The Plantations Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• colonist : a person who settles in a colony that is under the control of their mother country.
• culture : the language tradition and customs of the people.
• confiscation : the taking over of other people's property.
• the troubles : a period of violence and unrest in northern ireland beginning in 1968 and continuing till the mid 1990’s
• orange order : a protestant organization that commemorates the battle of the boyne every 12 of july.
• anglicization : becoming more english in language and culture.
• sectarianism : caused by strong support for a particular religious or political group.
• bawn : a fortified or walled enclosure used in the plantation of ulster.
• unionist : a supporter in ireland of the union between ireland ( later northern ireland) and britain.
• planters : the new settlers during the plantation.
• nationalist : a person who believes in nationalism and in ireland and its independence as a country from britain.
• colonisation : where a country takes over another country, spread its culture and settles its people there.
• apprentice boys : a protestant society based in derry/ londonderry which commemorates that actions of the apprentice boys closing the gates of the city during the siege of derry in 1689.
• the plantations : irish lands confiscated by the king could be sold or rented to loyal english settlers.
• identity : the characteristics or features that make a person who they are.