TheIrelandBritainConflict爱尔兰和英国的冲突.ppt

Group Menber 李大伟 罗丽娜 纪志鸿 余华露 黄超祺 陈忠涛 Outline Conflict between Ireland and Britain has existed, for more than eight centuries, on different scales and with differing intensities . Today conflict is largely non-violent and focuses on whether Northern Ireland should remain part of the United Kingdom or be reunited with the Irish Republic. Part Two:Invasion and Colonization Conflict began when the Anglo-Normans invaded Ireland between 1167 and 1171, although their sphere of influence was largely restricted to the east coast------Henry The English colonised Ireland in the 12th century and for almost 800 years oppressed the indigenous people through force, as England having a much larger army and greater military resources. They tried to eradicate the religion, language, culture and Irish people themselves Invasion and Colonization . Centuries later, the British divided the country into two sections. The Northern section of Ireland (Ulster) The UK dispossessed the Irish from their lands, handing them over to British settlers through a number of plantations, most successfully the plantation of Ulster Throughout the 800 years of British rule, native Irish people were beaten, murdered and sold into slavery by the British who considered them a subspecies. As you can imagine this led to a great deal of resentment and hatred on the part of the Irish people. -----That’s a fact that in 1919 Irish War of Independence happened. Part Three：Union Until 1800, Britain effectively treated Ireland as a colony, but the Act of Union made the island an integral part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Irish nationalist movement calling for independence grew stronger, giving rise to a Unionist movement that wished to maintain Ireland within the Union. Part Four：Partition In 1921 the British government agreed to give 26 Irish counties a measure of independence as the Irish Free State (from 1949 the Republi