ireland 1798 rebellion

Question 1

causes

Answer 1

1. protestant ascendancy: even though protestants only made up 15% of the population they owned most of the land 2. poverty in the countryside: the majority of people that lived in the country side were poor from subdivision of land 3. the united irishmen: they were found in Belfast in 1791 and were set up to achieve that people could vote on government positions and wanted to include every religion in that reform