Plantations and the civil war

Question 0

What was the second plantation called, who started it and why did it fail?

Answer 0

Munster, Elizabeth I and it lasted 12 years without failing but the land and climate weren’t as good as they expected, constant attacks by the native Irish and Hugh O’Neil sent an army to Munster to drive all the settlers out of Ireland

Question 1

What was the first plantation in Ireland called, who started it and why did it fail?

Answer 1

Laois and Offaly, Mary Tudor and not enough settlers, constant attack from the native Irish

Question 2

What are the main reasons why the plantations started?

Answer 2

To prevent Spain from using Ireland as a stepping stone
To avoid wars with the Irish
To gain more land and money

Question 3

What is an undertaker?

Answer 3

Was in charge of the plantations

Question 4

What is a bawn?

Answer 4

A defensive wall used to prevent to protect planters settlement

Question 5

What is a tenant?

Answer 5

Rented land

Question 6

What is a servitor?

Answer 6

An ex-soldier

Question 7

What is a woodkern?

Answer 7

The native Irish outlaws

Question 8

Who is Hugh O’Neill?

Answer 8

An Irish chieftain and the earl of Tyrone

Question 9

What was the purpose of the plantation towns?

Answer 9

It’s was were planters could buy and sell goods and were the courts could try people who broke the kings laws

Question 10

What are four groups of people who lived In the towns?

Answer 10

The masons and carpenters, tailors, smiths and weavers

Question 11

What was the diamond?

Answer 11

A square in the centre of town

Question 12

What are some of the main buildings in a plantation town?

Answer 12

Courthouse
Jail
Church
Town hall

Question 13

What were the houses like?

Answer 13

They were set out in terraces and were two stories high. They were built out of stone and had slate or thatch roofs

Question 14

What is the meaning on a plantation?

Answer 14

A newly establish settlement or colony

Question 15

What was Henry VIII’s aims for the plantations?

Answer 15

To civilise Ireland by the spread of English laws and English language
To bring the English church into Ireland
To prevent Ireland from being a backdoor for his enemies in Europe

Question 16

Who started the Ulster plantation?

Answer 16

King James

Question 17

What where the roads and streets like?

Answer 17

The roads were at right angles to the town square. They were straight and narrow

Question 18

What are some of the plantations of Ulster?

Answer 18

Armagh
Coleraine
Cavon
Donegal
Fermagh
Tyrone

Question 19

What are the causes of Cromwell coming to Ireland?

Answer 19

To crush the Irish rebels
To take land for payment of his soldiers wages
To take revenge for the events of 1641
To reward those who had supported parliament
To defeat the supporters of the king who controlled Drogheda

Question 19

What are the consequences of Cromwell coming to Ireland?

Answer 19

Catholics lost land and property in the towns and were not allowed to take part in politics
Wealthy Protestant landlords ruled Ireland for many years
Land in Ireland changed ownership from Catholic landlords to mainly Protestant landlords
Irish Catholics became the tenants of the new Protestant landlords
Catholic services were forbidden and Catholic priest were banished

Question 20

What does a civil war mean?

Answer 20

A war between citizens of the same country

Question 21

What were the royalists?

Answer 21

Those who supported the king
Known as the cavaliers
Their leader was Charles I

Question 22

What were the parliamentarians?

Answer 22

Supported parliament
Known as the Roundheads
Leader was Oliver Cromwell

Question 23

What was the New Modal Army?

Answer 23

A professional, well trained army for the parliamentarians made by Oliver Cromwell

Question 24

What was the divine right of kings?

Answer 24

The view that a king was chosen directly by God, and that ordinary people, and parliament should not question what the king said or did

Question 25

What was the Roman Catholic Church like?

Answer 25

Run by the pope Elaborate church, hymns and ceremony Lavish lifestyle of the pope

Question 26

Who fought in the English Civil war?

Answer 26

Royalists | Parliamentarians

Question 27

What was the Anglican Church like?

Answer 27

Run by the king Hymns and elaborate vestments Elaborate lifestyle of the king

Question 28

What was the Puritan church like?

Answer 28

Run by elders Simple church service Religious lifestyle

Question 29

What types of people came to settle in Munster?

Answer 29

Murderers Traitors Thieves Virtuous men

Question 30

What happened in 1641 in Ireland?

Answer 30

The native Irish rebelled against the settlers by murdering men, women and children

Question 31

Who were the puritans?

Answer 31

The puritans were a very strict type of Protestants who were around in the 16th and 17th century They believed that the church had become corrupt and sinful They wanted to purify religion by using the bible as the word of law on earth

Question 32

What are the reasons for the English civil war?

Answer 32

Economic: Parliament controlled the money the king needed Religious: the king was Anglican and MP's were increasingly converting to the Puritan faith Political: the divine right of kings verses parliament wanting more power

Question 33

What was the battle in 1642?

Answer 33

The royalists had some early successes at the battle of Edgehill, the Kings cavalry won

Question 34

What was the battle in 1643 called?

Answer 34

The battle of Newbury

Question 35

What was the battle in 1644?

Answer 35

Cromwell wins at Marston moor

Question 36

When was the new modal army formed?

Answer 36

At the end of 1644

Question 37

What was the battle in 1645?

Answer 37

Battle of Naseby, royalists suffered heavy losses

Question 38

What happens in 1646?

Answer 38

The king surrenders to the Scottish army

Question 39

What happened in 1647?

Answer 39

The king refuses to accept parliaments proposal

Question 40

What happened in 1649?

Answer 40

The king is finally put on trial and condemned to death as a tyrant, traitor, murderer and public enemy

Question 41

What are reasons why the king should be put to death?

Answer 41

The king is a man of blood, he started both wars The king was to blame for the war The victories of Cromwell's armies show that God was on his side He fought against parliament and his own people As long as Charles is alive, there is a chance of another war

Question 42

What are the reasons against killing the king?

Answer 42

There's is no court that can try a king The people don't want to kill their king Some of parliament want to put the king back in power. England needs a king and can't survive without He was appointed by God

Question 43

What are the three main charges against Charles?

Answer 43

He started both wars He mistreated prisoners He was planning to bring back his son Charles from France to take over England

Question 44

What was Cromwell's title in 1653-1658?

Answer 44

Lord protector

Question 45

What was the restoration and what year was it started and why?

Answer 45

Restoration means restoring the english monarchy onto the throne 1660 Charles was executed, Cromwell didn't want to be king and the only other person allegeable was Charles son Charles II