... had been threatening to seek independence from Britain by an armed revolution. In the general election of 1909, a hung parliament paved the way for John Redwood (leader of Home Rule Party) to get his way and subsequently the Liberals were obligated to introduce the Third Home Rule Bill in 1912. This Bill was being discussed and fine tuned up until the ... UK went to war with Germany, and any ideas of Home Rule in Ireland were to be postponed until after the war. When the war reached a stalemate in 1916 and seemed as if it may go on for years the IRB, led by Padraic Pearse and the ICA, l...

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... . Both sides of the nationalist movement were worried that divisions between them could allow other parties like the Labour Party, to make gains in the election. A new constitution was agreed between both sides prior to the election that offered hope a compromise could be reached. However, the British government objected to the new constitution and threatened military intervention unless the terms of the ... ...

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