In deze les zitten 22 slides, met interactieve quizzen, tekstslides en 3 videos.
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What do you remember from yesterday?
Slide 1 - Woordweb
Henry VIII was a remarkable man. What is he known for?
A
He beheaded a few of his wives
B
He started the Anglican church
C
He broke with the Pope in Rome
D
All of the above
Slide 2 - Quizvraag
What is the name of the famous battle in 1690, won by William of Orange?
A
Battle of Blackwater Bay
B
Battle of the Boyne
C
Battle of the Bastards
D
Battle of Hardhome
Slide 3 - Quizvraag
British occupation
Crazy Medieval British Kings
Plantation of Ulster (early 1600's)
William of Orange (1690)
The Irish Potato Famine (1840's)
Slide 4 - Tekstslide
British occupation
The Irish fight back!
Slide 5 - Tekstslide
Easter Rising - 1916
Irish wanted 'Home Rule': a parliament in Dublin, not London.
British finally said 'OK' in 1914
But then, WW1 broke out and Home Rule was postponed
"Ireland unfree shall never be at peace!" (Patrick Pearse)
So: members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) proclaimed the Republic
Slide 6 - Tekstslide
The Irish proclaimed the Irish Republic and on Easter Monday they occupied several buildings in Dublin.
1
Eventually, the rebels had to give up. They were running out of ammunition and the British kept sending in more soldiers and artillery.
3
Heavy (guerilla) fighting ensued for several days, all over the city centre.
2
Result: in 1918, the republican party Sinn Fein won a landslide victory in the Irish elections. The road to a free country became clearer and clearer....
5
The ringleaders of the rebellion were arrested and executed. This turned them into martyrs - and made the Irish people warm up even more towards the idea of a free country....
4
Slide 7 - Tekstslide
What happened to the leaders of the Easter Rising?
A
There were sent to Australia
B
They were executed
C
They were pardoned
D
They had to do a 'taakstraf'
Slide 8 - Quizvraag
What was the result of the executions (as in, public opinion)?
Slide 9 - Open vraag
Irish War for Independence
Guerilla war, 1919 - 1921
December 1918 election: the republican party Sinn Féin won a landslide victory in Ireland.
On 21 January 1919 they formed a breakaway government (Dáil Éireann) and declared independence from Britain.
Start of the IRA
Slide 10 - Tekstslide
key players: Eamon DeValera & Michael Collins
Slide 11 - Tekstslide
Bloody Sunday
21 November 1920
15 people killed by IRA, mostly British secret service agents
Next day: revenge from the British
Croke Park massacre
Civilians: 14 killed, 70 wounded
Slide 12 - Tekstslide
Eventually, the British
ask for a truce.
Slide 13 - Tekstslide
Anglo-Irish Treaty
Signed in London: 1921
Irish Free State (as part pf the British Empire)
Partition of Northern Ireland
Dáil Éireann ratified the Treaty: 64 to 57.
Slide 14 - Tekstslide
With this Treaty, was Ireland 'free'?
A
Yes, they became the Republic they wanted to be
B
No, they still had to swear allegiance to the Crown.
Slide 15 - Quizvraag
Irish Civil War
1922-1923
pro-treaty vs anti-treaty
Collins vs DeValera (who resigned as president)
former IRA 'brothers' now fighting each other
Collins eventually killed in West-Cork
Pro-Treaty wins --> much later --> Republic of Ireland (1948)