a sailor who travelled between Britain and its colonies, working in the engine room of ships - quite often in dangerous and inhumane conditions

someone who believes in a form of Protestantism that argued that the Reformation needed to go further and that Protestants needed to strictly adhere to all core beliefs and practices

to be given the same rights as a citizen of a nation

Migration to early modern England

History

This unit will help students to understand how later immigrants to Britain had different experiences to those in the early modern period

Pupils will understand the nature of the transatlantic slave trade and the triangular trade from their study in Year 9. 

Migration: how far was England changed by early modern migration?

Discriminatory behaviour or images, whether on the grounds of race, gender, disability, religion or belief or sexual orientation, or otherwise.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Which word describes someone who believes in a form of Protestantism that argues that the Reformation needed to go further?

Which of the following are not examples of migrant groups who settled in early modern England as a result of religious reasons?

Which of the following are examples of migrant groups who settled in early modern England as a result of economic reasons?

How many Huguenots were able to naturalise?

Which Protestant migrant group did not have an entirely positive experience in early modern England?

Match the type of impact to the early modern migrant group.

Who led a small group of Palatines from central Europe to England, and then onto Carolina in North America in 1708?

Protestants fleeing religious persecution

Which of the following groups made up the Palatine refugees who migrated to England in 1709?

Complete the sentence with the correct fraction: Palatines had a largely negative experience once the government and Church realised that {{}} were Catholics.

Most were overqualified for the types of jobs available in England.

Most had been poor, unskilled labourers in central Europe.

Under the Poor Law, many were considered vagrants.

They were persecuted against as England was a Catholic country.

Why did most Palatine migrants struggle to make a living on arriving in England?

How many Palatines were able to migrate to North America by 1715?

Complete the sentence: Most of the Palatine refugees who migrated to North America by 1715 were sent as {{}} and so did not find the life of opportunity that they hoped for.

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Adult supervision recommended

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Migration to early modern England

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.