Migration People And Empires

Question 1

When did the Vikings invade Lindisfarme?

Answer 1

793

Question 2

Battle of Hastings Year?

Answer 2

1066. Normans And Vikings Migrated to Fight

Question 3

Why did people go to America?

Answer 3

To seek religious freedom, to earn more money and grow tobbaco, cotton etc to then sell in England

Question 4

When was Jamestown found?

Answer 4

1607

Question 5

Edict of Fontainbleu? What and When?

Answer 5

This edict reversed the right to freely pray given by the Edict of Nantes. This meant 50,00 fled in 1685.

Question 6

When did Puritans and Piligrims leave?

Answer 6

1630-41 80,00 left England. Piligrims wanted to seperate from the Anglican Church and Puritans wanted a more pure form of it

Question 7

When did India send missionaries?

Answer 7

late 1800s to convince Hindus to convert

Question 8

When was the Sepoy Rebellion launched?

Answer 8

9th May 1857. 85 invaded a jail and killed British and burned army camps so 70,000 British were sent to combat the strong Indians

Question 9

Highland Clearances? When and Why?

Answer 9

1750-1850. Scots were pushed off by their English landlords to make way for prosperous sheep farming. The Scots left for NZ, Aussie, England and Ireland Etc

Question 10

Why did people go to Jamestown?

Answer 10

Plantations, cash crops, gather resources to sell, open new markets due to the economic depression at the time

Question 11

Why did Vikings invade England?

Answer 11

Space, Rich with Fertile Soil, Treasures

Question 12

Boston Massacre. When?

Answer 12

5 March 1770

Question 13

Boston Massacre. What?

Answer 13

Where a British soldier shot and killed 5 civilians during a mob protest

Question 14

Boston Tea Party. What?

Answer 14

A protest where civilians poured 11000 pounds worth of tea into the harbour which angered the English

Question 15

BTP. When?

Answer 15

December 1773

Question 16

Why did America want independence?

Answer 16

Felt good on their own, Navigation Act, Taxation, Didn’t like the English way of Class System

Question 17

Name the Taxes imposed

Answer 17

Stamp Act of 1765 and the Townshend Act

Question 18

What was the Navigation Acts

Answer 18

A rule that meant that America could basically only trade with Britain

Question 19

When did the colonies declare themselves independent?

Answer 19

1776

Question 20

How is the Sepoy rebellion significant at the time?

Answer 20

The abolishment of The EIC. Much nicer to India(Let them into parliament). Viceory was sent to rule

Question 21

When was peace declared in India?

Answer 21

8th July 1858

Question 22

Sepoy rebellion later?

Answer 22

intefered less with religion. gave rise to the campaign for independence in 1947 Better educations and more modernised with roads, railway etc

Question 23

Sepoy Rebellion now?

Answer 23

Viewed as a positive now and rather than a rebellion, more a fight for independence. Created good relations which led to playing cricket, students studying abroad etc

Question 24

Similarities between Viking and British arrivals

Answer 24

Both positive outcomes. Danelaw(9th century) established and America gained money and built the empire. both went in search of land. both went in search of money and economic reasons