Migration and settlement
What Migration and settlement means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Immigrants from Europe, including Scots-Irish and German settlers, often pushed westward into the backcountry, seeking affordable land.
Caribbean migrants moved to Notting Hill, a deprived area with cheap, run-down housing, after facing discrimination elsewhere.
Topics that use Migration and settlement
- Option 13: The historic environment - 1 Notting Hill, c1948–c1970 (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Option P2: Key topic 1: British settlement in North America, 1713–41 - 1 Developments in colonial society (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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