Revolutionary Nationalism Dbq Research Paper
"The failures outweighed the successes"
How far do you agree with this view of Revolutionary Nationalism 1798 - 1848?
Revolutionary Nationalism in Ireland was a huge movement as well as a firm belief shared by many at the time. This idea of a republic free from the chains of the England was shared aggressively by many Irishmen, and there it can be seen that the movement as a whole contained a number of mixed successes. Founding members of the United Irishmen, along with figures such as Wolfe Tone, included Thomas Russell and Samuel Neilson, and by 1798, the Society of United Irishmen had around 100,000 members. Crossing the religious divide in Ireland, it had a mixed membership of Catholics, Presbyterians, and Anglicans from the Protestant Ascendancy. From this perspective, the movement of revolutionary nationalism had a large amount of support, proving it to be a success in that aspect as it was causing a spread in these revolutionary ideas. However, a different view comes to light as the outcomes of the …show more content…
French soldiers landed in Ireland on 22nd of August and participated in the fighting on the rebels' side in aid of Revolutionary Nationalism and Republicanism. The French were at the time going through a revolution of their own, and opted to aid Ireland in their endeavours to become a Republic to spread these ideas of Nationalism. Although the rebels had considerable success against British forces in areas such as County Wexford, their forces were eventually defeated, with key figures in the organisation were arrested and executed, proving the Irish Rebellion of 1798 to be a failure, the rising being described as "the most concentrated episode of violence in Irish history." It could also be argued that these key figures became martyrs following their execution, allowing the idea of a republic to live on the people, which it has been proved to have done as a sequence of many other risings followed this
How far do you agree with this view of Revolutionary Nationalism 1798 - 1848?
Revolutionary Nationalism in Ireland was a huge movement as well as a firm belief shared by many at the time. This idea of a republic free from the chains of the England was shared aggressively by many Irishmen, and there it can be seen that the movement as a whole contained a number of mixed successes. Founding members of the United Irishmen, along with figures such as Wolfe Tone, included Thomas Russell and Samuel Neilson, and by 1798, the Society of United Irishmen had around 100,000 members. Crossing the religious divide in Ireland, it had a mixed membership of Catholics, Presbyterians, and Anglicans from the Protestant Ascendancy. From this perspective, the movement of revolutionary nationalism had a large amount of support, proving it to be a success in that aspect as it was causing a spread in these revolutionary ideas. However, a different view comes to light as the outcomes of the …show more content…
French soldiers landed in Ireland on 22nd of August and participated in the fighting on the rebels' side in aid of Revolutionary Nationalism and Republicanism. The French were at the time going through a revolution of their own, and opted to aid Ireland in their endeavours to become a Republic to spread these ideas of Nationalism. Although the rebels had considerable success against British forces in areas such as County Wexford, their forces were eventually defeated, with key figures in the organisation were arrested and executed, proving the Irish Rebellion of 1798 to be a failure, the rising being described as "the most concentrated episode of violence in Irish history." It could also be argued that these key figures became martyrs following their execution, allowing the idea of a republic to live on the people, which it has been proved to have done as a sequence of many other risings followed this