Info Flashcards
What did the Celts do?
From Central Europe. Lived in tribes. Farmers. Proud of appearance. Wore shirts and cloaks. Built forts. Bagpipes.
What did the Romans do?
Stayed for around 400AD. Some stayed behind. Made up of France, Germans and Hungarians. Built main roads. Chester, York, Bath, Gloucester, Lincoln, Colchester. Coins, cabbages, wine. Language
What did the Vikings do?
Looking for loot. From Scandinavia. Some stayed. -by, -thorpe.
What did the Normans do?
From France. Controlled England and Wales. Castles, Churches and Cathedrals. Language. Names. How country was ruled. Hunting
What did the Anglo-saxons do?
Invaded in small groups from Denmark and Northern Germany. They worshipped many Gods. Language and places
Why did the windeush immigrants come to England?
They wanted better oppertuntities. And life was hard in the caribbean such as the earthquake in Jamaica
Why did the Windrush immigrants come to Britain?
The British Nationality Act meant that the Commonwealth were allowed to live and work in Britain.
What jobs did the South Asians mainly have?
Ayahs( childrens nannies), servants, lascars(sailors), students, officials, doctors, tourists and business men
Why did the South Asians come to Britain?
A lot of violence in South Asia. British passport holders. Suffered from cyclones, floods and famines.
What was Enoch Powell’s speech about?( The Rivers of Blood)
Enoch Powell was unhappy about the amount of immigrants coming to Britain he said if you want an immigrant as your neighbour vote labour. He knew he would get some people to agree with him
Why did thousands of people leave ireland?
Thousands of families left because of rising rents and prices, bad landlords, poor harvests and a lack of jobs. But it was mainly the Potato Famine which destroyed harvests for potatoes which was the main food that Irish ate and made money from
What happened at the Peterloo Massacre?
Working class people held large meetings to protest against the political system. One big meeting took place in Manchester, St Peter’s Fields in 1819. 11 people were killed and 400 injured. The government treated it badly and congratulated the army.
What did the Great Reform Act state?
- One in five men- those whose homes had a lease of £10 or more per year got the vote
- Seats must be created for MPs in new idustrial towns such as Birmingham
- Seats for MPs from rotten boroughs had to be removed. A rotten borough is a borough who could elect on MP eventhough they will get barely any votes.
