Plantations In Ireland Flashcards
What plantation did Henry set up
The pale
What plantation did Mary set up
Laois/offaly
What plantation did Elizabeth set up
Munster
What plantation did James set up
Ulster
Plantations were set up in the years
16-17
Which plantation was the most successful
Ulster
What a religious reason for the plantation
Make Ireland Protestant
What was a political reason for the plantations
To stop Spain using Ireland as a back door to England
What is a political(imperial) reason for the plantations
To start building Englands empire
What is a undertaker
Rich English and Scottish men who could afford to bring 10 families from England to Scotland
What is a tenant
People who did the work in plantations, rented land + could be a e.g farmer,blacksmith and weaver
What is a servitor
Men who had served the king in Ireland,as soldiers or governors
What is the woodkerne
Irish solders or dispossessed landowners. Native Irish people
Why did Laois/Offaly fail, give me 1 reason
Lack of settlers
Why did the Munster plantation fail, give four reasons
Poor quality tenants e.g theifs,murders and runners away with other men’s wives and bankrupts
Poor quality undertakers e.g charged high rent, allowed Irish tenants
Refuse to build castles/bond for tenants
Lost of woodkerne attacks e.g to get their land back and the planters were heretics in Ireland
