The only eco systems that were paid for at that time were for the benefit of the rich as I said. Google the poor houses just to see how they were treated. There will have been more money in the economy. But that was to the benefit to anyone who was trading with the English at that time, not just the population.
My family were victims to the potato famine, which suffered probably the highest death rate per capita at the hands of the English. 20% of the population were wiped out or left the country. I would never dream of expecting reparations.
I am wholly with you when it comes to education. I take an interest in history. There is a lot that is just not spoken about or understood in the education curriculum. Germany has adopted the system of education about the holocaust because they lost the war. The Allies made sure they understood what was being done in their name. Prior to the holocaust, it was never an expectation that countries were held to account is such a fashion. That is not to say that reparations were never demanded. Reparations were paid out often by the loosing side, but this was more about making the looser suffer than expecting fair payments.