Anglo-Irish Treaty

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/anglo-irish-treaty

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the official title?Articles of Agreement for a Treaty Between Great Britain and Ireland
2. What is the date of signing?December 6, 1921
3. What was the Anglo-Irish Treaty and when was it signed?It was an agreement that ended the Irish War of Independence, signed on December 6, 1921.
4. What did the treaty do for Ireland?It created the Irish Free State, a self‑governing area inside the British Empire, giving Ireland its own parliament and government.

Irish Republic: The self-declared independent state established by Irish nationalists, existing de facto from 1919.
Dominion Status: A semi-sovereign state within the British Empire, with self-governance but allegiance to the Crown.
Dáil Éireann: The legislative assembly of the Irish Republic, which debated and approved the treaty.
Partition of Ireland: The division of Ireland into two separate political entities, Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State.