1709
Foreign Protestants Naturalisation Act - protestants come for a shilling
1712
when was the Foreign Protestants Naturalisation act repealed because palatines were ‘economically useless’
5000
how many palatines were deported to Ireland in 1709
1560s
when did Walloons come (from Belgium that was ruled by Catholic Spain)
Kent
what town invited Walloons to set up businesses in
1595, 3000
by when, how many immigrants (Walloons) were in Canterbury weaving woollen and silk cloth
1570s
when did Huguenots come (first time)
1680s
when did Huguenots come (second time)
1572
when was the St Bartholomew’s Day massacre which led to Huguenots fleeing persecution and migrating to England
1680s
when did Louis XIV overturn protection of protestants (Huguenots) which led to the second wave of their migration. they were welcomed as English were also protestants and against the French Catholics
English media
what was full of stories about awful things being done to Huguenots by French Catholics so they got lots of sympathy
10%
what % of investment came from Huguenot entrepreneurs in 1694 (when the bank of England was founded)
1694
when was the bank of England founded
1709
when did Rhineland palatines come - due to the FPNA
13,000
how many palatines arrived starving and diseased
Blackheath
where was the world’s first refugee camp (made for palatines)
1500s
when did Gypsies migrate
India
what country did Gypsies originally migrate from
Henry VIII and 1530
which king ordered Gypsies to be expelled and when
Mary I, 1554
what queen made it a crime punishable by death to be a Gypsy and when
1577
when were 6 people hanged for mixing with gypsies
Tyson Fury
what famous person has gypsy roots
the Second Coming of Jesus
what did Cromwell believe was going to happen if he let Jews back in after a rabbi from Amsterdam travelled to London in 1655 to persuade him to offer them asylum
Charles II and 1660
Who granted a charter for the RAC and when, which led to the development of the transatlantic slave trade
Julian
what Indian child servant was hanged for stealing money from his mistress’s house and setting it on fire
Mingo
what child servant was a servant to Sir William Batten - who gave his lighthouse to him, but was also made to dance
1568
Moors (Muslim spanish) rebel against Spanish rule that started in 1492
1579
an African man won his case against his employer
1547
Jacques Francis was supported in court when he said he didn't steal from his Italian employer
1655
when did a Rabbi from Amsterdam persuade Oliver Cromwell to let Jewish people back in to offer them asylum (they started to arrive in 56)