Chapter 11-The Irish Revolution Flashcards
What were the Penal Laws?
Laws attempting to make Ireland Protestant: no Catholic school, no Catholic or Presbyterian could stand for Parliament, Catholics and Presbyterians payed a tithe.
What was the Protestant Ascendancy?
Wealthy church of Ireland landowners who controlled the country.
By who and where was the United Irishmen formed?
In Belfast by Wolfe Tone and Henry Joy McCracken.
What were the aims of the United Irishmen?
To bring together all Irishmen regardless of religion in the fight against the British.
What was Catholic Emancipation?
This was the desire to get rid of the Penal Laws and allow Catholics to become members of Parliament.
Why were the United Irishmen declared an illegal organisation?
They were because a French agent was arrested while helping plan a rebellion in Ireland. It was made a secret organisation.
What was the United Irishmen’s new aim?
To throw British out of Ireland an crate an independent republic.
What happened in December 1796?
14000 French soldiers were sent to Ireland, they never arrived because storms wrecked most of their boats and the rest were unable to land.
What was pitch-capping?
A terrorisation tactic used to undermine support for an Irish rebellion.
Who was Lord Edward Fitzgerald?
Son of Duke of Leinster, family was part of Protestant Ascendancy. Shot during his arrest.
Where did the only success of the 1798 rebellion occur?
In Wexford, provoked by British militia.
How could you describe the 1798 rebellion?
It was a disorganised disaster and the British crushed all the rebel forces.
Describe two effects of the 1798 rebellion.
1) Act of Union forced Irish MPs to sit in the parliament at Westminster. Strengthened ties between Ireland and Britain.
2) The Orange Order became popular, it was cause by the sectarian murders in Wexford.
