Acts of Union fails to promote harmony between United Kingdom and Ireland

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United Kingdom

Date

1801

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Prime Minister William Pitt had promised Catholics the right to sit in Parliament, but King George III vetoed it. Nothing seemed to change--the Protestants still dominated Ireland. [Furtado: 1001 Days]

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