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French political leader Charles de Gaulle said that “nationalism is when hate for people other than your own comes first,” by this definition turning points in Irish Nationalism can be seen not as what changed as in regards love for Ireland, but what changed hatred for the English withinin Ireland. There are numerous significant turning points in Irish Nationalism; it could be argued that The Great Famine is the largest turning point in Irish Nationalism as it encouraged independence through means

one of the United States’ top most common religions. The Irish were looked down upon by Americans for three main reasons; they were stereotyped to be violent, drunk, and had different religious views which were frowned upon by the Americans. The Fenian

He was exiled to America in January 1871, which proved to be a productive move for Devoy. He became a journalist for the New York Herald and became active in the Fenian successor, Clan na Gael. With the help of Clan na Gael, Devoy helped with the escape of 6 Fenians from an Australian prison with a getaway ship, the Catalpa. The escape is famously known as the Catalpa Rescue. Again, the daring personality of John Devoy helped him get many things done in his lifetime

thought union would give them safety. This was the cause to Confederation. Fenian Raids: The Fenians were a group of Irish Patriots who immigrated from Ireland. There name meant Irish warriors. They all had a main goal which was to get Irish independence. Despite this they had different opinions how. In 1886 Britain crushed their independence. Then in 1886 the Fenians were going to act out yet nothing happened. The fenians finally made two more acts. In one of the acts they went to the border and

and Southern States. Britain supported the Southern States, people of British North America were afraid that the Northern states might attack them for revenge at Britain. The fifth reason was Fenian raids. In 1866, the Fenians crossed the border and began to attack towns in British North America. The Fenians were a group of Irish who wanted to free Ireland from British rule so they thought that attacking British NorthAmerica make British soldiers come over to defend British North America instead

and not America) of Canada: 1. The doctrine of the Manifest Destiny 2. The American Civil War 3. Changes in British attitude towards B.N.A. 4. Creation of the transcontinental railway 5. The Red river resistance 6. The numbered treaties 7. Fenian Raids 8. The Indian Acts 9. The creation of the North West Mounted Police I believe that the doctrine of the Manifest Destiny was the most important to the creation of Canada because of the first fear that sparked the confederation. The Manifest

On July 1st, 1867 the colonies of British North America joined together in an act of Confederation, in an effort to resist mounting pressure from both inside and outside the region, including pressure from the USA and Great Britain, and from social and economic problems inside the colonies. The influence exerted from the US after the Civil war, including their desire to expand their country, coupled with raids from external groups and internal problems with trade and transportation influenced the

They (the great writers) were national first … and it was the intensity of their own nationalism which made them international. (Power 65) As Maud Gonne said “without Yeats there would have been no Literary Revival in Ireland. Without the inspiration of that revival and glorification of beauty and heroic virtue I doubt there would have been an Easter week” (24). Yeats was born in 1865 near Dublin in Ireland and through his literary work contributed in the cultural nationalism of Ireland. He

country that we have come to call Canada, has been built and shaped by wars, and military confrontations. In the 19th century, Canada had many conflicts that helped change and make Canada, some of which are: The War of 1812, Rebellions of 1838, The Fenian Raids and the Red River Rebellion. These obstacles presented, threatened the security, defense and the stability of Canada, which was a British colony(I feel that this does not make sense). Canada relied almost exclusively on the militia, which was

Louis Riel is the leader of the Metis people, Louis Riel intervened. Believing that the Métis' future lay with Canada, not with the United States, he assured the Lieutenant Governor that the Métis would not join the Fenians and he kept his word. For want of local support, the Fenian attack died before it had begun. Archibald was prepared to leave him in peace. However, this feeling was not shared by all and Archibald came to believe that peace would be restored more quickly if Riel left the country