Plantations

Question 1

Plantation definition

Answer 1

It is another name for a colony. This is where a country owns or runs another country or part of a country

Question 2

Undertaker -
Tentant -
Servitor-
Woodkerne -

Answer 2

Undertaker - person in charge of a plantation
Tentant - somebody that rents land
Servitor - ex-soldier
Woodkerne - native Irish

Question 3

What were all the plantations called!

Answer 3

1. The pale in Dublin
2. Laois & Offaly
3. Munster
4. ulster

Question 4

Why did English monarchies make plantations?

Answer 4

1. to spread the Protestant religion across Ireland
2. to ‘civilise’ Ireland by bringing in English laws
3. to prevent English enemies using Ireland as a ‘back door’ into England

Question 5

What was the four reasons on why the Munster plantation failed?

Answer 5

1. undertakers failed to encourage the right sort of Tentants to Munster
2. Undertakers failed to provide the tenants with weapons and a fortified bawn and that meant that they had no protection
3. undertakers broke rules and allowed the Irish to rent land
4. the English had angered the Irish, including O’Neil because they took their land

Question 6

What was the flight of the earls?

Answer 6

O’Neil fled to Europe with the aim of winning support for yet another rebellion

Question 7

Push factors for people to go to ulster

Answer 7

1. landlords only offered short-term leases of land
2. for many settlers their situation at home was poor
3. a population problem in Scotland put pressure on people to leave the land

Question 8

Pull factors for people to go to ulster

Answer 8

1. ministers believed they could bring God’s word to millions of poor, ignorant and untought people in Ireland
2. it was possible in Antrim to get a tenant leased for years
3. The younger sons of landowners saw the opportunity to acquire their own states

Question 9

What was the 1641 rebellion

Answer 9

Hugh O’Neil brought a army from Munster and killed settlers because they took their land

Question 10

What are the long term consequences of the Ulster plantation?

Answer 10

It changed how Ireland was run, who had the power in Ireland and would begin centuries of conflict in the Island as well as our identity, our culture and our religion still impacts us today.

Question 11

What are the London companies?

Answer 11

Are groups of merchants