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Huguenot migration

I can explain that the Huguenots migrated from France to Britain in the 16th and 17th centuries to escape religious persecution.

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Key learning points

  1. During the Reformation, Henry VIII made England a Protestant country while France and Spain remained Catholic.
  2. After the 1688 Glorious Revolution it became law that all English monarchs must be Protestant.
  3. In the 16th century many of the Huguenots began migrating to Britain to avoid persecution.
  4. After the 1685 Edict of Nantes removed freedom of worship for Protestants, more Huguenots migrated to Britain.
  5. The Huguenots impacted British industry by continuing to practice as textile weavers, goldsmiths and bankers.

Keywords

  • Protestant - a member of the Western Church who does not recognise the Pope as its head

  • Huguenots - a religious group of French Protestants who migrated to Britain in the 16th and 17th centuries

  • Catholic - a member of the Western Church who does recognise the pope as its head

Common misconception

Huguenots were a separate Protestant denomination from other Protestants in Euope.

Huguenots were Calvinist Protestants, which was a very common form of Protestantism. The term 'Huguenot' merely means they were Protestants from France.


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6 Questions

Q1.
Which word describes being able to do things for yourself and make your own decisions?
Correct Answer: independence
Q2.
Which word describes the group that supported America during the American Revolution?
Correct Answer: Patriots
Q3.
Put the following events in chronological order.
1 - The Stamp Act was introduced.
2 - The Boston Massacre
3 - The Tea Act was introduced.
4 - The Boston Tea Party
5 - The Intolerable Acts were introduced.
6 - The First Continental Congress formed.
7 - The War of Independence broke out.
Q4.
Why were the colonists so frustrated with the taxes imposed upon the 13 American Colonies following Britain's victory against France?
They objected to representation without taxation.
They objected to taxation without westward migration.
Correct answer: They objected to taxation without representation.
Q5.
What was significant about the Declaration of Independence?
promoted the idea of slavery
Correct answer: announced the breakaway of the American colonies from British rule
Correct answer: established the founding principles of the American Constitution
announced the strengthening of relations with Britain
Correct answer: promoted the idea of equality
Q6.
Complete the sentence: The British were defeated at __________ in __________ and lost all 13 colonies in America.
Saratoga
Correct answer: 1781
Correct answer: Yorktown
1777

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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the words to their correct definitions.
Correct Answer:Protestant,a member of the Western Church who does not recognise the pope
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a member of the Western Church who does not recognise the pope

Correct Answer:Catholic,a member of the Western Church who does recognise the pope
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a member of the Western Church who does recognise the pope

Q2.
Which word describes a religious group of French Protestants who migrated to Britain in the 16th and 17th centuries?
Correct Answer: Huguenots, Huguenot, Huguenot migrants, Huguenot refugees
Q3.
Which event led to between 40 000 and 50 000 Huguenots migrating to England in the 1680s?
the revoking of the Edict of Protestants
Correct answer: the revoking of the Edict of Nantes
the revoking of the Edict of Tours
Q4.
Put the following events in chronological order.
1 - The Reformation began in Germany.
2 - Increasing numbers of people converted to Protestantism.
3 - The first group of Huguenots migrated to England.
4 - The French King Louis XIV revoked religious toleration.
5 - Between 40 000 and 50 000 Huguenots settled in England.
Q5.
Which of the following statements explains how the Huguenot migrants were financially supported?
In 1709, an act to naturalise all Protestant migrants was passed.
Correct answer: William III and Mary II raised £39 000 to help resettle the refugees.
Catholic churches raised £39 000 to help resettle the refugees.
In 1711, the act to naturalise all Protestant migrants was revoked.
Q6.
Complete the sentence with the missing information: In the Bank of England was set up with Huguenot sponsors giving __________ of the £1.2 million used to open the bank.
1684
Correct answer: 1684
Correct answer: £104 000
£194 000

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