Book contents
- Friends of Freedom
- Friends of Freedom
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I The American Revolution Ignites Social Movements
- 1 The Sons of Liberty and the Creation of a Movement Model
- 2 From Boycott Mobilization to the American Revolution
- 3 Wilkes, Liberty, and the Anglo-American Crisis
- 4 The British Association Movement and Parliamentary Reform
- 5 The Irish Volunteers and Militant Reform
- 6 Religious Freedom, Political Liberty, and Protestant Dissenter Civil Rights
- 7 The Rise of American Abolitionism
- 8 British Abolitionism and the Broadening of Social Movements
- Part II The French Revolution Radicalizes Social Movements
- Bibliography
- Index
4 - The British Association Movement and Parliamentary Reform
from Part I - The American Revolution Ignites Social Movements
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 October 2021
Book contents
- Friends of Freedom
- Friends of Freedom
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I The American Revolution Ignites Social Movements
- 1 The Sons of Liberty and the Creation of a Movement Model
- 2 From Boycott Mobilization to the American Revolution
- 3 Wilkes, Liberty, and the Anglo-American Crisis
- 4 The British Association Movement and Parliamentary Reform
- 5 The Irish Volunteers and Militant Reform
- 6 Religious Freedom, Political Liberty, and Protestant Dissenter Civil Rights
- 7 The Rise of American Abolitionism
- 8 British Abolitionism and the Broadening of Social Movements
- Part II The French Revolution Radicalizes Social Movements
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The American War led to still-greater agitation in Ireland, where a national movement arose seeking self-government and reform of the Irish Parliament. Whereas the British Parliament for centuries had possessed the right to veto Irish legislation, the Volunteer militia movement beginning in 1778 mobilized – at first nominally against the threat of Franco-Spanish invasion but quickly turned its attention to agitating for legislative independence. The measure would be achieved by the war’s end, while the Volunteers also sought religious integration off their forces and the expansion of Irish suffrage.
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- Friends of FreedomThe Rise of Social Movements in the Age of Atlantic Revolutions, pp. 95 - 120Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021