Maguire's Rebellion Research Paper

This culminated in the Rebellion of 1798, lead by Wolfe Tone and the Society of United Irishmen, in which Hugh and Jimmy participated: “The road to Sligo. A spring morning. 1798. Going into battle” (445). But, as these characters soon discovered, the rebellion failed resulting in large executions and the passing of the Act of Union in 1800. This piece of legislation, effective from 1 January 1801, brought Ireland under the direct rule of the British Crown.

In Ireland, rival clan chiefs were offered rewards, pardons and promises in return for helping to maintain English rule, Elizabeth in particular in 1558 for example, invited rebel leader Shane O’Neill to London where she recognised him as Earl of Tyrone. A similar policy of conciliatory politics can be observed under Edward VI and Henry VIII, who in response to the Pilgrimage of Grace sent the Duke of Northumberland to bargain with rebel leaders; Robert Aske was even invited to the palace and treated with dignity on Christmas day 1536. Protector Somerset, operating on Edward’s behalf, sent Peter Carew to persude the Prayer Book rebels to disperse in 1549, arguably with lesser success considering his heavy protestant agenda, conciliatory politics is also shown to be used to lesser success through Henry VII’s decision to replace members of the leading clan, the Geraldines, with loyal English officials actually resulted in increased disorder from 1534-1603 and attempts by rival Irish clans to seize power.

Richards, Leonard L (2002). Shays's Rebellion: The American Revolution's Final Battle. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-1870-1. OCLC 56029217

In 1786, debt-ridden farmers in Massachusetts organized an insurrection, now known as Shays’ Rebellion, against the state government. These farmers were struck by the economic depression that followed the American Revolution and they petitioned the state senate to issue paper money and to halt foreclosure of mortgages on their property. When the state senate failed to pass reforms, armed insurgents under the leadership of Daniel Shays and others, began forcibly to prevent the county courts from sitting to make judgments for debt. The ineffectiveness of the state government in ending the Rebellion was obvious and many Americans realized that the Articles of Confederation had to be revised. The Articles gave Congress virtually

The coercive acts came to be when the British got upset/mad from the event of the Boston Tea Party. The Boston Tea Party was an event when the Sons of liberty destroyed tons of British tea by dumping it into the river. The British then established a series of four acts to try to restore order. First the Boston Port Act, which was the port to be closed until the tea that was dumped into the river was paid for. Second Massachusetts Governing Act, to suppress town meeting and trials of royal officials to be held outside of New England. Third was the Quartering Act, governor’s requisition housing for British troops. Fourth Quebec Act, allowing freedom of worship to Canadian Catholics. Which all lead to Shays Rebellion. Shays Rebellion was a series of protests. How it lead to the constitution because it was the most dramatic social, political and economic struggle.

Just a year ago, we were all either participating in or witnessing a rebellion; Shay’s Rebellion.

Leisler’s Rebellion, started by Jacob Leisler, disagreed with British rule and took over the government. This rebellion created a division of people who were for and against his cause. Governor Robert Hunter was able to make New York at ease again, but governor William Cosby started the controversy over salary funds. Lewis Morris, who was a member of the supreme court, disagreed with Cosby and because of that he was relieved of his duties and he established the New York Weekly Journal to make light of the injustice. The paper taken down two months later and editor, John Zenger, was arrested and freed of charges because of the right to free press. Pennsylvania was made up of two parties: the Proprietary and the Quakers. Neither of them agreed

As a result, Turner escaped the farm from his owner at twenty-five years-old, but returned after a month later and told his master "the Holy Spirit appeared to me, and told me that I should go return to the service of my earthly master", he then earned the trust from his former master Joseph Travis "kindly person". Soon enough Turner had a different motive which was to start a rebellion. Turner picked his owner and his family as their first

Clearly, a large portion of the turmoil experienced during this type could be put down to the changing government of the period. Though democratically elected and in more direct control of the Irish nation, the Home Rule government what the Irish called the Free State in its first years was not as responsive to the people as some desired (Ferriter, n.d.). An effective civil service providing for many needs was set up, but the ruling party and government experienced internal strife over significant differences of opinion throughout this decade (Ferriter, n.d.). The government was a democracy, but a very young democracy, and with all of the problems that this youth entails in a newly freed and democratically empowered nation and population.

The reason I chose the American Revolution as my topic was mainly because to me I thought it was very relevant subject to speak upon and not many of us have knowledge of how we even became the United States of America. Basically the American Revolution was one of many steps taken to develop our democracy type of government that we do have today. Also it tells about how the original thirteen broke away from the British harsh government taxes. To be honest I chose this topic simply because it was and I’ve done a report on this back in grade school. These are the causes that led up to the war (not the signing because its already prior knowledge)

In Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet B. Stowe had depicted a historical tragedy during ages of slavery. As a representative, one of the slaves, Tom, a preacher of Christianity, a fanatic believer who makes the contradictions become apparent. The thread running through struggle and conflicts is the theme of gradually developed overt rebellion as well as ideology like Christian infiltration.

I can't answer all of your questions but I can talk a little bit about the gallowglasses in the Irish context. Contrary to popular belief, gallowglasses or gallóglaigh (lit. ' foreign warriors') were a high-late medieval staple of Irish warfare and did not exist before the 13th century (thanks, Shakespeare!). The fact that they were considered gall -foreigners- indicates that they were not perceived as having any significant ties with Irish culture. Irish warfare during the early medieval period seems to have revolved around small and mobile bands of lightly armed and armoured warrior-aristocrats who traveled to raids and battles on horseback.

He found a land in which law and order was breaking down in the rural areas. After attempts to solve the problem by setting up a Peace Preservation Force in 1814 and later a system of county constabularies under the Constabulary Act of 1822, a single police force, The Constabulary of Ireland, was established in 1836. The Constabulary of Ireland was a trained and disciplined force under the central control of the government administration at Dublin Castle. It represented a fresh start in policing and members served under a strict code, which governed all aspects of their lives, on and off duty. Elaborate precautions were taken to ensure that its members displayed strict impartiality at all times. The Constabulary of Ireland carried out a full range of policing tasks, but it’s most important task was that of security, due to the ever-present threat of nationalist insurrection. Due to this it was organized as a colonial constabulary and as an armed, quasi-military force, rather than along the lines of other conventional police forces in the British Isles. It says, “The "Garda Síochána na hÉireann" (in English -

In September 1600 a Spanish fleet which had been sent by Philip of Spain to help the Irish struggle landed in Kinsale in County Cork. Mountjoy and his forces however took siege against the Spanish armada. O’Neill then took to march from the north of Ireland all the way to the far south, Kinsale, in order to quell the siege. This battle came to be known as the Battle of Kinsale which occurred on the 24th of December 1600. The battle was particularly bloody and led to the defeat of the Irish. After the battle Red Hugh O’Donnell left Ireland with the Spanish whilst Hugh O’Neill went back to Ulster. The Battle of Kinsale brought with it the beginning of the end of the old Gaelic order.

The Easter Rising is commonly regarded as one of Ireland’s most patriotic moments, similar to the United State’s Revolutionary War. This rebellion was the result of decades of nationalism and a group of independence seeking Irishmen seeing an opportunity with England being tied up in the First World War. They were not going to let this chance pass, and they orchestrated a very secretive plan with many different moving parts, relying almost entirely upon receiving weapons from Germany and catching the English off-guard. While some counties played a more active role than others, each county contributed to the rising in its own unique way. County Wicklow is not known for its active involvement in the conflict during the rebellion, however there were several people who had a significant impact on the rising.