Migrants to Britain c1250 to the present overview

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alien
A foreigner, someone who has come from another country.
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asylum
A shelter or refuge – it could be a country, for example.
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British Empire
All the territory across the world that was ruled by Britain. At its height in the 1920s it covered near a quarter of the world's land and one fifth of its people.
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capitalism
An economic system based on privately owned, as opposed to state-controlled, businesses and the creation of profit.
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Cold War
The political tension and competition for power that existed between the Communist East and democratic West after the Second World War. The two sides did not ever go to war.
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European Union
A group of European countries initially formed to remove trade barriers and reduce potential for war within Europe. Citizens of member states have the right to move freely to any other member state to work.
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exile
When someone is away from their home country and is refused permission to return.
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Flemish
Someone from Flanders in the region that is now part of Belgium
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Gypsies
People, originally from northern India, who migrated to England in the 16th century and lived a nomadic life, moving from place to place.
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Hundred Years' War
From 1337 to 1453, wars between the rulers of England and France over who controlled France.
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immigrant
A person who arrives from another country
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immigration
The action of coming to live permanently in another country.
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Industrial Revolution
The process that transformed manufacturing from handmade to machine-made, mass produced goods using water, steam and coal power transported by canal, rail and steamship. Britain was the first country to have an Industrial Revolution.
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interned
Detained in a camp or prison, usually in the case of 'enemy aliens' in time of war.
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Low Countries
Collective term for the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium.
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migration
When people move from one place to another.
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Protestant
Christians who broke away from the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation. They believe in the teachings of the Bible but reject the authority of the Pope.
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Reformation
The 16th century religious revolution that led to the establishment of the Protestant churches.
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refugee
A person living outside their own homeland as a result of war, famine or persecution.
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Saxon
People from north west Germany who migrated to Britain and settled in southern England in the 5th and 6th centuries.
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asylum

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A shelter or refuge – it could be a country, for example.

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British Empire

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capitalism

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Cold War

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