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Period: 200 to
Long story
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250
Rome send black legionnaires to stand guard on Hadrian's Wall
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400
Romans quit England
400s: None specif year or date -
Jan 19, 650
Jutes, Angles and Saxons colonise modern-day southern England, Vikings arrive
Around 650: None specific date -
Jan 19, 1066
The Norman Conquest
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Jan 19, 1505
African drummers live in Edinburgh
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Treaties between European
Early 1700s: None specific date or year -
14,000 black people is now living in England
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Slaves can't be forcibly transported from England
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Parliament banned the trade, but not slavery itself
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10,000 Irish flee from poverty to Britain
From 1830-1850 -
Slavery was officialy banned, but people still used them
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First non-white MP (Indian) elected to the House of Commons
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India provides 1.3 million soldiers to serve for Britain
1914-1918 -
Race riots
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60,000 seamen from India served for Britain
1939-1945 -
Mass immigration and racial violence continues
1950s -
1.4 million non-whites in Britian
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British passport holder born overseas can only settle in Britian if they have a work permit and have parent/grandparent born in UK
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Strictly control on entry
1980s -
Racial issues creates more racial riots
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Four non-white politiciens elected
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Stephen Lawrence (black teenager) murdered
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Growth in immigration, 45,000 from Africa, 22,700 India, 25,000 Asian, 12,000 America
1998-2000 -
New anti-discrimination legislation
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125,000 immigrants allowed to settle in Britain
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Government plans for a new nationality and immigration legislation, after the British National Party were blamed for riots
