Migration and settlement
What Migration and settlement means in History B Schools History Project GCSE, as defined for OCR.
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Viking settlement in the British Isles and France varied significantly in nature and extent across England, Scotland, Ireland and France.
The journeys of the early migrants to California and Oregon, and the Mormon settlement of Utah.
The Homestead Act of 1862 encouraged movement to and living on the Great Plains.
Topics that use Migration and settlement
- Period Study: The Making of America, 1789–1900 (OCR GCSE)
- Period Study: Viking Expansion, c.750–c.1050 (OCR GCSE)
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