Part one of term paper
During the eighteenth century many Protestant leaders in Ireland became increasingly nervous about the gradually augmenting wealth and power of the Catholics who inhabited Ireland. In an attempt to cease the growth of the Catholics and in truth, try to convert as many Catholics into Protestants…the Penal Laws were created. The Penal Laws we ...

Part two of term paper
... the rights of those Catholics living in Ireland at the time and in a sense created even larger barriers between the Catholics and the Protestant's. The Penal Laws however, were destined to fail from the very beginning, even with the complete support of both the English and the Irish parliaments. The Penal Laws were developed slowly over a span of one hundred and three years as several desperate attempts to abolish the Catholics from Ireland. The first penal law was implemented into the ...