Chapter 14: The 1798 Rebellion

Question 1

The causes of the 1798 rebellion

Answer 1

1. The power of the Protestant Aspscendancy
2. Catholics were discriminated against by the Penal Laws
3. Presbyterians also discriminated but not as bad as the Catholics. They were known as dissenters because they disagreed with the official Protestant Church of Ireland.
4. The influence of the American and the French Revolution

Question 2

Protestant Ascendancy

Answer 2

The wealty land-owning Church of Ireland minority. (They owned 80% of the land but were only 15% of the population.

Question 3

The penal laws in 1798

Answer 3

They could not vote or sit in parliament

Catholic priests were banned

Catholics could not open or attend schools

The laws were designed to keep them poor and powerless.

Question 4

Theobald Wolfe Tone

Answer 4

He wrote a pamphlet called An Argument on Behalf of the Catholics of Ireland, which argued that Catholics should have the same rights as Protestants

He was a founder of the Society of United Irishment

They originally wanted a peaceful reform not a violent revolution. They wanted, Reliogious equality, removal of British influence from Ireland and that all men should have the vote and the right to sit in parliament

Question 5

Preparation for the Irish Rebellion

Answer 5

France were at war with Britain, and tone requested military support for the Irish rebellion, 43 ships and 15,000 men sailed to Ireland. The storm was to dangerous and the French were forced to retreat.

The British were scared and tortured people for information of the United Irishmen. They had many torture techniques designed to reduce support for the rebellion

Question 6

Physical force nationalism

Answer 6

Nationalists were prepaired to use violence to fight for Irish independence from Britain. They fought against the British in many different counties but were not very successful. Tone also died

Question 7

Results in 1798 Rebellion

Answer 7

1. Sectarianism
2. The Act of Union
3. Irish Republicans

Question 8

Sectarianism

Answer 8

Conflict and hatred based on a religious divide. The events of 1798 intesified this.

Question 9

The Act of Union

Answer 9

Which abolished the parliament in Dublin. Irish MPs went to Westminister in London

Question 10

Irish Republicanism

Answer 10

Despite his failed rebellion, Tone’s dream of an independent Irish republic based on equality between Catholic and Protestants inspired many who came after him