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

  • 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.
  • 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.

Heresy, puritan, execution, parliament, propaganda, gentry, yeomen, pesants, alliance