Religious persecution
What Religious persecution means in History B Schools History Project GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definitions of Religious persecution
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Reference: OCR
Fleeing Catholic persecution in Europe drove Protestant refugees to Britain as a sanctuary during the 16th to 18th centuries.
The Mormons fled religious persecution in Illinois and migrated west under the leadership of Brigham Young.
Topics that use Religious persecution
- Period Study: The Making of America, 1789–1900 (OCR GCSE)
- Thematic Study: Migrants to Britain, c.1250 to present (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Urbanisation
- Agricultural economics
- Assimilation and cultural destruction
- Asylum-seekers
- Broken treaties and government policy
- Causes of migration and expulsion
- Community activism and resistance
- Community and settlement
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