Racism and tolerance under Elizabeth I and Cromwell, 1550s-1680s
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Queen Elizabeth I
During the reign of Queen Elizabeth I there was initially an order to expel African people from London; however that order was never successfully carried out, and was eventually dropped completely.
Following the execution of King Charles I and during the rule of Parliament and Oliver Cromwell, there was greater tolerance of Jewish A person who arrives from another country. in England, and in 1656 Jewish people were officially allowed to practise their religion. The English government welcomed French Protestants, many of whom came to England as refugees in the 16th and 17th centuries. into the country when they were facing persecution from the French government of Louis XIV in the 1680s.
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