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The Plantations

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What period in time did The Plantations take place?

a)

500BC-500AD

b)

1500-1700

c)

1798

d)

1800-1900

2.

The Plantations were a time in Irish history when....

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3.

What were the 3 main groups of people in Ireland in the 1500's

a)

Old English, Old Irish, New English

b)

Old English, Anglo-Irish, New English

c)

Old English, Anglo-Irish, Gaelic Irish

d)

Anglo-Irish, Gaelic Irish, New Irish

4.

The Old English lived mainly in one place in Ireland which was the only place under direct rule of the English King. What was this place called?

(a)  

5.

Which group of people were descendants of the Anglo-Normans?

(a)  

6.

Provide one example of a difference between Common Law & Brehon Law

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7.

The Gaelic Irish followed Brehon Law and the English followed Common Law

a)

True

b)

False

8.

How many wives did Henry the 8th have?

a)

5

b)

6

c)

7

d)

8

9.

What did the Act of Supremacy 1534 allow Henry the 8th to do?

a)

Close down the monasteries

b)

Declare himself head of the English Church

c)

Declare himself head of the Catholic Church

d)

Become King of Europe

10.

What did the Act of Dissolution 1536 allow Henry the 8th to do?

a)

Close down the Catholic Monasteries

b)

Confiscate Catholic Church lands

c)

Confiscate the Protestant Lands

d)

Close down the Protestant Churches

11.

Give one reason why the Tudors wanted to conquer Ireland

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12.

The policy of Surrender and Regrant was when

a)

English would give up their land and recieve an Irish title

b)

Irish would give up their land and recieve an English title

c)

Irirsh would give up their land and loose their English title

13.

What did Planters have to do when they received land under the Policy of Plantation

a)

Spread English customs and laws

b)

Defend the land from the Gaelic Irish

c)

Spread the relgion of the English crown

d)

Move back to England

14.

The Laois-Offally Plantation was started by

a)

Henry the 8th

b)

Queen Mary 1

c)

Queen Elizabeth 1

d)

King James 1

15.

The Munster Plantation was started by

a)

Henry the 8th

b)

Queen Mary 1

c)

Queen Elizabeth 1

d)

King James 1

16.

The Ulster Plantation was started by

a)

Henry the 8th

b)

Queen Mary 1

c)

Queen Elizabeth 1

d)

King James 1

17.

Servitors were ____ and____ soldiers

(a)  

18.

The Loyal Irish recieved the lowest amount of land at the highest cost

a)

True

b)

False

19.

What 3 things did a planter have to build on their land (defence)

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20.

Explain how the Ulster Plantation impacted either the Religious, Cultural or Political Identitiy of the Irish

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21.

Give Henry the 8th some new clothes