The Battle of Waterloo marks the end of the reign of Napoleon.
1800 1800
The Irish Parliament votes to
dissolve itself and to join with Westminster in London.
1805 1810 1815 1801
The Act of Union creates the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Catholic Emancipation is rejected by King George III.
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30,000 people died in a matter of a few months in the summer of 1798.
CONSIDER THIS When you have completed this chapter, discuss these questions with your partner, in small groups or with your class.
1. Why did the Catholic and Presbyterian populations of Ireland want political change during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries?
2. What influence did the American and French Revolutions have on late-eighteenth-century Ireland? 3. What were the main social and religious divisions in Ireland? 4. What were the reasons for the establishment of the Society of the United Irishmen? 5. What were the results of the 1798 Rebellion? 6. Did the 1798 Rebellion have a lasting impact on the present society of Ireland?
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