Emancipation in Ireland

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emancipation in Ireland during the 1800s shortly after the act of union was released.
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CAUSES FOR O'CONNELLS EMANCIPATION CAMPAIGN IN IRELAND -The Act of Union -Unrest and frustration in Ireland -Unequal rights for Catholics -Catholics unable to get into the English Parliament
REASONS WHY O'CONNELL WAS A GOOD FIT FOR THE JOB -Fantastic are charismatic speaker -Good organising, participation in CA -Didn't specify what he wanted to gain mass support -Strongly opposed to violence, great constitutional nationalist
SUPPORTERS TO HELP SECURE VICTORY OF THE EMANCIPATIO CAMPAIGN -Catholic Association, thousands of members, intimidated weak government -Involved with the church, added respectability to their cause -40 Shilling Freeholders, able to use their vote -Peasants, one penny a month subscription -Whigs and Cannilites in Parliament
STRATEGIES USED TO SECURE EMANCIPATION -The Catholic Association -Mass public Meetings, displayed strength -Electioneering, use of 40shilling freeholders and pro emancipationist candidates -Clare Election -Pressure on Government
WHY WERE THE CATHOLIC PEASANTS KEY IN O'CONNELLS SUCCESS -Contributed to the catholic association, one penny subscription allowed him to build up revenue to spend on support -Large amount of people intimidated the weak tory government -They became more politically aware and raised expectations
HOW DID THE CLARE ELECTION BUILD SUPPORT FOR O'CONNELL -O'Connell won by a landslide 2057 to 982 votes, showed how influential he was to catholic people -He was the first catholic to seek election, showed how brave and confident he was -There was no breakouts of riots and violence, order was maintained, O'Connell had won over many people
WHAT WAS THE REPEAL OF THE TEST AND CORPORATIONS ACT 1827 -Removed disqualifications against dissenters and non conformists -Made it more difficult to justify continued disqualifications against Catholics -Raised expectations that catholic emancipation would soon be achieved
POSITIVE OUTCOMES -Emancipation was accepted by Wellington -Passed into law in April 1829 -Catholics could hold all public offices with only a few exceptions -Strategies were adopted by other groups -Political Progress
NEGATIVE OUTCOMES -Catholic Association was banned -40 shilling freeholders turned into £10 freeholders -No social or economic gains. -Raised expectations too high for O'Connell to achieve -Ultra torries outraged, no more concessions for Catholics
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