1798 Rebellion + The Famine

Question 1

Protestant Ascendancy?

Answer 1

Protestant Ascendancy: the wealthy land-owning Church of Ireland minority

Question 2

Dissenters?

Answer 2

another name for Presbyterians, Protestants who disagreed with the official Church of Ireland

Question 3

Sectarianism?

Answer 3

Conflict and hatred based on a religious divide

Question 4

Physical force nationalism?

Answer 4

Physical force nationalism: the willingness of nationalists to use violence to fight for Irish independence from Britain

Question 5

Large farmers?

Answer 5

Large farmers: farmers who rented more than 30 acres

Question 6

Small farmers?

Answer 6

Small farmers: farmers who rented between 5 and 30 acres

Question 7

Courtier?

Answer 7

Cottier: a labourer who rented 1 acre from a farmer

Question 8

Catholic emancipation?

Answer 8

Catholic emancipation: the goal for Catholics: that they be allowed to sit in parliament

Question 9

Parliamentary tradition?

Answer 9

Parliamentary tradition: the use of peaceful political means to achieve political change

Question 10

Potato blight?

Answer 10

Potato blight: a fungus that spreads in damp and humid weather and destroys potato crops

Question 11

Eviction?

Answer 11

Eviction: when someone is forced out of their home

Question 12

Laissez-faire?

Answer 12

Laissez-faire: the attitude that a government should not interfere in the economy, as it would correct itself eventually

Question 13

Workhouse?

Answer 13

Workhouse: a large building where people worked in return for basic accommodation and food

Question 14

Soup kitchens?

Answer 14

Soup kitchens: places that gave soup to starving people who were not in workhouses

Question 15

Irish diaspora?

Answer 15

Irish diaspora: the scattering of Irish migrants and their descendants across the world