1798 Rebellion

Artefact Chapter 14

Whiteboys

Rural Catholic groups who attacked Protestant landlords

Nationalism

The desire to gain independence from Britain

Unionism

Wanting to maintain the link with Britain

Physical force

Achieving independence through an armed rebellion or uprising

Protestant Ascendancy

Protestant land owning minority who controlled Ireland

Penal laws

laws discriminating against Catholics

Three causes of the 1798 Rebellion

position of Catholics, position of Presbyterians, influence of the French and American revolutions

The United Irishmen

A society established to unite all Irish men and reduce British power in Ireland

Wolfe Tone

Leader of United Irishmen

Two countries Wolf Tone went to for help

America and France

Assistance provided by France

1796, 43 ships, 15,000 soldiers, General Hoche

General Hoche

Led French troops to Bantry Bay

The French fleet failed to land in Bantry Bay because

of bad weather

General Lake

British soldier sent to Ireland to prevent a rebellion. His troops burnt houses, flogged and tortured suspects and confiscated weapons

Orange Order

Protestant organization set up against Catholics

Four main areas where rebellion broke out

Dublin and surrounding counties, Wexford, Ulster and Connacht

The rising in Dublin, Kildare and Meath was

signalled by attacks on mail coaches but easily put down

Rebel victories in Wexford

Oulart Hill, Enniscorthy and Wexford town

Leaders of the rebellion in Wexford

Father John Murphy and Bagenal Harvey

Three locations where the Wexford rebels were defeated

New Ross, Arklow and Vinegar Hill

Leaders of the rebellion in Ulster

Henry Joy McCracken and Henry Munro

General Humbert

French soldier, a participant in the French Revolution, who led a failed invasion of Ireland to assist Irish rebels in 1798

Act of Union 1800

abolished parliament in dublin

three penal laws

catholics cannot sit in parliament, open or attend schools, pay tithes to church of ireland

dissenters

disagreed with protestant church of ireland

when did wolfetone live

1763-1798

where was wolfetone born

dublin to an anglican family

what did tone become after college

barrister

where did he get his inspiration to rebel

paris, french revolution

when did wolfetone write his pamphlet

1791

what was wolfetones pamphlet called

an argument on behalf of the catholics of ireland

what founded the society of united irishmen

meeting in belfast with presbyterians

newspaper made by united irishman

the northern star

when was the northern star published

1792

what did the united irishmen want

religious equality, ireland's independence, men's right to sit and vote in parliament

what group was tone secretary for

catholic comittee

when did britain declare war on france

1793

britains response to war in france

removed penal laws, gave catholics the right to vote

who was arrested in 1795

William Jackson

what happened after william jackson was arrested

united irishmen was banned, became a secret society, revolution against british rule

why did tone travel to france

for military support for the irish rebellion

where did the french fleet land

Bantry Bay, Cork

when did general lake land in ulster

late 1796

part time army for loyal catholics

militia

part time army for loyal protestants

yeomanry

what caused united irishmen leaders to be arrested

spies

who was arrested in 1798

Lord Edward FitzGerald

secretarianism

conflict and hatred based on a religious divide

consequences of the rebellion

Growth of Sectarianism, Act of Union, Irish Republicanism