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1
Q

What was the Pale?

A

A small area around Dublin

2
Q

Who were the people in the place known as?

A

“Palesmen” and stayed mostly English

3
Q

What is a Colony?

A

Area set up by farmers who began to farm on that land

4
Q

What is a colonist?

A

People who set up area

5
Q

What is a mother country?

A

Land from which a person came from

6
Q

What were the rules of Loais and Offaly?

A
  • settlers from inside pale were given land to rent
  • contact with native Irish was forbidden
  • settlers had to build store houses
  • settlers provided with with weapons
7
Q

How did the Loais and Offaly Plantation fail?

A

Due to lack of settlers

8
Q

What was the first plantation called?

A

Loais and Offaly

9
Q

What was the second plantation called?

A

Munster

10
Q

What were the rules to the Munster plantation?

A
  • introduce English methods of farming on your land
  • 30 English families to be settled on 4000 acres
  • provide settlers with weapons
  • provide settlers with safe place to go under attack
  • allow no English tenants on your land
11
Q

How many acres did the English government confiscate from Munster?

A

4000

12
Q

What was the confiscated land divided into?

A

Estates between 4000-12000 acres

13
Q

Who were these estates granted to?

A

English under takers who paid very low rents

14
Q

What did the undertakers do in return for the English government?

A

Undertook the land to plant it with settlers according to the rules

15
Q

Who were the two main groups of people living in Ireland in the 16th Century?

A
  • Native or the Gaelic Irish

- old English