Anglo-Irish Treaty.pptx

Pro-Treaty or Anti-Treaty?Background IntroductionBy the spring of 1921, the War of Independence was getting over more bitter, with more death and destruction. The British government chose a compromise and organized a partition of Ireland:the southern 26 counties— “free state”the 6 north-eastern counties— remain a part of the UKPro-Treaty side: the Treaty was the best deal possibleDail Eireann was splitAnti-Treaty side: Ireland had fought the War to create a republic and anything less was untenableThe Pro-Treaty side prevailed and Irish signed the TreatyIrish Civil War Began on 28 June,1922I support the Pro-Treaty side:1. Historical Reasons2. Religious Reasons3. Northern Ireland’s own decisions after 1980s.Historical ReasonThe Northern Ireland inhabitants have more sense of belonging to the Great Britain rather than Ireland. In the 17th century, the English government encouraged people from Scotland and Northern England to emigrate to the north of Ireland.The northeast part of Ireland saw themselves differently from the rest of the Irish people. They thought themselves as British and wished to remain a part of the British state.In Northern Island: 60% of the inhabitants are Loyalist 40% of the inhabitants are UnionistReligious ReasonsBefore the Partition of IrelandReligious Division:In Ireland: overwhelmingly Roman CatholicIn Northern Ireland: 60% are Protestant 40% are CatholicIn 1913, the Northern Ireland people organized a show of force and put 100,000 armed men in the streets to show the would not accept union with Ireland.In 1921, the Northern Ireland people did not appeal to the idea of being a part of an independent Irish state.After the Partition of IrelandNorthern Ireland is full of troubles:The protestants: controlled the local democratically-elected parliament used the power to support their own economic and social dominance.The Catholics: at the bottom of the Northern Ireland society. hard to get jobs hard to benefit from social programmes schools and