Britain, the UK and the islands Cartes | Quizlet

1536

Unilateral annexation of Wales

1707

- Creation of Great Britain

- Bilateral union = keep Scottish specificities (church, education, legal system)

1801

Creation of the United Kingdom (Ireland)

1921

Partition of Ireland

June 1998

Creation of National Assembly for Wales (now Parliament Senedd Cymru) + Scottish Parliament (Holyrood)

Plaid Cymru

- Created in 1925

- Organization of the nationalist party 1960's to defend nationalism and the environment

Powers

- Reserved (a small list of powers for Westminster)

- Devolved (small list of powers for the colonised country)

Power grab

Power handed by the EU to the UK instead of to Scotland, Wales or NI after Brexit

2014

Indyref 1

1919-1921

Irish War of Independence

1949

Official declaration of the Republic of Ireland

1845-1849

The Great Famine

24-04-1916

Easter Rising

The Troubles

- 1960's-1998

- Terror tactics

1972

Loss of the NI Parliament > direct London rule

1997

Election of Tony Blair

April 1998

- Good Friday Agreement

- Stormont (NI Assembly)

Sinn Fein

- Political wing of the IRA

- Pro-reunification

SNP

- 1934

- Scottish National Party

- Independence

November 1920

Bloody Sunday

1922-1937

Creation of the Irish Free State (dominion)

1973

Entrance into the European Community

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