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Cromwell
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1The English Civil War was between King Charles I and his Parliament, led by Sir Oliver Cromwell
- ATrue
- BFalse
2The Civil War led to the native Irish staging a rebelling in Ulster against the Planters, some reports in Britain claimed that up to 100,000 protestants had been massacred by the Irish but what figure was closer to the truth?
- A100
- B4000
- C20000
- D35
- E50000
3In January [blank_start]1649[blank_end] King [blank_start]Charles[blank_end] was executed by [blank_start]Parliament[blank_end] and the English then turned their attention towards avenging the massacre in [blank_start]Ireland[blank_end]. [blank_start]Cromwell's[blank_end] army, known as the [blank_start]New Model Army[blank_end] arrived in August [blank_start]1649[blank_end] at [blank_start]Ringsend[blank_end]. They then marched to [blank_start]Drogheda[blank_end] and when the town refused to surrender they massacred the whole town.
- A1649
- B1556
- CCharles
- DConrad
- EParliament
- FPeter
- GIreland
- HIceland
- ICromwell's
- JConrad's
- KNew Model Army
- LOld Model Army
- M1649
- N1156
- ORingsend
- PRussia
- QDrogheda
- RDonegal
- SDerry
4After the massacre at Drogheda what was the next town that Cromwell and his New Model Army Massacred?
- AKilkenny
- BWexford
- CWaterford
- DGalway
5The Cromwellian Plantation began with the Act of Settlement
- ATrue
- BFalse
6With the Act of Settlement, those listed as having their land confiscated were ordered to go....
- ATo Hell or Connaught
- BTo Hell or Ulster
- CTo Hell or Leinster
- DTo Hell or Munster
7Parliament then ordered...
- A30,000 Irish soldiers were to be deported.
- BUp to 50,000 widows and orphans were sold into slavery in the Caribbean.
- CPriests were executed.
- DEverybody was banned from wearing green
8The [blank_start]Down[blank_end] [blank_start]Survey[blank_end] was carried out by Sir [blank_start]William[blank_end] [blank_start]Petty[blank_end] before any land could be resettled.
- ADown
- BUp
- CSurvey
- DPapers
- EWilliam
- FBill
- GPetty
- HPretty
9The Down Survey was called that because the results were written down
- ATrue
- BFalse
10What were the main consequences of the Cromwellian Plantation?
- AThe Old Irish and English were almost all wiped out.
- BA new social class, English speaking and Protestant, called the Protestant Ascendency controlled Ireland
- CBeef Wellington became the main dish of Ireland.
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- Junior Certificate History Quiz on Cromwell, created by Ger McCabe Kelly on 03/05/2016.
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- Ger McCabe Kelly
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