History GCSE
Arrival and settlement events
What Arrival and settlement events means in History GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Arrival and settlement events
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Events of key significance in the immigration history of the area, such as a wave of arrival after a particular crisis or law.
Topics that use Arrival and settlement events
- Urban Environments: Patterns of Migration (J410/11) - Key events in local migration history (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Contested remembrance
- Evidence-based location
- Local migration history
- Place and locality
- Public history and memorials
- Site versus commemoration
- Community institutions and their founding
- Industrial and economic change
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