Essays

Question 1

Ireland prior to 1914

Answer 1

Background: prior to 1914, two home rule bills had failed to pass through parliament which meant the question of Irelands independence still remained. King James V had been settling protestants in Ireland since the 1500s and they remained tied to their British values.

Factors:
-The economic and religious features of the North
-The rise in republicanism
-John Redmond and the Irish parliamentary party
-Response of the nationalist and Unionists to the third home rule bill
-Irish cultural revival

Question 2

Ireland 1918-21 obstacles to peace up to the Anglo-Irish treaty

Answer 2

Background: Up to 1918 there were many violent incidents in opposition to British rule such as the easter rising causing tension. This tension was further increased when sinn fein won the general election by landslide.

Factors:
-Creation of the Dail and Declaration of Independence
-Position of Ulster Unionists
-IRA tactics and policies
-Irish attitudes to British rule after ww1
-Actions and policies of the British government

Question 3

Ireland Troubles 1960s-1998

Answer 3

Background: In 1921 the Irish border was formed splitting Ireland into Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland also separating parliaments through the Anglo-Irish treaty.
Up to ‘The troubles’ there were some periods of violence including the Irish Republican Associations border campaign which saw the IRA using guerrilla tactics against police forces.

Factors:
-Religious and command differences
-Role of terrorism
-Role of British army
-British government policies
-Role of Irish government

Question 4

Russia security of the tsarist state before 1905

Answer 4

Background: Russia was hard to rule as it was extremely large and featured many different cultures and languages. Most of the population of russia at the time was illiterate and many still existed as serfs.

Factors:
-Tsar
-Police/okharana
-army
-role of the church
-civil service

Question 5

Russia reason for revolution 1905

Answer 5

Background: Russia is large and features many different languages, communities and religions such as a large minority of Jews. At the turn of the century, famine, land hunger, growing industrialisation and lack of political representation meant that the people of Russia
were growing weary of Tsarist rule.

Factors:
-peasant discontent
-urban workers discontent
-political problems
-Russo-Japanese war
-Bloody Sunday