irish rebellion Flashcards
what was the plantation policy?
land was taken by english crown and given to settlers - had encouraged more protestant settlers to move across to ireland
where was english support limited to?
the pale
what was the rest of ireland controlled by ?
irish catholics
who was the lord deputy of ireland?
thomas wentworth
what had wentworth done in ireland ?
enhanced authority of crown and english church over catholics and allowec crown to profit more from increased customs duties
how did protestants in ireland feel?
like they were a minority and felt threatened by imposition of laudianism
what did wentworth’s recalling mean?
that there was an absence of crown authority
what forced irish catholics to act?
growing influence of presbyterian scots and alliance with english puritans - threatened catholic ireland
what was the aim of the irish catholics
to prevent radical outsiders imposing harsh protestant rules on them in the absence of wentworth
what did the catholics do?
massacred 3000 protestants in ulster
