1500-1750 Flashcards
Huguenots arrive in Dover
1685
50,000 Huguenots living in England
1700
English craftsmen wrote petitions to try and stop Huguenots from working in their industries
1680s
New church established in Huguenot community, Soho
1550
Hansa Merchants established
1500
Henry VIII suspected Hansa Merchants to be smuggling books by Martin Luther to England
1526
Hansa Merchants expelled, by Elizabeth I
1597
13,000 Palatines arrived in London
Summer of 1709
Parliament passed the General Neutralisation Act
1708
Palatines returned home
Autumn of 1709
Gypsies arrived in England
Late 15th century
Egyptian Act passed by Henry VIII
1530
Harsher Egyptian Act passed by Queen Mary
1554
Jews arrived again
1656
Series of attacks against Jews in Eastern Europe, killing 100,000 people
1648
Rabbi asked Oliver Cromwell to formally allow Jews back in England
1655
Jewish population at 8,000
By 1700
East India Company established
1600
Black musician worked for Henry VII and Henry VIII
From 1507
King Charles II founded the Company of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa
1660
Royal African Company, managed slave trade
1672
Sir William Batten died, leaving his lighthouse to his black servant, who became its owner
1667