British troops sent to Northern Ireland in 1969

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British troops sent to Northern Ireland in 1969

The most obvious reason we think of are that riots started to break out and the Northern Ireland police lost control, this was from the beginning, Catholics in Northern Ireland were a disadvantage minority in matters of employment, housing, education, cultural and political participation.

In 1969, a civil rights movement emerged to protest against this discrimination, often provoking violent reactions within the Protestant community. The Catholics were greatly influenced by Dr Martin Luther King, and the American civil rights movements, which were going on at about the same time.

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Protestants also had fears, they would have to share the economy with the rest of Ireland and the Roman Catholic Church would interfere in the running of the country. Also they may be threatened with violence by the IRA to become a part of the Republic of Ireland.

If we delve deeper, we come to partition in 1920, Protestants remained part of the UK and the Roman Catholics, who wanted independence.

In Northern Ireland, 66% of the republicans were Protestants and 34% were Roman Catholics. This partition, which introduced Protestants settlers from England and Scotland into an ...

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