Why British Troops Send in to Northern Ireland in 1969
The trobles in Northen Ireland started in 1800, when Ireland was first taken over by Britian. Ten years later, the Irish Protistants wanted freedom to make their own country, this was denied by Britian. In 1920 a treaty partitoned a split, Ireland was now two countrys, Northen Ireand, which was mostly a protistant state who feared the police of the Catholic south. Southen Ireland or The Republic of Ireland as it became later known, wanted Ireland to reunite. Ireland split after a compound in 1921 and it was granted that the majority and lower part of Ireland was to become seperate and to become Southen Ireland. Between 1921 and the mid 1960s Catholics in Northern Ireland faced many problems. The South, largely occupied by Irish Catholics, most opposed the idea of dividing Ireland, but in 1921 a group of Sinn Fein, and IRA members signed an treaty with the British, accepting the seperation of Ireland. This was known as 'Northern Ireland' was created, dominated by Protestants. However, Catholics had wanted a united and Independent Ireland, so resentment grew. For many years after the split, it was the Unionists in the north, many hardliners who held the power, so when the elections came round, the Protestants fixed the elections, so no Catholics could get into power. This was known as 'Gerrymandering', the process of which the Protestants had an unfair advantage.
