Starter quiz
- Match the British political thinker to the pamphlet that they wrote.
- Edmund Burke⇔Revolution in France ✓
- Mary Wollstonecraft⇔A Vindication of the Rights of Man ✓
- Thomas Paine⇔Rights of Man ✓
- In what year did the French people execute their king, Louis XVI?
- '1793' ✓
- Which of these laws were brought in by the British government due to discontent caused by the French Revolution?
- The Factory Act ✓
- The Treason Act ✓
- The Revolutionary Ideas Act
- The Seditious Meetings Act ✓
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- Which group in French society broke away from the Estates-General and launched the French Revolution in 1789?
- The First Estate (the clergy)
- The Second Estate (the nobility)
- The Third Estate (the commoners) ✓
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- Was Edmund Burke for or against the spread of French revolutionary radical ideas?
- For
- Against ✓
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- Which of these British political thinkers wanted to encourage the spread of radical revolutionary ideas from France to Britain ?
- Edmund Burke
- Mary Wollstonecraft ✓
- Thomas Paine ✓
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Exit quiz
- True or false? the French Revolution had no impact on Ireland.
- True
- False ✓
- Who was a founder and leader of the United Irishmen, the group that rebelled against British rule in Ireland?
- Wolf Tone
- Wolfe Tone ✓
- Tony Wolf
- Tony Wolfe
- Wolfe Ton
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- Who did Wolfe Tone go to for help in rebelling against British rule in Ireland?
- William Pitt the Elder
- Napoleon ✓
- William Pit the Younger
- King Louis XVI
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- British cartoonists generally tried to portray the United Irishmen as ...
- competent
- disorganised ✓
- unprofessional ✓
- professional
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- In what year did the Irish Rebellion take place?
- '1798' ✓
- Match these events with the year in which they occurred.
- The Acts of Union⇔1801 ✓
- The Irish Rebellion⇔1798 ✓
- The outbreak of the French Revolution⇔1789 ✓
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Key learning points
- Ireland was a religiously divided country where a minority Anglican elite ruled over a majority Catholic population.
- The French Revolution inspired the 'United Irishmen' to try and unite Protestants and Catholics against British rule.
- United Irishmen leader Wolf Tone met with Napoleon to win support for an Irish Rebellion against Great Britain.
- The Irish Rebellion of 1798 ultimately failed despite France's promised support.
- The failed Irish Rebellion led to increased British control over Ireland and ultimately to formal unification in 1801.
Common misconception
Revolutionary ideas failed to spread from France to other European countries.
Revolutionary ideas did spread to other European countries, but they did not cause any successful revolutions.
Keywords
Sectarian - a sectarian society is one that is divided along religious and political lines
Catholic - a Catholic is a Christian who belongs to Roman Catholic Church, whose spiritual leader is the Pope in Rome
Anglican - an Anglican (in this context) is a member of the Church of Ireland, which belongs to the Protestant denomination of Christianity
Elites - people regarded as belonging to the best or most powerful group in society are known as the elite
Denomination - each different type of Christianity is known as a denomination e.g. Catholicism, Protestantism, etc.