european migrants Flashcards
(9 cards)
why were flemish weavers invited?
had special skills that they taught to english weavers and helped cloth trade to flourish and employment to increase.
what were hansa merchants given the right to? what did they set up?
trade so they set up a steelyard in london from which they directed and contolled trade with the hanseatic league and other parts of europe
who were lombardy bankers?
powerful italian banking families that did well after the expulsion of jews
how did the english people turn on migrants?
peasants revolt in 1381- 150 foreign migrants murdered
hansa steelyard burnt down
craft guilds- complained that foreigners were taking work
what was the 1370 letter of denization?
it gave individual migrants the same rights as english people
what was the 1440 aliens act?
parliament set a tax on foreigners who were seen as economic rivals to english workers. it imposed extra taxes
why did east anglia grow and develop?
flemish weavers settled there
what did italian migrants set up?(industrial)
bnusinesses selling icecream and some worked as street musicians
set up schools, hospitals, newspapers, shops
