History GCSE
Naturalisation
What Naturalisation means in History GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Naturalisation
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Reference: OCR
The legal process by which a foreign-born person acquires the nationality of a state, gaining rights such as the vote and the ability to hold office.
Topics that use Naturalisation
Related terms
- Assimilation
- East India Company
- Eastern European Jewish settlement and experience
- Industrialisation as a pull factor
- Irish and Scottish migration to England
- Migrant involvement in Abolition and Chartism
- Palatines
- Readmission of Jews in 1656
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