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Year 10
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Case study: Huguenots
I can explain the reasons for Huguenot migration to England, as well as the experiences and impact of Huguenot migrants.
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Year 10
Edexcel
Case study: Huguenots
I can explain the reasons for Huguenot migration to England, as well as the experiences and impact of Huguenot migrants.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Tens of thousands of Huguenot migrants settled in England in the 1680s as a result of religious persecution in France.
- Most Huguenots had positive experiences as they were wealthy migrants who received great protection from the monarch.
- Huguenots migrants had the greatest impact on the English economy, although they also impacted English culture.
Keywords
Naturalise - to be given the same rights as a citizen of a nation
Common misconception
Huguenots had to settle in England as it was the only Protestant nation in Europe.
Huguenots were looking to flee to a safe Protestant nation, and England became the choice for around 50 000 Huguenots as it was known to be more tolerant - not because there were no other nations where Huguenots could settle.
Teachers may find it useful to compare the experiences of Huguenot migrants to those of earlier Flemish and Walloons migrants. Fruitful questioning would centre around asking pupils to consider which groups had the more positive experiences and why they think this was.
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Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour
- Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
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6 Questions
Q1.
Which word describes a movement in the 1500s that led to several European nations converting from Catholicism to Protestantism?
Q2.
Which word describes showing willingness to accept or allow beliefs, opinions and behaviour that you may not agree with or share?
Q3.
Which group of migrants were reinvitied to England by Puritan rulers in 1655?
Walloon migrants
African migrants
Flemish migrants
Q4.
Which of the following statements show negative experiences for Jewish migrants in England in the early modern period?
Some had successful businesses.
King Charles II upheld and extended Cromwell’s invite to Jewish migrants.
Q5.
Which of the following statements explains the economic reasons for Jewish migration?
Puritans believed that Jewish people needed to be converted to Christianity.
England had become a stable Protestant nation since Elizabeth I's rule.
Q6.
In what ways did Jewish migrants have an impact on early modern England?
The number of French-speaking churches rapidly increased.
Hinduism became an increasingly popular religion in England.
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6 Questions
Q1.
Which word describes to be given the same rights as a citizen of a nation?
Q2.
Which group migrated to England in small numbers in the 1550s and then in larger numbers in 1685?
Jewish migrants
Walloon migrants
African migrants
Q3.
Which event led to around 50 000 Huguenots migrating to England in the 1680s?
the revoking of the Edict of Protestants
the revoking of the Edict of Henry IV
Q4.
Put the following events in chronological order.
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.
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
£194 000
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