migration 2

Cards (297)

  • What year did the Romans leave Britain?
    401
  • When did the Vikings attack Lindisfarne?
    793
  • Who became King of the English in 871?
    Alfred The Great
  • What event occurred in 1002?
    St Brice’s Day Massacre
  • What was established between 1016 and 1035?
    Cnut’s North Sea Empire
  • What significant battle occurred in 1066?
    Battle of Hastings
  • What years did Henry II rule the Angevin Empire?
    1154-1181
  • What happened in 1216 regarding King John?
    He lost the Angevin Empire
  • What years did the Hundred Years War take place?
    1337-1453
  • What significant battle occurred in 1415?
    Battle of Agincourt
  • What happened in 1420 regarding Henry V?
    He was declared King of France
  • What year did John Cabot discover Newfoundland?
    1497
  • Who was the first British person to sell enslaved Africans?
    John Hawkins
  • What massacre occurred in 1572?
    St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
  • What year was the Roanoke Colony established?
    1583
  • What significant event occurred in 1598 in France?
    Edict of Nantes passed
  • When was the East India Company established?
    1600
  • What year were the Ulster Plantations established?
    1606
  • When was the Colony of Jamestown established?
    1607
  • Who was 'saved' by Pocahontas?
    John Smith
  • What year did the first enslaved people arrive in the West Indies?
    1619
  • What year did the Pilgrims arrive on the Mayflower?
    1620
  • What happened in 1685 in France?
    Edict of Fontainebleau passed
  • What significant event occurred in 1746?
    Highland Clearances
  • Who became Governor of the East India Company in 1763?
    Robert Clive
  • Who became Governor of India in 1773?
    Warren Hastings
  • What years did the American War of Independence take place?
    1775-1783
  • What significant event occurred in 1846?
    Irish Potato Famine
  • What rebellion occurred in 1857?
    Sepoy Rebellion
  • What years did the First Boer War take place?
    1880-1881
  • Who became PM of Cape Colony in 1881?
    Cecil Rhodes
  • What happened in 1882 regarding Jewish refugees?
    They fled to Britain from Russian pogroms
  • What year did Britain buy the controlling share of the Suez Canal?
    1882
  • What significant event occurred in 1884?
    Berlin Conference began the Scramble for Africa
  • What internal migration occurred in the 19th century?
    Due to Industrialisation
  • What percentage of Africa did Britain own by 1900?
    32%
  • What significant act was passed on 23rd March 1933?
    The Enabling Act
  • What years did the First World War take place?
    1914-1918
  • When did the British Empire reach its largest point?
    1922
  • What years did the Second World War take place?
    1939-1945