Britain and The Caribbean 4°3 by Poulmarch https://padlet.com/j_poulmarch/5ddxa4ueral9 Images, Textes et Consignes en-us 2018-03-06 08:56:40 UTC 2024-10-02 00:13:19 UTC hello@padlet.com 1855 : Mary Seacole goes to Crimea to help British soldiers j_poulmarch https://padlet.com/j_poulmarch/5ddxa4ueral9/wish/238800469 Mary Seacole was born in 1805 in Jamaica. She travelled to London to offer her services to the British Army as a nurse. 
She spent her life helping the soldiers victim of the Crimean War. 
She gave food and drink to British officiers and soldiers in Crimea (Ukraine/Russia) 
]]> 2018-03-06 18:26:44 UTC https://padlet.com/j_poulmarch/5ddxa4ueral9/wish/238800469 1945 – 1997 : Fall of The British Empire j_poulmarch https://padlet.com/j_poulmarch/5ddxa4ueral9/wish/238800666 After WW2 most of europe was in ruin economically, so the British Empire declined. Anticolonial movement started in the British colonies. Britain was finding it expensive to protect its remaining colonies. The British Empire adopted a policy of peaceful disengagment from its colonies. It signed the end of the British Empire. ]]> 2018-03-06 18:27:00 UTC https://padlet.com/j_poulmarch/5ddxa4ueral9/wish/238800666 1958 : Notting Hill Racial Riots j_poulmarch https://padlet.com/j_poulmarch/5ddxa4ueral9/wish/238800995 After the end of the second World War, there were more migrants coming to Britain. A group of white working class men began hostilities toward black people. For example, on 24th August 1958 there were serious assaults on 6 West Indians in Notting Hill. Now the racial riots have ended. 
The Notting Hill Carnival was a response to the riots.
]]> 2018-03-06 18:27:27 UTC https://padlet.com/j_poulmarch/5ddxa4ueral9/wish/238800995 1959 : First Caribbean Carnival j_poulmarch https://padlet.com/j_poulmarch/5ddxa4ueral9/wish/238801193 The first Caribbean Carnival was celebrated in January 1959 in London. The moment was recorded by the BBC. Mardi Gras was celebrated in St Pancras Town Hall. The Caribbean Carnival was created to represent the spirit of Mardi Gras.  ]]> 2018-03-06 18:27:45 UTC https://padlet.com/j_poulmarch/5ddxa4ueral9/wish/238801193 1833 : Abolition of Slavery in the British Empire j_poulmarch https://padlet.com/j_poulmarch/5ddxa4ueral9/wish/238801391 In 1807 no more slaves could be brought from Africa to the colonies inb the British West Indies, but slaves could transported from one colony to the other. In 1833, Britain made an Act (a law) that abolished slavery in the British Empire. 
This started the end of slavery in the Caribbean. 
]]> 2018-03-06 18:28:05 UTC https://padlet.com/j_poulmarch/5ddxa4ueral9/wish/238801391 1948 : The Empire Windrush arrives in Britain j_poulmarch https://padlet.com/j_poulmarch/5ddxa4ueral9/wish/238801547 The Empire Windrush arrived in England in 1948. 
It was the first mass migration from the Caribbean because London needed repairing after WW2. It was made in Germany by Blohm and Voss in Hamburg. It was a German boat, its first name was MV Monte Rosa. 
]]> 2018-03-06 18:28:21 UTC https://padlet.com/j_poulmarch/5ddxa4ueral9/wish/238801547 1494 : Christopher Columbus discovers Jamaica j_poulmarch https://padlet.com/j_poulmarch/5ddxa4ueral9/wish/238801705 Christopher Columbus discovered Jamaican in 1494. He travelled in a caravel with his companions. Columbus thought the Indians were hostile as they attacked his men. He thought he discovered India. Columbus was determined to annex the Island in the name of the King and Queen of Spain. ]]> 2018-03-06 18:28:35 UTC https://padlet.com/j_poulmarch/5ddxa4ueral9/wish/238801705 1655 : The British captures Jamaica j_poulmarch https://padlet.com/j_poulmarch/5ddxa4ueral9/wish/238801920 Before the English captured Jamaica, the Spanish were there. In May of 1655, the English captured Jamaica. And the mission to Hispania had failed and the Spanish did not want to leave the Caribbean because they captured it first. There was a war between Spain and Britain for Jamaica and the British won. ]]> 2018-03-06 18:28:52 UTC https://padlet.com/j_poulmarch/5ddxa4ueral9/wish/238801920 1959 : First Caribbean Carnival j_poulmarch https://padlet.com/j_poulmarch/5ddxa4ueral9/wish/238807045 2018-03-06 18:36:32 UTC https://padlet.com/j_poulmarch/5ddxa4ueral9/wish/238807045 1494 : Christopher Columbus discovers Jamaica j_poulmarch https://padlet.com/j_poulmarch/5ddxa4ueral9/wish/238807051 2018-03-06 18:36:33 UTC https://padlet.com/j_poulmarch/5ddxa4ueral9/wish/238807051 1855 : Mary Seacole goes to Crimea to help British soldiers j_poulmarch https://padlet.com/j_poulmarch/5ddxa4ueral9/wish/238807080 2018-03-06 18:36:36 UTC https://padlet.com/j_poulmarch/5ddxa4ueral9/wish/238807080 1945– 1997 : Fall of The British Empire j_poulmarch https://padlet.com/j_poulmarch/5ddxa4ueral9/wish/238807086 2018-03-06 18:36:37 UTC https://padlet.com/j_poulmarch/5ddxa4ueral9/wish/238807086 1958 : Notting Hill Racial Riots j_poulmarch https://padlet.com/j_poulmarch/5ddxa4ueral9/wish/238807092 2018-03-06 18:36:37 UTC https://padlet.com/j_poulmarch/5ddxa4ueral9/wish/238807092 1948 : The Empire Windrush arrives in Britain j_poulmarch https://padlet.com/j_poulmarch/5ddxa4ueral9/wish/238807094 2018-03-06 18:36:37 UTC https://padlet.com/j_poulmarch/5ddxa4ueral9/wish/238807094 1833 : Abolition of Slavery in the British Empire j_poulmarch https://padlet.com/j_poulmarch/5ddxa4ueral9/wish/238807124 2018-03-06 18:36:40 UTC https://padlet.com/j_poulmarch/5ddxa4ueral9/wish/238807124 1655 : The British captures Jamaica j_poulmarch https://padlet.com/j_poulmarch/5ddxa4ueral9/wish/238807187 2018-03-06 18:36:43 UTC https://padlet.com/j_poulmarch/5ddxa4ueral9/wish/238807187