Stats & Misc Flashcards

1
Q

evolution of the franchise

A

409,000 in 1831
1,360,000 in 1866
5,798,000 in 1886
over 8M by 1914

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2
Q

Bagehot

A

The English Constitution (1867)

“afraid of the ignorant multitude”.

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3
Q

the 3 conditions of a successful federal system

A

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

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4
Q

coercion acts stats

A

between 1801 and 1908 : 76

Union Defense League

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5
Q

Isaac Butt

A

1870 - 1879

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6
Q

IPP pledge

A

1894

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7
Q

Charles Parnell

A

1875 - 1891

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8
Q

new departure of the IPP

A

distanciation from the Land League
re-structuration as a political structure
mobilization of the grassroots through the INL

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9
Q

Canada Act

A

British North America Act

1867

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10
Q

William Gladstone

A

1858 - 1894

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11
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diff delegation / federalism

A

Delegation meant a delegation of power from an upper entity to a lower one.

Federalism meant having two separate ruling entities.

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12
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Union

A

1801

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13
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Home Government Association

A

1870

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14
Q

second stage of the HGA

A

Home Rule League

1873

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15
Q

parliamentary obstruction

A

1876-1878

1882 for Parnell

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16
Q

Parnell leader of the HR party

A

May 1880

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17
Q

suppression of the Irish Land League

A

1881

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18
Q

first time nationalists had a majority of irish seats + balance of power

A

1885 GA

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19
Q

Parnell murder accusations

A

1888-89

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20
Q

Parnell nickname

A

the uncrowned king of Ireland

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21
Q

Lord Salisbury

A

1885-1902

conservative

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22
Q

“killing home rule with kindness”

A

Arthur Balfour (conservative)

1891

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23
Q

rivalry inside of the anti-parnellites

A

Dillon / Healy

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24
Q

John Redmond

A

1881 - 1918

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25
Q

reunion of all the split irish nationalist factions

A

1900

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26
Q

introduction of an Irish Council Bill

A

1907

limited tax-raising, local gov, education

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27
Q

David Lloyd George

A

1980 - 1922

liberal

28
Q

first scottish extra parliamentary association

A

Scottish Home Rule Association (SHRA) (1886)

29
Q

successor of the SHRA

A

Young Scots Society
associated to the Liberals
1900

30
Q

YSS stats

A

3000 1903

10,000 1914

31
Q

two phases of scottish HR

A

1889-1895

1910-1914

32
Q

1st specifically Welsh bill

A

1881 The Welsh Sunday Closing Act

33
Q

Young Wales

A

Cyrum Fydd

1886-1895

34
Q

Welsh liberal branch

A

Welsh Parliamentary Party

1888

35
Q

2nd Welsh HR movement

A

1910

Edward T. John

36
Q

Gladstone annoucement

A

Hawarden Kite

37
Q

Liberal - Irish alliance needed

A

1910 (274-272)

38
Q

1st Labour party

A

Scottish Labour Party

1888

39
Q

1st all-around Labour party

A

Labour Representative Committee

1900

40
Q

Queen quote

A

John Dillon

“monarch of another race” 1900 Queen visit

41
Q

First Irish HR Bill

A

8 April 1886

bicameral Irish Parliament for the executive and the legislative for purely Irish affairs
occasional representation in Westminster

Defeated on 8 June 1886
341 vs. 311

42
Q

Second Irish Home Rule Bill

A

13 february 1893

bicameral Irish Parliament
suppression of the Lord Lieutenant after 6 years
police force gradually taken over by Ireland
representation in Westminster

43
Q

Third Irish HR Bill

A

11 April 1912

two Houses (Senate and House of Commons)
Joint Exchequer Board for financial matters between Ireland and GB

passed 25 May 1914

44
Q

Joseph Chamberlain

A

1876 - 1914

45
Q

creation of a liberal Unionist faction

A

Liberal Committee for the Maintenance of the Union with Ireland

1886-1910

46
Q

Liberal Unionists stats

A

78 seats in 1886
47 in 1892
71 in 1905 - coalition

47
Q

Ulster agitation

A

Ulster Covenant
1912
500,000

48
Q

three pahses of comparison with self-governing colonies

A

Conor Neville

1870 - 1885 : not that common, aside from Butt adn fhis followers
1885-1893 : focus on Irish parliament, so no analogies
early 20th : enthusiasm caused by Redmond

49
Q

Irish emigration to the US

A

1852-1911

3M

50
Q

textes du parlement de Grattan

A

Constitution de 1782

51
Q

famous Parnell quote

A

« personne n’a le droit de fixer des limites à la marche d’une nation » (“No man has the right to fix the boundaries to the march of a nation”)

Cork 1885

52
Q

loss of population 1841-1851

A
  • 25%
    1M emigration
    1,5M death
53
Q

Chamberlain quote

A

« Does anybody doubt […] that if Ireland were a thousand miles away from England she would have been long before this a self-governing Colony ? »

1886

54
Q

Isaac Butt on the Empire

A

« The colonies belonged as much to Ireland as to England ».

1873

55
Q

forces de l’Ulster Volunteer Force

A

77 000 fin 1913

56
Q

première utilisation de Commonwealth of Nations

A

1884 Lord Rosebery

57
Q

definition of the nation

A

a people who share a common traditional identity and culture and are identified with a traditional territory or region

58
Q

Irish Universities Act

A

1908

59
Q

premier élu indien à Westminster

A

Dadabhai Naoroji

1892

60
Q

evolution of suffrage in Ireland

A

pre 1884 - 220 000

post 1884 - 740 000

61
Q

a take on imperialism

A

we seem, as it were, to have conquered and people half the world in a fit of absence of mind

John Robert Seeley
Whig, historian and political essayist

62
Q

imperial federation

A

Imperial Federation League

1884

63
Q

first unionist organization

A

Irish Loyal & Patriotic Union

1885

64
Q

unionist party

A

Irish Unionist Party

1886

65
Q

round table

A

Round Table Movement

1909

66
Q

dominion status

A

Canada - 1867
Australia - 1901
New Zealand - 1907

67
Q

great famine

A

45-49