At the beginning of 20th century, Ireland was a part of Britain, which began in12nd century. Moreover, as long as Ireland is a part of Britain, there have been voices calling for Ireland's independence.

The Anglo minority in Ireland is the absentee landlord of the Catholic people (these absentee landlords own almost every square inch of land in Ireland), which is extremely unfavorable to their tenants. 65438+In the 1940s, Ireland was attacked by potato wilt, and Britain hardly provided any help, because about 1 10,000 Irish people starved to death, and another 2 million people fled to the United States. In their teens and twenties,

These long-simmering resentments finally broke out. 19 16 At the height of World War I, Irish nationalists launched a revolution called "Easter Uprising" in Dublin on Easter.

The British army quickly suppressed it, and those who survived the uprising were executed by firing squad. The Easter Uprising is a polarized event for Irish people. About half of the people think this is treason. At that time, so many Irish people were fighting at the front, but the rest thought that the rebels were patriots and those who fought for Britain were traitors. Sinn Fein won a decisive victory. Their members refused to sit in Westminster and convened their own Irish Parliament in Dublin. The Irish Republican Army is the military arm of Sinn Fein. They began to attack the Royal Irish Police and the British army. The British army responded with brutal force. 192 1, declared a ceasefire. 1922, Irish nationalists signed a peace treaty with Britain. The terms of the treaty require the country to split, southern Ireland to become an autonomous region, and the six northern counties are still part of Britain.

Many nationalists strongly oppose these clauses and think that the partition of Ireland between the north and the south is unthinkable. They also opposed the idea that the South kept British territory, including the oath of allegiance to the king.

Finally, on this day in history,1922 65438+February 6, Ireland was declared a free country.

1937, the Irish people passed the constitution, declaring Ireland as a "sovereign, independent and democratic country" and renaming Ireland as a free country. The Republic of Ireland Act ended the country's last link with the Commonwealth.

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