Modern

1905

Aliens Act

Only people with money or jobs could migrate to Britain

First time Britain, put restrictions on who could enter wasn’t applied to Belgian refugees

1976

Illegal to discriminate on grounds of race, nationality, or ethnic origin

1914

WW1 begins

1926

British Commonwealth set up

1945

WW2 ends

1947

India gains independence and split into India and Pakistan

1948

NHS created

1968

Enoch Powell rivers of blood speech

1981

Race riots in Brixton

1993

Stephen Lawrence murdered

2016

Brexit

2020

Black lives matter

Becomes international protest movement

1962

Commonwealth Immigrants Act

Introduced voucher system

Only those with valuable skill or could do a job where there was a shortage of workers could get a voucher

1971

The Immigration Act

Replaced vouchers with work permits for a specified time

Didn’t apply to people with British born

1998

National Minimum Wage Act

Greater worker writes made Britain more attractive place to live and work