A Modest Proposal.

... A MODEST PROPOSAL Jonathan Swift had very strong opinions about social and moral concerns in Ireland. Identify these concerns and evaluate how effectively Swift highlighted these concerns in "A Modest Proposal" The political tensions between England and Ireland go all the way back to Henry VIII when he turned England from Catholic to Protestant for marriage and political reasons. In major conflicts with England the two main Catholic countries Spain and France sent troops from Europe to set up bases in Ireland for armies to attack the English. England defeated the Irish. James Stuart of England was deposed because he wanted to change England, into a Catholic country once again. Because of the Parliamentarians, the English invited William of Orange to become the King of England. William of Orange decided to attack James Stuart. One of the most important battles against the English was the Battle of Boyne.

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