WorksheetsBritain & Ireland
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
What had established when the English settlers arrived in Ireland?
Plantation of Dublin
Plantation of Belfast
Plantation of Ulster
To control the power & parliament in Ireland, what law had set against the Irish Catholics?
Christian law
Penal law
Protestant law
What was this significant event that happened & inspired Irish to start to rebel against the English?
Glorious Revolution
English Revolution
French Revolution
What were the Irish protested?
allowed Catholics to become lawyer
treated Catholics fair as Protestants
Irish parliament free from English interference
exiled the English & Protestants out of Ireland
William Pitt, British Prime Minister allowed Catholics to sit in England parliament, but in one condition, which was:
accepted the Act of Union
accepted the Union of Ireland
accepted the Union of Anglo-Irish
Ireland suffered a serious famine in 1845 til 1849. What happened to their potatoes?
destroyed by the disease called 'blight'
destroyed by the disease called 'blime'
destroyed by the disease called 'blume'
What was the law that passed by Prime Minister Peel to help Irish during famine?
wheat law
barley law
corn law
There were a lot of Irish emigrated. Which countries they emigrated to?
USA, Mexico, Brazil
Australia, New Zealand
Canada, Alaska, Greenland
Canada, USA, Australia
What were the reasons that Irish emigrated?
look for better life
look for job opportunities
increasing taxes & declining profits
The ships that transported the Irish were known as 'coffin ships', why was that?
the ships were shaped like coffin
conditions in ship were horrible
passengers had diseases & made others fell sick too
