Stats & Misc Flashcards
(67 cards)
evolution of the franchise
409,000 in 1831
1,360,000 in 1866
5,798,000 in 1886
over 8M by 1914
Bagehot
The English Constitution (1867)
“afraid of the ignorant multitude”.
the 3 conditions of a successful federal system
John Stuart Mill
Considerations in Representative Government (1861)
a sufficient amount of mutual sympathy
a dependence on each other concerning foreign relations
an equality between states
coercion acts stats
between 1801 and 1908 : 76
Union Defense League
Isaac Butt
1870 - 1879
IPP pledge
1894
Charles Parnell
1875 - 1891
new departure of the IPP
distanciation from the Land League
re-structuration as a political structure
mobilization of the grassroots through the INL
Canada Act
British North America Act
1867
William Gladstone
1858 - 1894
diff delegation / federalism
Delegation meant a delegation of power from an upper entity to a lower one.
Federalism meant having two separate ruling entities.
Union
1801
Home Government Association
1870
second stage of the HGA
Home Rule League
1873
parliamentary obstruction
1876-1878
1882 for Parnell
Parnell leader of the HR party
May 1880
suppression of the Irish Land League
1881
first time nationalists had a majority of irish seats + balance of power
1885 GA
Parnell murder accusations
1888-89
Parnell nickname
the uncrowned king of Ireland
Lord Salisbury
1885-1902
conservative
“killing home rule with kindness”
Arthur Balfour (conservative)
1891
rivalry inside of the anti-parnellites
Dillon / Healy
John Redmond
1881 - 1918