Immigration Flashcards
Where did the celts come from?
Central europe
Whem did the celts settle?
Around 500bc
How did the celts live?
Were farmers in tibes with their own religeons and built forts
When did the romans arrive in england?
43Ad
Where did the romans come from?
Rome, Italy
What did the romans introduce?
Towns such as gloucster, roads coins, glass bricks, calendars, cats and many vedgetables.
Where did the saxons come from?
Invaded in small groups from northern germany and denmark.
Whem did the anglo saxons arrive?
450 Ad
Where did the vikings come from
Denmark, norway and sweden.
When did the vikings come?
800AD
Where did the normans come from?
Normandy, france
When did the normans arrive
1066
Why were people from the carribean forced to move?
A hurricane in 1944, no tourist industry and sugar (their main export) was at an all time low.
What act was passed so that those in the common wealth could live and work in britain?
The british nationality act
When did the british nationality act happen?
1948
Why did britain need those from the carribean?
Because britain was recovering from the war so needed much more workers for the transport, mail and hospitality systems
What were early south asian immigrants that were sailors called?
Lascars
What were south asian servants or chil nannies called?
Ayahs
How many south asian were there in biritain in the 1800
40,000
Why did south asians come to britain after ww2?
Violence in south asia, were british passport holders, some areas suffered cyclones floods and famines
Where were there anti asian riots in 1958?
Nottingham and london
WhT new law was passed in 1962?
The commonwealth immigrants act. Meaning only people who had skilled professions from commonwealth countries could enter to the uk.
How were the national front created?
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.
What did the governmebt do to tackle racism?
The race relations act (1965)
How did people respond to enoch powell?
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
