Easter Rebellion Notes

The Irish problem never wet away. In fact there were three major aggravations: The British procrastinated on est. Home Rule Irish Parliamentary part was weakening Growth of the Sinn Fein (revolutionaries) If the leader of the Irish Parliamentary party (Mr. Redmond) was a little stronger and younger, he would have gotten England to give a [...]

The Peace Settlement (Pgs 733-End Ch 25)

January 1919 was when the delegates of the victorious allies gathered at Paris to draw up the peace settlement. The war started with national selfish interests and ended with idealistic principles. When the Bolsheviks and Lenin overtook the Russian government, they unveiled a slew of secret treaties. The treaties showed that nations primarily went to [...]

The War

I updated these notes! Scroll down further. Before 1914, most thought that war was not worth fighting because of the risks. They thought the diplomats would keep things under control…which was sorta a crappy move. The movement after 1914 was crappy too. 1914-1915: Illusions and Stalemate Everybody was excited to go to war. Government propaganda [...]