SEQUENCE 1 Territoire et Mémoire SEANCE 1 Introduction

Define the word "territory"

• (an area of) land, or sometimes sea, that is considered as belonging to or connected with a particular country or person

• an area that an animal or person tries to control or thinks belongs to them

• the particular condition that someone or something is in at a specific time.

Define the word "memory"

• something that you remember from the past

• lack of knowledge or information

Define the word "remembrance"

• the act of remembering and showing respect for someone who has died or a past event

• to not do something, often because you forget

• an interruption of continuity or uniformity

Define the word "boundary"

• a real or imagined line that marks the edge or limit of something

• the point in time or space at which something begins

• a space or interval; a break in continuity

Define the word "frontier"

• a border between two countries

• an area, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries

Define the word "nation"

• a country, especially when thought of as a large group of people living in one area with their own government, language, traditions

• a large group of people of the same race who share the same language, traditions, and history, but who might not all live in one area

• single; separate

• who does not belong to a particular organization or profession

The Crown of Ireland Act, 1542

• Henry VIII (king of England, he created the Anglican religion, breaking up with Rome and the Pope - England became a Protestant kingdom) became the King of Ireland

• Henry II of England declared himself as Lord of Ireland

• Creation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

What happened in 1801?

• Catholic Relief Act

• Christianity arrived in Ireland

• The Great Irish Famine

• Creation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

What were the aims of the Home Rule Bills (1886-1914)?

• to give some autonomy to Ireland

• to stop the Irish nationalists rebellions against the British rule

• to impose British rule

Easter Rising, 1916

• rebellion against British rule

• turned the majority of the Irish public towards the idea of a fully independent Irish Republic

• acknowledgement of the British rule