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When was Ireland incorporated in the United Kingdom of Great Britain? Why was there a conflict between the Irish and the English people in Ireland?

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What was the attitude of the Vietnamese towards the educational policy introduced by the French?

In 1920, Ireland got incorporated in the United Kingdom of Great Britain Northern Ireland is a Christian country but divided into Catholics and Protestants. The Catholics have a history of racial and social discrimination, they have been poorer compared to the Protestants. After the partition of the island of Ireland in Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland:


*Northern Ireland had Catholics in the minority, the region was and continues to be an ethnically heterogeneous society.


*Apart from this heterogeneity, inequality with the Catholic community also exists, they suffer disadvantage relative to the Protestants.


*The Catholics were discriminated in the allocation of housing, electoral system, and the labor market.


*In Northern Ireland, the Catholics are more likely to be poor compared to the Protestants. The Catholics of Northern Ireland have a history of social discrimination. As a result, both the community conflicts.


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The French wanted to educate the Vietnamese so that they could be modernized and adapt the French culture; so that they could have more control over Vietnamese.


The consequences of the education policy had a contrary effect and created nationalism in Vietnamese. This feeling was aroused due to the partiality did between the French and Vietnamese. But there was also a chunk of people that emphasized on French education policy.


So, one group would respect the French sentiments and ideals while other would oppose them.


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