What are the origins of the British people? Where do we come from?

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What are the origins of the British people? Where
do we come from?
KEY WORD POPULATION population is the total
number of people living in an area or in a
country.

• It is now estimated that the population of the
  U.K is 58.3million.
• ENGLAND 48.6 SCOTLAND 5.1 WALES 3
• N.IRELAND 1.6
• In 7000BC there was virtually no one living in
  the British Isles.
• In 1400BC the population was estimated at well
  under 1 million.
• TODAYS OBJECTIVES-
• How did the population increase from virtually
  nothing 9000 years ago to 58.3 million today?
• What is the history of the British people? Over
  the centuries people have moved to the United
  Kingdom from all over the world.

Created by Mr. Allatt
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KEY WORDS

• Immigrant

Is a person who moves into a new country to live.

• Invader

Someone who enters a country to attack it.

• Refugee

A person who is force to flee from danger (from
war or an earthquake)

• Emigrant

A person who leaves his or her own country to
settle in another country.

• Settler

A person who takes over land, where no one has
lived before.
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4000BC

• WHO?
• THE FIRST FARMERS
• WHERE FROM?
• EUROPE
• WHY COME HERE?
• TO FIND GOOD FARMLAND

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800BC

• Who?

The Celts

• Where from?

Central Europe.

• Why come here?

To farm and find metal to mine.
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43AD

• Who?

The Romans

• Where from?

Italy.

• Why come here?

To take control and extend the Roman Empire.
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500AD

• Who?

The Saxons

• Where from?

Germany.

• Why come here?

They were paid soldiers. Then took over.
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800AD

• Who?

The Vikings

• Where from?

Norway.

• Why come here?

First as invaders, then some settled here.
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1066AD

• Who?

The Normans

• Where from?

France.

• Why come here?

To take control
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1685

• Who?

The Huguenots

• Where from?

France.

• Why come here?

To escape cruel treatment
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1840s

• Who?

The Irish

• Where from?

Ireland.

• Why come here?

To escape poverty and famine.
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1875

• Who?

Jewish people

• Where from?

Eastern Europe.

• Why come here?

Persecution.
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1938

• Who?

More Jewish people

• Where from?

All over Europe.

• Why come here?

To escape persecution.
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1946

• Who?

Poles, Italians

• Where from?

Europe.

• Why come here?

To fill British job shortages.
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1950s 1960s

• Who?

Indians, Pakistanis lots more Irish

• Where from?

Asia and Ireland.

• Why come here?

To find work.
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1972

• Who?

Ugandan Asians

• Where from?

Uganda.

• Why come here?

Thrown out of Uganda.
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1999-??

• Who?

Kurds, Kosovans.

• Where from?

Kurdistan and Kosovo.

• Why come here?

To escape war.