1750-1900 Flashcards
1
Q
Potato Famine in Ireland
A
1845
2
Q
One million left Ireland, rich went to America and others came to Britain
A
1846-1850
3
Q
Anti-Irish riots in towns across north of England
A
1850s
4
Q
12,000 foreign sailors working on British ships
A
Mid-19th century
5
Q
Dadabhai Naooroji campaigned for Indian independence and became the first Indian MP
A
1892
6
Q
750,000 Italians came to Britain
A
1871-1881
7
Q
Italian community in London built St Peter’s Roman Catholic Church in Holborn
A
1863
8
Q
28,000 Germans living in England to avoid German warfare
A
By 1861
9
Q
Jews arrived, fleeing from persecution in Eastern Europe and Russian Empire
A
Late 19th century
10
Q
Jews allowed to trade in city
A
1880
11
Q
Jews allowed to serve in jury
A
1883
