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Causes of the 1798 Rebellion - Coggle Diagram
Causes of the 1798 Rebellion
The power of the Protestant Ascendy
Owned most land(plantations)
15% of population
Catholic and Presbytarian discontent
Pay tithes
Penal laws
75% of population
Poverty in the countryside
Tenant farmers
Landless labourers
Influence of the American Revolution
Americans set example by fighting for their independence
Irish volunteers won right to make their own laws
Influence of the French revolution
French principles-liberty, equality and fraternity
Presbytarians used french principles
Wolfe Tone and the United Irishmen
They planned to reduce English power in Ireland
Society of the United Irishmen was founded in Belfast