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The plantation of ulster and the growth of towns - Coggle Diagram
The plantation of ulster and the growth of towns
in the early 16 century the king of England was lord of Ireland
he aslo had very little control over the countryside
there were very few towns and most of them were small
the pale was the only part pf Ireland where the kings offcials had power
In the 16 century about 750000 people lived in Ireland most of the people lived in the countryside
and the customs and spoke the English language
outside the pale the anglo Irish lordships controlled large areas of land
the people follwed English law common laws
The pale was a small area to the north and south of Dublin
in a series of wars
they reduced the power and influence of the great Anglo-Irish lords
during the 16 century the Tudors extended their power beyond the pale
lords such as the Fitzgeralds of Kildare and the Fitzgeralds of Desmond {Munster]
Military conquest
after rebellious chiefs or lords were defeated their lands were confiscated and taken over
the land was given to loyal settlers or planters
the english government decided to use another policy to conquer Ireland this was called plantation
the planters would defend their new land
A new policy plantations
the new plantation policy was tired in two main areas
the plantation of Lois-Offaly was a very limited and it was unsuccessful
Where was the plantation policy tried