All About Britain (Chapters 1-2)

Saint Patrick...

• was born in Britain

• had a snake as a pet

• heard strange voices

Trouble started in Ireland between Protestants and Catholics because...

• King James I of England sent farmers to take land from Catholics

• the Catholic farmers paid rent to the Protestant farmers

• the Irish Catholic king married a Protestant princess

The Potato Famine was a terrible disaster and ...

• one million people died of starvation

• caused many people to leave Ireland

• caused Irish farmers to grow corn

The Irish political party Sinn Fein...

• formed the Irish Republican Army

• sent its leaders to Paris

• formed an independent parliament in Dublin

Where did most of Irish emigrate during The Potato Famine?

• The USA

• Scotland

• Australia