Year 8

Why did Elizabeth believe it was a 'Godly deed' to act violently towards Ireland?

Year 8

Why did Elizabeth believe it was a 'Godly deed' to act violently towards Ireland?

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will learn why the Elizabethans looked to colonise and control the island of Ireland and how this then provided the blueprint for the first English colonies in America.

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5 Questions

Q1.
Was Roanoke a success or failure?
Correct answer: Failure
Success
Q2.
What was a joint-stock company?
Correct answer: A company made up of investors who would help to fund trading missions in return for profit
A company of explorers who looked to create colonies in America
A company which focused on foreign trade made up of merchants
A company with Royal backing to explore the world
Q3.
Which of these did the English not trade with the Ottoman Empire for?
Cotton
Correct answer: Tobacco
Wine
Q4.
What was the 'East India Company'?
A company of English soldiers who travelled to Asia
A company of Indian men who came to England
Correct answer: A company of traders who wished to trade with Asia
Q5.
What did Sir John Hawkins fail to make a profit in?
Enslaving people to be sold in the Spanish Empire in the 'New World'
Correct answer: Setting up a colony at Roanoke

5 Questions

Q1.
What religion was most of the Irish population?
Correct answer: Catholic
Protestant
Q2.
Which king pronounced himself king of Ireland?
King Henry V
King Henry VI
King Henry VII
Correct answer: King Henry VIII
Q3.
In which area of Ireland was Hugh O'Neill a leader?
Connacht
Dublin
Leinster
Correct answer: Ulster
Q4.
Who were the 'Old English'?
Descendants of the Gaelic Chiefs in Ireland
Descendants of the Normans in England
Correct answer: Descendants of the Normans in Ireland
Q5.
Which foreign nation also sent troops to Ireland?
Portugal
Correct answer: Spain