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Description acceptable. An early private phase of this process in the Ards was led by Sir Thomas Smith. In 1652, this process was allowed in lieu of payment to thousands of members of the New Model Army. Recruitment for one phase of this process was given to military veterans called “servitors” and wealthy investors called “undertakers”; (-5[1])that wave of this process after the Flight of the Earls followed the Nine Years’ War. As punishment for the Desmond Rebellions, part of this process was undertaken by “adventurers” (10[1])in Munster. Communities created through this process founded the Orange Order that supported the Protestant Ascendancy and still commemorate the Battle of the Boyne. For 10 points, name or describe this process achieved through “plantation” (-5[1])that led to a Protestant majority in the province of Ulster. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: colonization of Ireland [or descriptions of the colonization of Ireland by the English, Scottish, Scots, or Protestants; accept plantation of Ireland until read; accept granting land in Ireland; accept settlement or equivalents in place of “settlement”; accept Munster or Ulster in place of “Ireland” until each is read; accept Northern Ireland in place of “Ireland”; reject “conquest of Ireland”]
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Julian BushlowCornell CRIT A55-5
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