England had dominance over the Catholics and Presbyterian Protestants in Ireland by the 1700. This dominance over Ireland was established by hierarchy system and legislative power and another reason being regulation of religion. These changes provoked Irish mean and woman to emigrate out of Ireland and in some cases feel like exiles.
Ireland began to be majorly Catholic and when England came to Ireland to challenge this they began to feel like they were look down upon. With the English system beginning to take place the people in Ireland began to feel the repercussions. This religion change began with the establishment of the Irish Church in 1536, by Henry VIII . They never tried to convert them, they were allowed to stay Catholic, but rather …show more content…
One of them was that they could not vote. This denies them a way to have a say in laws and to prevent further laws against them. They were unable to serve in the government as well making it even harder to change the laws condoning them. They were even denied the right to practice law. These sections of the Penal Laws prohibited them from participating in civil duties.
Another reason the Penal Laws pushed some non-protestants away was land ownership. They were prohibited in owning and leasing land, and had to pay rent in order to remain in the land that was originally theirs before the English government took it away. The land itself could not create a profit that exceeded 1/3 of the rent, which created a problem with their revenue and ability to pay rent, in addition to the double taxation that was created do to the establishment of the Irish Church. This denied any economic growth or standing creating Catholics into the second …show more content…
This was because of their incompetence to inherit any land therefore not being able to progress and create a life or income. Also because only the eldest protestant son inherited the land there was not many eligible men who had land and could provide for a family; making it hard for a Catholic Irish woman to find a suitable significant other to start a family with in Ireland. We saw this firsthand experience with Mary Anne who left because she could not inherit land, which goes to show how land ownership had a huge toll in emigration from Ireland to other countries. There was hope to make a suitable life and money by leaving their home country. There was different scenarios where only the supporter of the family would emigrate and send money back to Ireland to support their
Ireland began to be majorly Catholic and when England came to Ireland to challenge this they began to feel like they were look down upon. With the English system beginning to take place the people in Ireland began to feel the repercussions. This religion change began with the establishment of the Irish Church in 1536, by Henry VIII . They never tried to convert them, they were allowed to stay Catholic, but rather …show more content…
One of them was that they could not vote. This denies them a way to have a say in laws and to prevent further laws against them. They were unable to serve in the government as well making it even harder to change the laws condoning them. They were even denied the right to practice law. These sections of the Penal Laws prohibited them from participating in civil duties.
Another reason the Penal Laws pushed some non-protestants away was land ownership. They were prohibited in owning and leasing land, and had to pay rent in order to remain in the land that was originally theirs before the English government took it away. The land itself could not create a profit that exceeded 1/3 of the rent, which created a problem with their revenue and ability to pay rent, in addition to the double taxation that was created do to the establishment of the Irish Church. This denied any economic growth or standing creating Catholics into the second …show more content…
This was because of their incompetence to inherit any land therefore not being able to progress and create a life or income. Also because only the eldest protestant son inherited the land there was not many eligible men who had land and could provide for a family; making it hard for a Catholic Irish woman to find a suitable significant other to start a family with in Ireland. We saw this firsthand experience with Mary Anne who left because she could not inherit land, which goes to show how land ownership had a huge toll in emigration from Ireland to other countries. There was hope to make a suitable life and money by leaving their home country. There was different scenarios where only the supporter of the family would emigrate and send money back to Ireland to support their