During that time period there were not many forms of transport except from a Ship, is this how they smuggled it into the country? Unfortunately this theory can be disproved again! A ship showing the Catholic Flag to England carrying over 2Tonnes of precious goods must have been ransacked by Pirates – They must have been spotted along their journey. This is also in favour of Cecil’s theory; Plotters stole Gunpowder in 1604 from the Tower of London. The records from that year were torn from the book and they have never been found!
There were many stories alike. Whether they were true or not, we don't know - but Cromwell believed them. He was a puritan and he believed it was his duty to punish the Catholics, hence going to Ireland. When Catholics refused to surrender to Cromwell, he ordered his Soldiers to kill all of them with the words "Show them no quarter". Hundreds hid in a church, but Cromwell ordered it to be set alight - many were burnt alive, and all local priests were killed.
If they let that happen to Meredith, we don't need an American flag (Street, 2013).” It was against the law in New York to desecrate or speak against the flag; he was arrested, charged, and convicted. He lost all his state appeals and was finally heard by the Supreme Court on October 21, 1968. The Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision overturned the conviction under the grounds that it was
Oliver Cromwell HERO OR VILLAIN In my opinion Oliver Cromwell was a villain because of the mass murders he had committed. He had killed over 3,000 people in Drogheda and over 4,000 all together while under the title Lord Protector I believe he was against the belief and rituals of the Catholic faith. TheChurch of England had already been created by Elizabeth for Catholics and Protestants and the majority of both religions had agreed that they would worship under Church of England guidelines, so there was no need for Oliver Cromwell to create a Protestant based faith country. Also he had banned all types of enjoyment like dancing, eating on Christmas, football, and many more. A lot of people hold him responsible for the execution of King Charles I even though there were 59 Parliament lords who signed for the execution of King Charles I.
Napoleon's first major mistake was made in March of 1808, when Napoleon intervened in a dispute between the present king of Spain and the king's son. He placed them both in prison and put his own brother on the throne. The people of Spain did not take too kindly to this act and so began a bloody war that was not defined by major battles, but by guerrilla warfare that kept a large number of French troops occupied to keep control of the country. French troops would end up executing hundreds of Spaniards who were thought to be resisting French power. Britain saw an opportunity to weaken Napoleon's empire by landing 13,000 troops on the coast of Portugal, where they made their way up along Spain's coastline.
A Modest Proposal by Jonathon Swift is a satirical essay written in 1729. It was written in protest of the English treatment of the Catholic people of Ireland. Swift explains and attacks the cruel and unjust oppression of Ireland by the much more powerful, England. The Catholic people had many restrictions put on them. A few of these restrictions are as follows: the Catholics were not allowed to vote, they couldn’t marry a Protestant, they couldn’t attend Trinity College, they weren’t able to obtain orphans, they couldn’t be in the military or even own firearms and they weren’t able to buy land unless they had less than a thirty year lease.
The colonists living in the 13 colonies had to deal with British Parliament controlling their settlement without representation and many acts were passed along with the Writs of Assistance. The Writs of Assistance angered many colonists because it allowed for British soldiers to search any house at any time without evidence for smuggled items. James Otis, the Kings advocate general, resigned instead of implementing the new policy, and later argued against it in court. He claimed that it threated the privacy rights of
Both sides were constantly gunning down innocent people. The Government of Ireland Act 1920 failed miserably so it was decided on to create the Anglo-Irish treaty which consisted of Ireland being free state and the Irish MP’s would have to swear an oath of allegiance to the King. The British Army was to be removed but Northern Ireland was to be kept a part of the United Kingdom and a Boundary Commission would decide on the exact border between the North and South. Northern Ireland was in Protestant control. In the Northern Ireland parliament there was always a majority of Unionist MP’s, even when the Protestants were in a minority.
This uprising proved to be an utter failure as the French and Irish were severely outmanned and outgunned by English forces, thus prompting a swift end to Tones rebellion. Tone himself was captured in a raid at Donegal in 1798; he was taken to Dublin and court-marshalled. He was scheduled to be executed by hanging after his request to be shot instead like a soldier was declined, but he died in prison of neck wounds. His death is recorded as suicide however this detail remains inconclusive. By 1804 Catholic unrest had kick started once more after a series of meetings which sought to issue a petition to Parliament to remove Catholic disabilities.
The result of the war led to King Charles I being beheaded. After his execution, England became a Republic called the Commonwealth of England and a committee of Parliaments ruled the country. I believe this civil war could have been avoided if Charles had ruled with a wish of making England diverse and multicultural so that the people had religious tolerance as I did with the United States(Tsakiridis). The Glorious Revolution soon came years after the civil war of the English. The Glorious Revolution was to overthrow King James II of England by a union of the English Parliamentarians and with William of Orange in the Netherlands.