Ireland - easter rebellion

The years leading up to the Easter Rebellion in Ireland in 1916 were marked by significant political, cultural and military developments. The Easter Rebellion was a complete failure but without it, Ireland might never have been free from British Rule.

Conflict between Ireland and Britain commenced in 1169, when Henry II attempted to invade Ireland and was unsuccessful. In the centuries that followed the British made many attempts to take control of Irish lands to build a superior empire. During the years of 1485 to 1603, when the Tudor monarchs were ruling Britain, Elizabeth I introduced a policy, the “Plantation Policy”. This policy seized land from Irish Catholics and redistributed it among Protestants. This policy initiated ‘sectarianism’ that would distress Ireland for hundreds of years. Sectarianism is the view that one religious belief has superiority over others. In 1800, the British Parliament passed the ‘Act of Union’. This Act removed Irelands right to have it...