Migration: Knowledge Gaps Flashcards
How did Britain change under Cnut’s rule?
- C viewes Britain as his main domain
- trustworthy nobles (English) left to rule their own areas
- peaceful
- tough with Anglosaxons he thought might rebel against him
- transferred riches back to Denmark
What is the significance of Emma of Normandy?
- bought peace to England
- married Aethelred and Cnut
- bought land w her marriage which expanded North Sea empire
- strong leader who respected and listened to her country when C was away
- improved relations with Church
How was Cnut significant?
- maintained relations with entire empire
- kept peace for England
- returned popular laws of Edgar the Peaceful
When did the Battle of Edington occur?
May 878
How did England change under Norman rule?
- new castles built, changed architectural scenery
- french became the language of power
- french customs introduced
- feudal system
- doomsday book maintained
- anglo saxons became second class citizens
What was the land that Henry II ruled over?
- normandy
- count of anjou
- count of maine
- aquitaine from marriage
- ireland from invasion
- england
What was the only land remaining during John’s reign?
Gascony
What was the significance of Henry II?
- created the first British Empire
- effective ruler, organised the Justice system
- managed to visit his entire empire: crossed english channel 30 times
- developed Dublin into a centre of commerce and trade
Who was John Hawkins and what did he do?
- respected English Naval commander, merchant, privateer and pirate
- responsible for building up the Elizabethan Royal Navy
- Britain’s first slave trader
When and how did John Hawkins begin the slave trade?
1562, set sail on his first slave trading voyage, capturing Africans to sell to the Americans
When did people move to Jamestown, Virginia?
1607
What was the impact of the British on the indigenous people living in America?
- spreading diseases that they don’t have immunity to
- attacking crops and villages
- destroyed their nomadic way of life
- intermarriages
- wiped out their population
What was the economic impact of the slave trade?
- slave trade industry made approx. £60 mill. from 1761 to 1808
- Britain became one of the richest and most powerful countries in the world
How much did Britain make in the slave trade?
£60 million
When was the slave trade abolished?
1807
How much did the government pay as compensation to the slave owners?
£20 million in total
What were the medium term causes of the tension between America and Britain?
- Americans were ruled directly from Britain yet they had no representatives in Parliament: unhappy with paying taxes without a say in their governance
- Colonists also made to pay taxes to fund wars with France that the colonists felt had too little to do with them
- Stamp act
What happened in the Boston tea party?
- in protest to the taxes on tea
- a group of Americans boarded ships in Boston and dumped 342 crates of tea into the harbour
- British closed the Boston port, banned all town meetings
How did Australia prove to be a dutiful and loyal colony?
- provided willing markets for British goods
- good location for Ambitious/ poor Britons to move to