Stats & Misc Flashcards
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
reunion of all the split irish nationalist factions
1900
introduction of an Irish Council Bill
1907
limited tax-raising, local gov, education