year8 history💛

• what year did the empire wind rush arrive

  1948
• when was the battle of hastings

  1066
• what year did the black death start

  1348
• when was cromwell in power

  1642-49
• what does interregnum mean

  period between reigns
• what were the quaker’s beliefs

  disliked heirarchies believed in equality between poeple in the faith
• what were the diggers beliefs

  god made the land for everyone, not just the rich
• what were the ranters beliefs

  it was good to sin
• why did europeans go on voyages

  to trade and discover new land
• what new lands did the carribesns discover 


  the caribbean, west africa, india, south america, brazil
• when did columbus discover the caribbean

  1492
• what does empire mean

  a group of countries controlled by another
• what is circumnavigation

  a sea journey arounf the whole world
• what is conquest 


  the act of taking over another country
• what is a colony 


  a country under the control of another
• Political dominance


  Having power over how a place and its people are governed
• Economic exploitation


  Unfairly taking advantage of other people to increase your own wealth (money)
• Culturalism


  The belief that the British way of life was better than those of other cultures
• Racism

  The belief that the white 'race' was biologically superior to other 'races'
• what happened in ireland between 1845 and 1850

  famine
• ehat was the middle passage 


  a journey undertaken by slave ships from west africa to the west indies
• what was the group that queen nanny led called

  the maroons
• when was the slave trade abolished

  1807
• when was slavery abolished

  1833
• Industrial Revolution


  Transformation that took place in Britain after 1750, leading to changes in production and society
• Industrial Revolution


  Led to progress (things getting better) and regress (things getting worse)