CCEA A-Level History 4010
England 1509–58AS Unit 1
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Ireland Under the Union 1800–1900
The British government's response 1800–1900
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- A2 Unit 1
Overview
Consequences of that failure, long-term political consequence of the Famine for the Union and gladstone's principal Irish measures.
What you need to know
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What were the consequences of Pitt's failure to deliver Catholic Emancipation with the Union?
What was the Conservative alternative to Home Rule?
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Why did Pitt fail to deliver Catholic Emancipation with the Union?
Model answer
George III refused to accept Emancipation as a breach of his coronation oath, and Pitt resigned in 1801 rather than press it, so the Union began with an expectation raised and broken.
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What were the consequences of that failure?
Model answer
Catholics who had supported the Union in the hope of Emancipation felt betrayed, the measure that might have reconciled them was delayed for twenty-eight years, and the Union never acquired the Catholic goodwill Pitt had counted on.
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How did governments respond to O'Connell's Emancipation campaign?
Model answer
Ministers resisted for years, suppressed the Catholic Association by statute in 1825, and then conceded in 1829 under the threat of disorder while raising the franchise to punish the electorate that had forced them.
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How did the Whigs govern Ireland in the 1830s?
Model answer
The Whigs governed with O'Connell's support and through reforming officials such as Thomas Drummond, appointing Catholics to office, reorganising the constabulary, settling the tithe question and reforming the corporations.
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What were the limits of Whig reform in the 1830s?
Model answer
Appropriation of Church revenue was abandoned, the land question was not touched, and the Poor Law of 1838 imported a workhouse system unsuited to Irish conditions.
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How did Peel handle the Repeal campaign?
Model answer
Peel refused Repeal absolutely, proclaimed the Clontarf meeting and prosecuted O'Connell, while at the same time trying to detach moderate Catholics through the Devon Commission, the Charitable Bequests Act, the Maynooth grant and the Queen's Colleges.
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