AQA GCSE History - Migration 750AD to Present Day

Flashcards covering key events, people, and causes/consequences of migration in British history.

What occurred in 793 AD?

Vikings attacked Lindisfarne

Who became King of the English in 871?

Alfred The Great

In what year was the Battle of Hastings?

1066

Who discovered Newfoundland in 1497?

John Cabot

What company was established in 1600?

East India Company

In what year did the Irish Potato Famine begin?

1846

In what year did the Empire Windrush arrive in London?

1948

Where did the Vikings come from?

Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden and Denmark)

What was the region controlled by the Vikings known as?

Danelaw

What event in November 1002 involved the mass killing of Vikings?

St Brice's Day Massacre

Who were the 3 candidates for the throne of England after Edward the Confessor?

William, Duke of Normandy, Harald Hardrada, Harold Godwinson

What battle in 1066 led to William becoming the first Norman king of England?

Battle of Hastings

In what year Henry II becomes King of England?

1154

Who did Henry II marry whose land extended to the Spanish Border?

Eleanor of Aquitaine

Which English King believed he had a claim to the French throne, starting the Hundred Years' War?

Edward III

At which battle in 1415 did the English win a major victory against the French?

Agincourt

Who became the first British person to sell enslaved Africans?

John Hawkins

Name one Christian group that suffered persecution in Britain and wanted to settle in America for religious reasons.

Puritans, Quakers, and Catholics

In what year did the first enslaved people arrive on British plantations in the West Indies?

1619

Name one town that prospered due to the slave trade.

Liverpool and Bristol

In what year was the Slave Trade abolished in the British Empire?

1807

What protest involved colonists dumping tea into Boston Harbor?

Boston Tea Party

What were French Protestants known as?

Huguenots

What edict made Protestantism illegal in France, causing Huguenots to flee?

Edict of Fontainebleau

In what year James I becomes King of England?

1603

From which countries settlers sent to Ulster?

Scotland and England

What was it called from the 1780s-1820s, thousands of Highlanders were evicted from their homes.

Highland Clearances

What company ran British trading stations in India?

East India Company (EIC)

Who was became Governor General of India in 1773?

Warren Hastings

In what year did the Sepoy Rebellion begin?

1857

How did Britain ensure peace between Muslims and Hindus in India?

Partition India into 2 states; Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan

What medication was developed in 1850 to fight Malaria?

Quinine

What conference in 1884 decided which European nations could take which areas of Africa?

Berlin Conference

What canal links the Indian Ocean with the Mediterranean, vital for British trade with India?

Suez Canal

What war was fought between 1899-1902 with the British?

Second Boer War

What ruined potato harvest which lead to the Irish migration to Britain?

Potato Blight

What was the legislation limit the number of Jewish migrants in 1905?

Aliens Act

What was the first colony set up by Arthur Phillip to transport of criminals from Britain?

New South Wales

What type of migration occurred a peak from 1750-1900?

Internal Migration

Due to the impact of WW1 how did it affect the maintenance colonies?

Less able to afford to maintain colonies

What occurred happened in 1956 in the Gold Coast that Britain listened to the demands?

Nkrumah won another election

What Act was passed that entitled people who lived in the Empire to live and work in UK?

British Nationality Act

Commonwealth Immigration Act said Kenyan Asians with UK passports no longer allowed to enter UK was influenced by whom?

Enoch Powell MP

What war made the Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to win re-election in 1983?

Falklands War

What Union did Britain joined in 1973 to build closer relationships with the countries of Europe?

European Union

In what year did Alfred the Great win a decisive victory against the Vikings at Edington?

878

What was it known when England, Denmark and Norway were united together under one crown?

North Sea Empire.

Who is know as the Father of the Slave Trade?

John Hawkins

Whose victory made the state of Bengal an area of power for Britain?

Robert Clive

Who organized non-violent protests, known for the Salt March?

Gandhi

Who launched an annual “Mardi- Gras” event to show the culture of the Caribbean to the people of Britain?

Claudia Jones