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How many people died at the Boston Massacre?
Five.
What was a Continental Congress?
A meeting of American leaders.
What type of government model did the US adopt?
A federal government.
What laws discriminated against Catholics in Ireland?
The Penal Laws.
What event caused Britain to stop entertaining ideas of Irish reform and independence?
War with Revolutionary France.
What was a cottier?
Someone who rented a small plot of land from a tenant farmer.
In 1847, how many people were employed in the public works scheme?
750,000.
The banning of slavery
Why were the IRB/Fenians interested in the GAA?
They wanted to recruit young members to fight the British
How did the Seven Years' War lead to American unhappiness in the Thirteen Colonies?
After the war, the British had to pay off their debts; they did so by increasing American taxation.
Bunker Hill.
In which direction did the USA expand?
West.
What did Unionists wish to maintain?
Union between Ireland and Britain.
What was Wolfe Tone's religion?
Protestantism.
After the Rebellion, why did Protestants distrust Catholics?
They believed Catholics were eager to inflict violence on Protestants, as seen at Scullabogue
What was subdivision of land?
Why O'Connell oppose physical force tradition?
He had witnessed the violence of the French Revolution and the 1798 Rebellion
Who founded the GAA?
Michael Cusack
What was a patriot?
Americans willing to kill and to die for their liberation from the British.
The Treaty of Paris.
How many US presidents have taken office?
47.
What was the name given to the powerful members of the Church of Ireland who controlled most of Irish society?
Protestant Ascendancy.
Rebels shot, burned, and or piked over one hundred Protestants.
What was the Act of Union?
Ireland was now ruled directly from London.
Who is the 'Father of the United States'?
George Washington.
What was the British policy of non-interference with the economy?
Laissez-faire.
A series of letters that suggested Parnell supported the Phoenix Park murders, but these letters were later shown to be forgeries; what were these letters called?
The Pigott forgeries/letters
What was Rule 42?
What was the Stamp Act?
A British policy wherein Americans had to pay for their documents, newspapers, etc. to be stamped.
Who wrote the pamphlet Common Sense?
Tom Paine.
Name the article that Wolfe Tone wrote in which he supported Ireland's cause.
An Argument on Behalf of the Catholics of Ireland.
What was Theobald Wolfe Tone's profession?
Why was the potato a staple food in Ireland?
It suited the Irish climate and it was easy to grow a lot of potatos on a small plot of land.
What was Catholic Emancipation?
The removal of the Penal Laws that oppressed Catholics
Which archbishop was a patron of the GAA?
Archbishop Croke
How long did the Seven Years' War last?
Seven/nine years, depending on whom you ask.
Lexington and Concord.
What was the new name of the Thirteen Colonies after the war ended?
The United States of America.
Name the two political traditions in Ireland during the late 1700s.
Parliamentary tradition and physical force tradition.
In what year did the GAA purchase the land that would become known as Croke Park?
1913
The death toll of the 1798 Rebellion is estimated to be ..?
Between 10,000-30,000.
Peru?
Why was the American victory at the Battle of Saratoga significant?
It encouraged France, Spain, and Holland to enter the war against the British.
In 19th Century Irish Politics, who was known as 'The Liberator'?
Daniel O'Connell
When was the GAA founded?
1884
What was the Quartering Act?
Americans were obliged to house and feed British soldiers.
When was the Declaration of Independence declared? Give exact date.
4 July 1776.
The Declaration of Independence stated that 'all men are created equal'; which groups were not treated equally?
Slaves, Native Americans, women.
Who were the United Irishmen?
Society that wished to reduce English control of Ireland.
What does a policy of repression entail?
Cruelty, stripped freedoms, increased control.
Physical force tradition.
What was the population of Ireland in 1845?
Who replaced Robert Peel as British Prime Minister in 1846?
Lord John Russell.
What did the Repeal Campaign seek to remove?
The Act of Union, 1800
Who organised the Boston Tea Party?
The Sons of Liberty.
What did Nationalists want?
An independent Ireland.
The American Revolution inspired which country to overthrow its king and become a republic?
France.
Tax equal to 10% of income.
Name a county where there was a significant uprising during the 1798 Rebellion.
Wexford, Antrim, Down, Mayo, Dublin
When was the Act of Union passed?
1800
Who was the British Prime Minister when the Famine appeared in Ireland?
Robert Peel
What was the nickname for the indian corn sent to Ireland?
Peel's brimstone.
Charles Steward Parnell was the leader of what Irish movement?
The Home Rule Party
What happened on Bloody Sunday, 1920?