What are the long-term effects of the penal laws, absentee landlords, and unrestrained taxation on Ireland?
Penal Laws - 1690/1691, Battle of the Boyne/Treaty of Limerick
Absentee Landlords - 1558, Ascension of Elizabeth I and Plantation
Unrestrained Taxation - William III - George II (1795-1800)
What does Swift's "modest proposal" have to connect with it?
2006-07-14 10:43:28 · 3 answers · asked by Mandy t 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The English had policies that were aimed at depopulating Ireland of the native (Catholic) Irish. The examples you cite are all part of that philosophy. The effects were massive starvation in Ireland, migration from Ireland to the United States, and a continuing resentment of English colonialism.
2006-07-26 09:38:57 · answer #1 · answered by MTSU history student 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the UVF, its relative. But this may not be the right site for such a complex questiion.
2006-07-14 19:42:40 · answer #2 · answered by James M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the IRA
2006-07-14 19:22:04 · answer #3 · answered by drakke1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋