Question

What effect did the call for home rule in british colonies have on ireland's desire for independence?

Answer 1

It encouraged the home rule and independence movement in Ireland as it showed other places didn't want to be ruled from London anymore

Irish republicans launched an armed uprising against British rule and proclaimed an Irish Republic. The uprising resulted into a truce.

Answer 2

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

The call for home rule in British colonies was the demand to have their own government, such as the House of Burgesses in the colony of Jamestown, Virginia. Situations like this influenced the desire of Ireland for having its own independence too. That is why prominent Irish leaders of the time such as William Shaw and Isaac Bultt, demanded the British crown a form of Home rule or self-governance for Ireland. These political leaders formed the Home Rule League in 1873 that later became the Parliamentary Party of Ireland.