Questions › Chapter 3: A long and illustrious history
What were the 'plantations' in Ireland?
- ASettlements of Scottish and English Protestants on land taken from Catholic landholdersRight answer
- BLands handed back to Catholic families after the rebellions had ended
- CCamps built around Dublin to hold Irish rebels captured in the rebellions
- DFarms given to Irish Catholic chieftains as a reward for their loyalty to the king
Answer: Settlements of Scottish and English Protestants on land taken from Catholic landholders
The English government encouraged Protestants to move to Ulster in the north of Ireland. Many settlers were from south-west Scotland, and James later set up plantations elsewhere in Ireland too.
From chapter 3 of the handbook, "A long and illustrious history", section "The Tudors and Stuarts". Practice question 104 of 651, written in our own words.