Daniel O'Connell: The Liberator

Daniel O'Connell was ____________ in Belgium, France and London.

What event did O'Connell witness while in France?

• The French Revolution

• The Storming of the Bastille

• WWII

What campaign did O'Connell lead during the 1920's on behalf of Catholics?

• Restrictions Against Catholics

• Catholic Emancipation

• The Penal Laws

What were the Penal Laws?

• Laws against the civil and religious freedoms of Catholics in Ireland only

• Laws against the civil and religious freedoms of Catholics in Ireland and Britain

• Laws allowing Catholics to own more land than Protestants

• Laws that discriminated against Protestants

Were O'Connell's campaigns used violence to achieve their aims. True of false?

• True

• False

When was Catholic Emancipation achieved by O'Connell?

• 1829

• 1833

• 1855

• 1870

What did the Catholic Relief Act (1829) allow?

• It allowed Catholics to finally take their seats in Westminster parliament.

• It allowed Catholics to travel outside of the country.

• It gave more freedoms to protestants.

O'Connell also wanted to abolish _________ in the British Empire.