The terms of the Act meant the Church was disestablished and disowned, leaving it to govern itself. It would also be deprived of some of its property which would now be redistributed for education purposes/catholic churches. It was the most successful Irish Act ever and extended the principle of religious liberalism to Ireland. The Act was so liberal, it could be considered radical. As well as this, Gladstone also wanted to improve landlord and tenant relationships as the landlords could easily evict tenants randomly as it was a very unfair controlling system.
This tells us that he had firm control of the country, and was allowing change in the safest of manors. On the other hand the lack of rebellions may have been due to Northumberland’s ruthless nature during previous rebellions making people afraid of repeating the same outcome. The movement to Protestantism can be attributed more to the Kings wishes, and not represent what Northumberland himself wanted. Northumberland’s social and economic ideas were primarily aiming towards getting the government’s finances back to stability. After Henry VIII’s erratic spending the crown and country were in financial crisis and this systematic and logical approach made by Northumberland towards the crisis shows his ability in this area of ruling.
There are many ways that Gladstone’s First Ministry could be considered to be successful. Firstly, Gladstone had a passion to pacify Ireland, this was because he feared other countries would use Ireland as an invasion base to attack Britain. Also Irish nationalists called Fenians tried to seize power of churches, which lead to the ‘Disestablishment of the Anglican Church in Ireland 1869’ The terms of the act allowed the church to govern itself as it was no longer legally established by parliament. It was seen as so liberal it was radical and extended the principal of religious liberalism to Ireland. Another successful act passed involving Ireland was the ‘Irish Land Act 1870’ Tenants were now given compensation for eviction and there were limitations of landlord power, it was a step to improving Ireland, even though it was not as successful as the previous act, and had more opposition as Irish nationalists wanted British landlords to leave Ireland completely.
Providing the Confederacy with war supplies influenced Southern power, and their assertiveness towards the Union proved beneficial to international relations. The victory of the Union encouraged the forces in Britain that demanded more democracy and public contribution into the political system. Rather than an outbreak of war, relations between America and Britain were ultimately improved when the idea of widespread famine threatened England. The American Civil War proved difficult but eventually beneficial for Britain, giving them the opportunity to check their growth and rise to power. Keeping within British tradition and diplomacy, Britain never openly partnered with the South and their involvement in the war was to protect their own people, economy, actions and
There were 3 resolutions put forward and the third one which was in relation to including Catholics in reform that was achieved was defeated. It was in response to the attitudes by the Dissenters that An Argument on Behalf of the Catholics of Ireland was written and published in 1791. This pamphlet which was one of the most revolutionary of his time had brought Wolfe Tone 'into immediate relations' with the principal Catholic leaders in Dublin. The document was aimed at the Ulster Dissenters. Tone wanted to convince the dissenters that they along with the Catholics had but one common
Prior to this Spain was not considered a great power and had little significance across Europe. However, with the joint rule of Ferdinand and Isabella it now appeared that Spain was becoming a more authoritative country, with stability and unification. Under the rule of Ferdinand and Isabella Spain saw much more emphasis on law and order with better local government with the Santa Hermandad and the corregidores, also the formation of the Inquisition in 1478, which ensured Catholic orthodoxy in their kingdoms, all led to
In this essay, I will show that democratic peace theory which state that liberal democracies do not go to war against each another provide reasonable arguments in promoting democracy to nondemocratic states. Democratic proponents emphasize that the shared norm between liberal states is one of the factor that ensure peace among them. Besides that, citizens play a major role in declaring war by liberal democracies which result in a lower frequency of wars between the nations. Next, declaring war is complex and democratic leaders will not opt for it unless inevitable. Firstly, democratic peace is able to promote greater stability in the world as a result of the shared norms between liberal democracies.
The British made reasonable reforms within their society, and made their society better through their reforms. Like Himmelfarb had mentioned, Edmund Burke should be associated with the British Revolution. According to Burke, the French would have bought good to their society had they made moderate reforms. Similar to the British, the Americans were latitudinarian. This meant that they accepted an extensive variety of attitudes.
Furthermore Sinn Fein had an agreement that they an ILP would not stand against each other in different constituencies. This reduced any opposition Sinn Fein might have faced yet also it played to their advantage as their thriving popularity after the Easter Rising meant that they were in the over whelming majority regardless. Therefore the use of political tactics assisted Sinn Fein in becoming a provisional government as they used it to seek popularity in the form of the overwhelming majority of votes. Another way in which Sinn Fein grew from a revolutionary organization to provisional government was by its
Absolute rulers had control over religious sects; they could “. . . abolish the liberties long held by certain areas, groups, or provinces.”(p532) However, the parliament having power in constitutionalism, the monarch lost that kind of power. For example, Charles I (r. 1625-1649) was quite partial towards Catholicism.