Ulster Plantations

• James I sent Protestants from Scotland and England in the early 1600s to take over land and help keep control of the northern part of Ireland [Ulster]
• James 'planted' the Protestants: which was known as the Ulster Plantations.
• In 1609, King James issued an edict called ‘An Acte for the Encouragement of Planters’, offering free land grants to those who agreed to move to Ulster.
• By 1625, around 30,000 people had moved to Ulster under this scheme.