home rule bill?
Unionists
Paramilitary
Home rule did indeed happen
Irish Volunteer Force (IVF)
Members of the Irish parliamentary party, the IRB and Sinn Fein
The IVF
Civil War
Britain declaring war on Germany (WWI)
