1649 ⟶ Petition to Lift Ban on Jews in England
Ebenezer and Joanna Cartwright dispatch a petition to the Br...
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💨 Jews Expelled from England
Jews are expelled from England by Edward I after the banning of usury in the 1275 Statute of Jewry.⟶
ExpulsionEnglandEdward IUsuryStatute of JewryAnti-SemitismMedieval PeriodPersecutionJewish HistoryFinancial Accusations
📊 Jewish Population Statistics
Jewish population of Poland reached 450,000 (4% of the 11,000,000 population of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth being Jewish), 40,000 in Bohemia, and 25,000 in Moravia. Worldwide population of Jewry is estimated at 750,000.⟶
DemographicsPopulationPolandBohemiaMoraviaWorld JewrySeventeenth CenturyJewish Diaspora
Poland📝 Petition to Lift Ban on Jews in England
Ebenezer and Joanna Cartwright dispatch a petition to the British Government calling for the ban on Jews settling in England to be lifted and for assistance to be provided to enable them to be repatriated to Palestine.⟶
EnglandJewish RightsPetitionPoliticsRepatriationSeventeenth CenturyJewish DiasporaOliver Cromwell
🤝 Jews Readmitted to England by Cromwell
Jews readmitted to England by Oliver Cromwell.⟶
EnglandOliver CromwellReadmissionJewish RightsPoliticsSeventeenth CenturyJewish DiasporaAshkenaziMenasseh Ben Israel
📜 Naturalization of Jews in American Colonies
Parliament of Great Britain passes a general act permitting Jews to be naturalized in the American colonies. Previously, several colonies had also permitted Jews to be naturalized without taking the standard oath "upon the true faith of a Christian."⟶
NaturalizationAmerican ColoniesJewish RightsPoliticsReligious FreedomEarly America
United States📜 Jews Emancipated in England
Jews emancipated in England.⟶
EmancipationJewish rightsUnited Kingdom19th centuryLegal status
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