Immigration Flashcards

1
Q

Where did the celts come from?

A

Central europe

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2
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Whem did the celts settle?

A

Around 500bc

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3
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How did the celts live?

A

Were farmers in tibes with their own religeons and built forts

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4
Q

When did the romans arrive in england?

A

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5
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Where did the romans come from?

A

Rome, Italy

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6
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What did the romans introduce?

A

Towns such as gloucster, roads coins, glass bricks, calendars, cats and many vedgetables.

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7
Q

Where did the saxons come from?

A

Invaded in small groups from northern germany and denmark.

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8
Q

Whem did the anglo saxons arrive?

A

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9
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Where did the vikings come from

A

Denmark, norway and sweden.

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10
Q

When did the vikings come?

A

800AD

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11
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Where did the normans come from?

A

Normandy, france

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12
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When did the normans arrive

A

1066

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13
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Why were people from the carribean forced to move?

A

A hurricane in 1944, no tourist industry and sugar (their main export) was at an all time low.

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14
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What act was passed so that those in the common wealth could live and work in britain?

A

The british nationality act

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15
Q

When did the british nationality act happen?

A

1948

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16
Q

Why did britain need those from the carribean?

A

Because britain was recovering from the war so needed much more workers for the transport, mail and hospitality systems

17
Q

What were early south asian immigrants that were sailors called?

A

Lascars

18
Q

What were south asian servants or chil nannies called?

A

Ayahs

19
Q

How many south asian were there in biritain in the 1800

A

40,000

20
Q

Why did south asians come to britain after ww2?

A

Violence in south asia, were british passport holders, some areas suffered cyclones floods and famines

21
Q

Where were there anti asian riots in 1958?

A

Nottingham and london

22
Q

WhT new law was passed in 1962?

A

The commonwealth immigrants act. Meaning only people who had skilled professions from commonwealth countries could enter to the uk.

23
Q

How were the national front created?

A

A conservative candidate ran for the mp for smethwick with a very racist slogan which got him elected forming the slogan british for the british.

24
Q

What did the governmebt do to tackle racism?

A

The race relations act (1965)

25
Q

How did people respond to enoch powell?

A

Politicians and the rimes newspaper publically critisizednhim and got him sacked. However some politicians praised him and he even had a froup of 20,000 protesters supporting him by 1974