Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Problems in
Ireland
- 1800- Ireland's parliament disbanded
- some Irish MP's
elected into HOC,
some peers joined
HOL
- Roman Catholic majority
but Anglican Church made
official state church
- Irish angry, Gladstone puts
Anglican Church back on
same status as other
churches 1869
- 1845-51 Potato Famine
- 1 million starved, 2 million emigrated
- Great Britains way
of dealing with this
was blamed
- Social Problems
- peasants farming
english land
- Catholic tenants
had no security
with tenancy
agreements -
could be evicted
at any time
- Farming methods behind
England's techniques
- 1870+1882 Act - Gladstone
- gave proper tenancy rights and
protection from unfair rents
- 1850's+ Republics
prepared to use violence
to gain independence
from Britain- little support