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Movement within the British Empire

I can recall that there was significant migration within the Empire, including to and from Britain and within different colonies.

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Movement within the British Empire

I can recall that there was significant migration within the Empire, including to and from Britain and within different colonies.

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Key learning points

  1. Many British men migrated to India in the hopes that they would make their fortune there.
  2. Many Indian people migrated to Britain, particularly soldiers who were known as lascars.
  3. Britain encouraged many Indian people to move to Africa to work on infrastructure.
  4. Indentured labourers from India also moved to Kenya to build railways.
  5. New African infrastructure encouraged many wealthy white Britons to migrate.

Common misconception

Migrants all experience the same hardships and migrated for similar reasons.

Migrants' experiences differed greatly from group to group and from person to person. Motivations amongst migrants also differed, even within particular migrant groups.

Keywords

  • Entrepreneurship - the process of starting and managing a business venture, typically with the goal of achieving profit

  • Lascars - Indian sailors and soldiers who migrated to Britain and were often active in the activities of the East India Company

  • Indentured labourer - a type of worker who is bound by a contract to work for a specific period in exchange for benefits like passage, housing, or education

Encourage critical thinking on the part of students by prompting them questions like: what similarities and differences exist between the motivations and experiences of migrants to Britain, India, and Africa?
Teacher tip

Content guidance

  • Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour
  • Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Supervision

Adult supervision recommended

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This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

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6 Questions

Q1.
Which word describes the transportation of Jewish children from Nazi Germany to Britain from 1938-1940?
Correct Answer: Kindertransport, The Kindertransport
Q2.
Complete the sentence: In the 1930s and 1940s many Jewish refugees fled from Nazi Germany and moved to Britain.
Correct Answer: persecution
Q3.
Who was the first Jewish Mayor of London?
Grace Aguilar
Lionel de Rothschild
Correct answer: David Salomons
Sir Moses Montefiore
Q4.
Which of the following were reasons for Jewish migration to Britain in the 19th century?
Correct answer: economic problems and lack of opportunities
Nazi persecution
Correct answer: increasing antisemitism in eastern Europe
outbreak of World War Two
Q5.
Which of the following industries saw significant contributions from Jewish migrants in the 19th century?
Correct answer: garment trade
Correct answer: furniture making
agriculture
steel production
Q6.
How many Jewish refugees found sanctuary in Britain up until the beginning of World War Two (WW2) in 1939?
400
40 000
10 000
Correct answer: 70 000

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6 Questions

Q1.
Which word describes the process of starting and managing a business venture, typically with the goal of achieving profit?
Correct Answer: entrepreneurship, entrepreneur
Q2.
Which word describes a type of worker who is bound by a contract to work for a specific period in exchange for benefits like passage, housing, or education?
Correct Answer: indentured labourer, indentured labour
Q3.
What is the name of the British trading company that made huge profits in the trade of silk, spices and opium?
the British East Indies Company
Correct answer: the British East India Company
the British East Asian Company
Q4.
Which of the following sources reveal an insight into the lives of British women who accompanied male family members to India?
political cartoons
newspaper articles
Correct answer: housekeeping manuals
Correct answer: travel accounts
Q5.
Complete the sentence: During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a significant migration wave brought Indian , to Britain in pursuit of economic advancement.
Correct Answer: lascars, lascar
Q6.
How did Indian workers contribute to British colonial expansion and economic development in East Africa?
aided the EIC in the silk, spices and opium trades
addressed labour shortages in the fast-growing mining industry
Correct answer: constructed railways connecting Kenya to Uganda

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