Impact of Empire

Question 1

What was the Glorious Revolution?

Answer 1

William of Orange and Mary II overthrow James II in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. This was the start of Government’s power over the monarchy.
Coronation oath sworn by William and Mary: “We solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of England and the dominions thereun to belonging, according to the statutes in parliament agreed on, and the laws and customs of the same.”

Question 2

“The Pale”

Answer 2

A small part of Ireland ruled by the English King
- People that lived in Ireland ‘beyond the Pale’ were stereotyped as wild, savage and uneducated

Question 3

Plantations in Ireland

Answer 3

• Late sixteenth - early seventeenth centuries
• Areas of Ireland where English monarchs had encouraged English/Scottish protestants to settle
• The aim was for these settlers who were loyal to the English Crown to control Ireland

Question 4

The Jacobite - Williamite war (The Shipwreck) summary

Answer 4

• 1689-91
• March 1689: James arrived in Ireland with 6000 French troops. He passed a law in Dublin, giving back confiscated land back to former Catholic owners.
• April 1689: Jacobite forces swept North, taking land from protestant plantation owners and they surrounded Derry
• Winter 1689: Disease struck and killed 1/3 William’s army
• July 1690: The Battle of the Boyne
• July 1691: Battle of Aughrim
• October 1691: Treaty of Limerick

Question 5

The Battle of the Boyne

Answer 5

• July 1690
• no clear winner
• However James lost heart and left Ireland
• demoralised and with many soldiers deserting, the Jacobites retreated from Dublin

Question 6

The battle of Aughrim

Answer 6

• July 1691
• 7000 died on each side
• It was a clear win for William

Question 7

WHY WAS JAMES POPULAR?? FIX FLASHCARD

Answer 7

• Catholics supported him
• some protestants believed william had no right to be king ???

Question 8

Treaty of Limerick

Answer 8

• October 1691
• marked the end of the war
• Irishmen that had fought for James were given the choices to: join William’s army, return home or continue following James in the French army. 14,000 soldiers left for France.
• Jacobite landowners were told they could keep their land if they swore allegiance to William and Mary

Question 9

The Flight of the Wild Geese

Answer 9

• 1961, caused by Treaty of Limerick
• 14,000 soldiers fled to France with James
• By sending the most committed fighters to France, William removed the risk of the fighting continuing

Question 10

Treatment of Catholics, post-treaty of Limerick

Answer 10

• Catholic landowners who didn’t pledge allegiance to William and Mary quickly enough had their land taken away
• William did not stick to the promises of the treaty
• Irish Catholics lost their army, land and political power and were then excluded from government for almost 200 years