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Medieval immigrants in England
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- 1. Multiple Choice
What were the main occupations of the Flemish immigrants in the middle of the 14th century?
Agricultural labourers
State employee (civil servant)
Cloth weavers
Merchants
- 2. Multiple Choice
What were the difficulties for the Flemish immigrants from the 1370s?
They were accused of abusing their special privileges
They were accused of enjoying unfair economic advantages over their English-born neighbours and co-workers
They had a particularly high profile
- 3. Multiple Choice
Why is England considered as a nation of immigrants?
Because of the arrival of the Huguenots as refugees from continental Europe during the First World War.
Because England welcomed Huguenots as refugees from continental Europe during the Reformation
Because of the different early invasions by the Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and French
Because of the different early invasions by the Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and Normans
Because of the rich mix of ethnicities and cultures brought on by the legacy of Empire in the 19th and 20th century
- 4. Multiple Choice
What word was used in the Middle Ages to describe a kind of naturalization?
Citizenship
There is no word to describe this process
Denization
This process doesn't exist during the Middle Ages
- 5. Multiple Choice
Were all the immigrants concerned by this process?
No, only the little people
No, only the relatively prosperous and influential immigrants like the craftsmen, merchants, clergymen, wealthy landholders...
No, only the immigrants arrived during the Tudor period
- 6. Multiple Choice
Why is the imposition of a new tax on resident foreigners by 1440 by the English parliament so important?
Because it creates a special fiscal category for the aliens
Because it brings new funds in the English finances
Because it is a first step to greater controls on the resident foreigners
Because it is the first time that immigrants have had to pay taxes
Because it permits to begin the Hundred Year's War
- 7. Multiple Choice
How were immigrants identified?
With a declaration of each migrant coming in the realm
With passports and official papers
Local juries of English-born men were asked to provide lists of all known aliens living in their communities
- 8. Multiple Choice
Where are the migrants mainly coming from in 1440?
Scotland
Ireland
Iberia
Italy
The areas directly linked to England by sea routes across the Channel and the North Sea
- 9. Multiple Choice
How many persons of foreign birth were named by the survey of 1440?
10 000
15 000
20 000
25 000
- 10. Multiple Choice
What was the percentage of immigrants in the English society at that time?
1%
4%
7%
10%
- 11. Multiple Choice
How were the immigrants identified in the Middle Ages?
With their jobs
With their papers
With their accents
With their skin-color
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