Revolutions

Question 0

Republicanism

Answer 0

It involved the use of violence to end British rule in Ireland

Question 1

Defenders

Answer 1

The Defenders were a Roman Catholic agrarian secret society in 18th-century Ireland, founded in County Armagh. The Defenders had allied with the United Irishmen, and participated in the 1798 rebellion.

Question 2

Orange Order

Answer 2

The Loyal Orange Institution, more commonly known as the Orange Order, is a Protestant fraternal organisation based primarily in Northern Ireland.

Question 3

Act of Union

Answer 3

The Acts of Union united the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Question 4

Yeomanry

Answer 4

The Yeomanry was formed from the ranks of the landlord and planter classes to counteract the spread of sedition. The Yeomanry searched the country for anyone sympathetic to the rebels or United Irishmen, and meted out cruel and instant punishment

Question 5

Loyalist

Answer 5

The term loyalist was first used in Irish politics in the 1790s to refer to Protestant British settlers in Ireland who opposed Catholic Emancipation and Irish independence from Great Britain.

Question 6

Pike

Answer 6

A shafted weapon having a pointed head, formerly used by infantry.