1798 Rebellion History PDF

Differentiated learning intentions Students must be Students should be Students could be able to: able to: able to: *Explore the impact *Outline political *Examine the impact of the physical force traditions in modern of the 1798 Rising at tr...

Differentiated learning intentions Students must be Students should be Students could be able to: able to: able to: *Explore the impact *Outline political *Examine the impact of the physical force traditions in modern of the 1798 Rising at tradition on Irish Ireland the time and on later politics *List the causes of Irish history *Explore the impact the 1798 Rebellion of the 1798 *Examine the causes Rebellion of the 1798 Rebellion *Examine *Examine the role of controversial issues Wolfe Tone *Explore the job of *Describe the events the historian of the 1798 Rising *Examine what happened before the Have a think ? Who Ruled/controled Ireland in 1790’s? Why did the Irish rebel in 1798? Who held the power and wealth? What is the meaning of the word Discrimination? What is a Tithe? https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=y0fW8iT94eg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTdTDCRKv  Political traditions in modern Ireland 2 main political traditions in Ireland = nationalism and unionism Nationalists Unionists Wanted: Some form of Wanted: To maintain the independence from Britain union/link -with Britain Religion: Mostly Catholic Religion: Mostly Protestant Location: All over Ireland Location: Mostly located in Ulster  Nationalists disagreed over how to achieve independence. Some wanted to use parliamentary Some wanted to use physical force means -Parliamentary tradition = -Physical force = violence to politics to achieve change achieve change -John Redmond -Wolfe Tone SB P102  Copy the mind map below into your hardback and use page 172 -173 of your TB to briefly explain HOW each point caused the 1798 Rebellion. SB p103 Assessing your Causes of learning TB P174 the 1798 Rebellion Wolfe Tone Theobald Wolfe Tone = Dublin lawyer, present at founding meeting of the United Irishmen. Wrote An Argument on behalf of the Catholics of Ireland (1791). United Irishmen were banned, so they became a secret, oath- bound society. They started planning a rebellion. TB P175  Wolfe Tone went to America and France for help. The French provided 43 ships, 15,000 soldiers and a commander called General Hoche. 1796 – they failed to land in Bantry Bay due to bad weather.  Brit. Gov took steps to stop the rebellion -> they sent General Lake to burn houses, flog and torture suspects and confiscate arms. There was also violence in Ulster where Catholics and Protestants clashed. Peep-o’-Day Boys (Protestant) VS Defenders (Catholic). 1795 -> the Orange Order was founded to maintain Protestant control.  The gov. used information from spies and informers to arrest important leaders e.g. Lord Edward Fitzgerald. TB P176 1798 Rebellion  1798 Rebellion - Started in Antrim – McCracken led a small uprising. Co. Down – Henry Monroe led another small rising -> both risings crushed In Dublin, Kildare and Meath, the rising was signaled by attacks on mail coaches which were easily put down. The rebellion in action SB p104  Wexford = only significant success of 1798 -Rebellion was unplanned -Began in Boulavogue, led by Fr John Murphy -Rebels (croppies) captured Enniscorthy and Wexford Vinegar Hill = main rebel camp  21 June 1798 -> rebels trapped at their camp by British forces and defeated  United Irishmen est. to end religion differences between Irish people but in Wexford there were 2 gruesome sectarian massacres Scullabogue: over 100 Protestants were murdered as the rebels tried to break out of the county Wexford Bridge: 93 Protestants were murdered TB P178  August 1798; a French force led by General Humbert landed in Kilalla  They defeated a small British TB P179 force at Castlebar but were then defeated at Ballinamuck  In a last ditch effort Wolfe Tone arrived with a French fleet off the coast of Donegal  The British quickly destroyed the fleet at Lough Swilly and arrested Wolfe Tone  Tone was sentenced to death but died by suicide in his cell The Impact of the Rebellion 1. Death and destruction -> somewhere between 10,000- 30,000 were killed. There was widespread destruction in towns like New Ross. 2. The Act of Union (1800) was passed which ended the parliament in Dublin. MPs now had to travel to Westminster. 3. Memories of the 1798 Rebellion were suppressed -> the first memorial of the 1798 Rebellion in Wexford was erected in 1875 in Bunclody. 4. Conflict and distrust between Catholics and Protestants. 5. The United Irishmen influenced later generations to fight for a republic e.g. Fenian Rising of 1867 and the 1916 Rising. What impact did the TB P181 1798 rebellion have TB P183-4 SB 106-109