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The Irish Win Home Rule

The Irish Win Home Rule. By: Cody Booth. Great Famine. In the 1840s, Ireland experience one of the worst famines of modern history. During the famine years, about a million and a half people fled from the country.

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The Irish Win Home Rule

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  1. The Irish Win Home Rule By: Cody Booth

  2. Great Famine • In the 1840s, Ireland experience one of the worst famines of modern history. • During the famine years, about a million and a half people fled from the country. • England still forced peasants to pay rent and taxes, many lost there land and fell hopelessly in debt.

  3. Demands For Home Rule • During the second half of the 1800s, opposition to British rule grew. • Many wanted home rule, local control over internal matters. • One reason for Britain's opposition to home rule was concern for Irish Protestants.

  4. Rebellion and Division • Frustrated over the delay in gaining independence, a small group of Irish nationalist rebelled in Dublin in 1916. • After WWI the Irish nationalists won a victory in the election for the British Parliament. • In 1921, Britain divided Ireland and granted home rule to southern Ireland.

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