Lloyd George Flashcards
How many counties did the partition include? (Northern Ireland)
6
What year did Lloyd George become PM?
1916 π¦
How many counties did the partition include? (Southern Ireland)
26 π
What year is conscription extended to Ireland?
1918
What did Lloyd George call the IRA?
a βMurder Gangβ π¨
Why was DLG initially hesitant to treat the IRA as real combatants?
He felt they were alien to the mass of πIrish people π
Who were the βBlack-Tansβ?
Tough ex-WWI soldiers fighting in the Anglo-Irish war on behalf of Westminster ππ€¬π‘
Who were the βAuxisβ?
Brutal and often ill-disciplined ex-army officers, fighting on behalf of Westminster in the Anglo-Irish war π«πͺ
How many soldiers did Lloyd George suggest would be needed to subjugate Ireland?
100,000 πππ
What was Ireland granted as a result of the Anglo-Irish Treaty 1921?
Full control of Domestic affairs
Membership of the British Empire π€
What did Ireland concede to Westminster in the Anglo-Irish Treaty 1921?
Allegiance to the crown πΈ
3 Naval bases π’β΅π€
A boundary commission in Ulster
What marked the beginning of the Anglo-Irish war for independence?
Setting up of the Dail π¨βπ©βπ¦π¨βπ©βπ¦π¨βπ©βπ§π¨βπ©βπ§βπ¦π¨βπ©βπ¦βπ¦
What was the Governmentβs initial response to the Anglo-Irish war?
Sinn Fein and IRA outlawed
Special powers of arrest, imprisonment and arms control introduced π¨ββοΈπ©ββοΈ
Attempts made to ban revolutionary publications
What was Lloyd Georgeβs role in Asquithβs government?
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Was the Anglo-Irish treaty popular?
In Britain - yes π€΅
Irish population - No π¨βπΎ
IRA leadership - Yes (knew could not sustain a war)