Why did the postponing of home rule cause the easter rising?

Answer 1

Many things caused the Easter Rising, and the postponement of Home Rule was certainly one of them. Ireland was promised Home Rule by the British Parliament, and they would be granted it either in six months or by the end of World War I - whichever came last.

As the war carried on, the Irish realized the unlikelihood that they would ever, in fact, be granted Home Rule, and that they had been given a very poor deal in the offer extended by Britain. These feelings compounded, and added to the general political and social unrest that enabled the 1916 Easter Rising to take place.

Answer 2

The postponing of home rule caused the Easter Rising because it created dissatisfaction and frustration among Irish nationalists who had been advocating for self-government. The delay of home rule, coupled with growing tensions due to World War I and the perceived mistreatment of Irish citizens by the British government, led to a radicalization of some nationalists who believed that more drastic actions were necessary to achieve independence. The Easter Rising was seen as a direct challenge to British rule and an attempt to establish an independent Irish Republic.