migration; c790-2024

Question 1

why did the vikings invade england?

Answer 1

for land and opportunities

Question 2

what was britain split into?

Answer 2

wessex and danelaw

Question 3

what was aethelreld’s 2 problems?

Answer 3

young and inexperienced
vikings tried to take over

Question 4

what did aethelred offer to get rid of the vikings?

Answer 4

the danegeld

Question 5

when did cnut become king?

Answer 5

1014

Question 6

who did cnut share the kingdom with?

Answer 6

edmund

Question 7

who married cnut?

Answer 7

ema of normandy

Question 8

when did king edward die?

Answer 8

1066

Question 9

who were the three claimants of the throne?

Answer 9

william duke of normandy
harold godwinson
harald hardrada

Question 10

what happened after the battle of hastings?

Answer 10

william duke of normandy was crowned king of england

Question 11

what did remain england a territory of?

Answer 11

the norman empire

Question 12

who did henry ii marry?

Answer 12

eleanor of aquitaine

Question 13

what did john softsword do?

Answer 13

he lost all the territory except gascony

Question 14

what was the angevin empire?

Answer 14

henry and his brothers referred to the ‘angevins’ and they had an empire

Question 15

what king started the hundred years war?

Answer 15

edward iii

Question 16

when did edward iii regain control of the french territories lost by john?

Answer 16

1337 and 1360

Question 17

when did france regain the territories that edward iii got?

Answer 17

1370 to 1415

Question 18

who led english troops in agincourt in 1415?

Answer 18

henry v to gain control of france again

Question 19

what happened by 1453?

Answer 19

the english had lost all territory in france except calais?

Question 20

what came out of the hundred years warr for the british?

Answer 20

a birth of identity

Question 21

what was the focus during the tudor and stuart period?

Answer 21

to build ‘the new world’ for britain’s empire

Question 22

what did monarchs use to make money?

Answer 22

privateers

Question 23

what did privateers do?

Answer 23

raid other countries ships

Question 24

what happened to the focus on privateers when britain became established in the west indies?

Answer 24

it shifted from the privateers to plantations

Question 25

what 2 main reasons did people leave britain for america?

Answer 25

religious + economic

Question 26

where were the first two successful colonies?

Answer 26

virginia and massachusetts

Question 27

what did the settlers do to indigenous americans?

Answer 27

push them off their land and treat them badly

Question 28

what did the settlers in america want?

Answer 28

independence as they felt less and less british

Question 29

what did the american war of independance lead to?

Answer 29

britain losing america as a colony increased importance of india, canada and australia

Question 30

who in france faced religious persecuriton?

Answer 30

hugenots (protestants)

Question 31

what did the hugenots do to escape persecution?

Answer 31

move to england

Question 32

how did the hugenots contribute to british life?

Answer 32

they contributed greatly to industry and trade

Question 33

what year did james i create the ulster plantations?

Answer 33

1610

Question 34

what was the goal of the ulster plantations?

Answer 34

to take control of the catholic irish

Question 35

what happened during the reign of george i?

Answer 35

the highland people of scotland were pushed off their land to make way for sheep farming

Question 36

what did the highland people of scotland do in response to being pushed off their land?

Answer 36

migrated within scotland and countries within the british empire

Question 37

what was india for england?

Answer 37

an important base for british trading

Question 38

what did robert clive do in india? (+ year)

Answer 38

led troops at the batte of plassey in 1757

Question 39

what did warren hastings take the role of? (+years)

Answer 39

first governor general of india (1773-85)

Question 40

what company dominated british trade in india?

Answer 40

east india company eic

Question 41

how did the eic take indian land?

Answer 41

by using a private army and navy

Question 42

what did indians think about british rule around 1850?

Answer 42

discontentment

Question 43

what did the indian mutiny of 1857 lead to?

Answer 43

the british government fully taking over india

Question 44

in the late 1870s what did several european nations start doing in africa?

Answer 44

claiming land

Question 45

what is the name for the british takeover of african land (eg sudan, nigeria and kenya)

Answer 45

the scramble for africa

Question 46

who is britiain's most well known empire builder? (+birth year)

Answer 46

cecil rhodes (1853)

Question 47

how was empire enthusiasm kept high?

Answer 47

imperial propaganda

Question 48

what did large numbers of jewish and irish people do in the 1700s?

Answer 48

migrate to britain

Question 49

why did these irish and jewish people come?

Answer 49

to escape extreme poverty or persecution

Question 50

what was common practice to happen to criminals in the 1700s and 1800s?

Answer 50

transport them to british colonies (eg. australia)

Question 51

what did large numbers of people do between 1815 and 1914?

Answer 51

emigration from britain to places like south africa, canada and australia

Question 52

between 1750 and 1900 what rapidly increased in britain?

Answer 52

internal migration

Question 53

by 1914 what did several of britain's colonies start doing?

Answer 53

running their own affairs

Question 54

by the end of world war 2, what were many more british colonies demanding?

Answer 54

independence including india

Question 55

what did india and kenya have to do to become independant?

Answer 55

long and bitter campaigns

Question 56

who came to britain in 1945?

Answer 56

large numbers of immigrants from war-torn europe and parts of the british empire for work

Question 57

in the 1960s and 1970s what groups of people came to britain from africa?

Answer 57

kenyan and ugandan asians

Question 58

what are former members of the british empire now called?

Answer 58

the commonwealth of nations

Question 59

in june 1948 what boat brought the first of many migrants from the west indies to the uk?

Answer 59

the empire windrush

Question 60

what is the generation that came from the west indies in june 1948 called?

Answer 60

the windrush generation

Question 61

what did britain do in 1948 against argentina?

Answer 61

fight a war in the falkland islands

Question 62

what has britain's involvement in the eu done?

Answer 62

divided opinions

Question 63

a strong unified group of countries formed what group?

Answer 63

the EU

Question 64

what is a perk of being an eu citizen?

Answer 64

eu citizens can work in any eu member state on the same conditions as that state

Question 65

what do people think about migration to britain?

Answer 65

divided