The Troubles, Northern Ireland by Regina Mejia Castillo https://padlet.com/reginamejia/onu87l4autsa219i armed conflict en-us 2022-01-26 15:01:38 UTC 2023-06-01 17:21:41 UTC hello@padlet.com Context of Ireland reginamejia https://padlet.com/reginamejia/onu87l4autsa219i/wish/2015091304 The predominantly catholic people of Ireland attempted to break free from the british rule, to which they succeeded in 1921 causing the partition of The Irish Free state and Northern Ireland]]> 2022-01-27 05:03:04 UTC https://padlet.com/reginamejia/onu87l4autsa219i/wish/2015091304 Northern Ireland reginamejia https://padlet.com/reginamejia/onu87l4autsa219i/wish/2015103350 Northern Ireland was still under the british rule and their people were complaining of discrimination and unequal treatment form the protestant-controlled government.]]> 2022-01-27 05:12:51 UTC https://padlet.com/reginamejia/onu87l4autsa219i/wish/2015103350 The civil rights movement reginamejia https://padlet.com/reginamejia/onu87l4autsa219i/wish/2015106245 In the 1960s, the popularity of the civil rights movement in America inspired a young generation of young catholic nationalists in Northern Ireland to end the catholic discrimination they were facing.]]> 2022-01-27 05:15:14 UTC https://padlet.com/reginamejia/onu87l4autsa219i/wish/2015106245 Derry March reginamejia https://padlet.com/reginamejia/onu87l4autsa219i/wish/2015110577 In 1968, there was a planned protest in Derry to draw attention to the problems they were facing. The crowd was barricated and beaten, later charged by the police. It was said that this event is what started "The Troubles".]]> 2022-01-27 05:19:10 UTC https://padlet.com/reginamejia/onu87l4autsa219i/wish/2015110577 Burntollet Bridge reginamejia https://padlet.com/reginamejia/onu87l4autsa219i/wish/2015117383 In 1969, on new year's day, activists organized a march inspired in Martin Luther King's Selma march from Belfast to Derry. Protestants were escorted by the police until they reached Burntollet Bridge outside of Derry, where the police put on their helmets and shields and knowing that a loyalist mob would start throwing stones at the protestants]]> 2022-01-27 05:25:42 UTC https://padlet.com/reginamejia/onu87l4autsa219i/wish/2015117383 "Bloody Sunday" reginamejia https://padlet.com/reginamejia/onu87l4autsa219i/wish/2015122055 On January 30th 1972, Another march was planned in Derry by catholic nationalists to protest the British rule. The march was called off by the military, but when protestants refused, rubber bullets started to be fired off seriously harming 17 and killing 13 protestants]]> 2022-01-27 05:30:20 UTC https://padlet.com/reginamejia/onu87l4autsa219i/wish/2015122055 70s, 80s, & 90s reginamejia https://padlet.com/reginamejia/onu87l4autsa219i/wish/2015123893 The violent conflict continued throughout the next decades causing many deaths and bombings by the paramilitary groups on both sides.]]> 2022-01-27 05:31:54 UTC https://padlet.com/reginamejia/onu87l4autsa219i/wish/2015123893 The Good Friday Agreement reginamejia https://padlet.com/reginamejia/onu87l4autsa219i/wish/2015125935 "The Troubles" came to an end officially in 1998 by the signing of the "Good Friday Agreement", creating a framework for political power-sharing and an end to decades of violence]]> 2022-01-27 05:33:43 UTC https://padlet.com/reginamejia/onu87l4autsa219i/wish/2015125935 References reginamejia https://padlet.com/reginamejia/onu87l4autsa219i/wish/2015127846 - Roos, D. (2021, November 12). How the Troubles Began in Northern Ireland. HISTORY; HISTORY. https://www.history.com/news/the-troubles-northern-ireland
‌- History. (2022). History of The Northern Ireland Conflict. Sky HISTORY TV Channel. https://www.history.co.uk/history-of-the-northern-ireland-conflict
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