Early modern

• What were three changes in the early modern period.

  -Changes in government

  -Changes in religion

  -Changes in the economy
• Huguenots

  -Protestants who fled France because of persecution

  -Arrived after the St Bartholomew's Day Massacre in Paris in 1572

  -They manufactured wool, silk, soap, vinegar, glass and paper

  -Boosted economy, cloth trade, fashion industry and invested in the Bank of England

  -7 directors of the bank were Huguenots
• Palatines

  -German protestants

  -The Foreign Protestants Naturalisation Act in 1709 allowed them to live in England with full civil rights

  -In 1710 they came to England to flee persecution

  -Didn't have good enough skills so were deported to Ireland

  -Hated by Catholic Irish so went to New York
• Jews

  -Invited back quietly by Oliver Cromwell

  -In March 1656 they settled in Aldgate London and built a synagogue
• Africans

  -Arrived due to trade links

  -worked in royal households and were equal members of society

  -John Blanke was a trumpeter in Henry VIII's court

  -Catelenna of Almondsbury was a black woman living alone in Bristol
• Indians

  -Rich in silk, sugar and spice

  -Set up the East India Company in 1600s

  -Traders, merchants and government officials went to India to make fortunes

  -Ayahs(nannies)looked after noble children

  -Lascars(Indian soldiers who worked on ships)
• Gypsies

  -Set up tents wherever they chose

  -regarded as a danger to peace and order

  -In 1650's government forced gypsies into slavery in North America and Caribbean
• Dutch

  -In 1630 Cornelius Vermuyden was invited by King Charles I drain the Fens in East Anglia

  -Dutch workmen spent over 20 years draining the Fens

  -By 1642 40,000 acres had been drained