Easter Rising

(noun)

The Easter Rising was an insurrection staged in Ireland during Easter Week, 1916. The Rising was mounted by Irish Republicans with the aims of ending British rule in Ireland and establishing the Irish Republic at a time when the British Empire was heavily engaged in the First World War. It was the most significant uprising in Ireland since the rebellion of 1798.

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(noun)

The Easter Rising was an insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week in April 1916. The rising was mounted by Irish Republicans with the aims of ending British rule and establishing the Irish Republic at a time when the British Empire was heavily engaged in World War I. It was the most significant uprising in Ireland since the rebellion of 1798.

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Examples of Easter Rising in the following topics:

  • Domestic Discontent with the War

    • The April 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin was crushed within a week by the occupying British military government and the Irish Republican leaders subsequently executed by firing squad.

  • Gradual Withdrawal

    • Beginning on March 30,the Easter Offensive (known as the Nguyễn Huệ Offensive to the North Vietnamese) quickly overran the three northernmost provinces of South Vietnam.

  • America's Entry into the War

    • The Irish Catholic community, based in the large cities and often in control of the Democratic Party apparatus, was strongly hostile to helping Britain in any way, especially after the Easter uprising of 1916 in Ireland.

  • Postwar Politics and the Election of 1920

    • Irish Americans were powerful in the Democratic party and had opposed going to war alongside Britain after the violent suppression of the Easter Risingof 1916.

  • The Expansion of the Civil Rights Movement

    • King himself was jailed on Easter Sunday, 1963, and, in response to the pleas of white clergymen for peace and patience, he penned one of the most significant documents of the struggle—“Letter from a Birmingham Jail.”

  • The Rise of the City

    • These large city populations caused crime rates to rise, and disease to spread rapidly.

  • Industrialization and the Environment

    • During the Industrial Revolution, environmental pollution increased with the use of new sources of fuel, the development of large factories, and the rise of unsanitary urban centers.
    • The consumption of immense quantities of coal and other fossil fuels eventually gave rise to unprecedented air pollution.
    • Some effects were self-evident to attentive observers, however, and the rise of industrialization and urbanization did inspire a new appreciation for the natural world among some.

  • Conclusion: The Development of Democracy

    • One of the most notable political development in the early nineteenth century was the rise of American democracy, especially in the Age of Jackson.
    • One of the most notable political developments in the years before the Civil War was the rise of American democracy.
    • The charismatic Andrew Jackson gained a reputation as a fighter and defender of American expansion, emerging as the quintessential figure leading the rise of American democracy.
    • To some observers, the rise of democracy in the United States raised troubling questions about the new power of the majority to silence minority opinion.

  • Slavery in the South

    • The rise of large-scale plantations in the South led to the widespread use of slavery to support the colonial economy.

  • From Property to Democracy

    • This extremely sharp rise was caused by the removal of property qualifications from the right to vote.
    • This extremely sharp rise was caused by the removal of property qualifications from the right to vote.