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BRITISH HISTORY (THE ORIGINS until 11th Century (1: The first inhabitants…
BRITISH HISTORY
THE ORIGINS
until 11th Century
1: The first inhabitants of Great Britain were the Celts
2: In the first Century AD the Romans invaded Britain.The Romans built many towns, streets
3: In 450 AD. The ANGLO-SAXSON invaded Britain
4: From the 8th Century. The VIKINGS from Denmark and Norway began to conquer Britain
THE 20th Century
The 1st WORLD WAR 1914-1918
Great Britain , France, Italy and Usa
Austria, Germany, Bulgaria and Turkey
THE 2nd WORLD WAR 1939-1945
France, Great Britian , The Usa and the SovietUnion
Germany,Italy and Japan
1970s
crisis ( unemployment many factories closed down)
Margaret Thatcher became prime minister and reversed the UK's economic decline
1997: Tony Blair 2007: Gordon Brown 2010: David Cameron 2016: Theresa May
THE GLORIUS REVOLUTION and the INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. 17th -19 Century
A civil war between the Parliamentarians and the Royalist. 1642-1649
The king was defeated by OLIVER CROMWELL, the leader of the parliamentarians
England became a republic from 1649 to 1660
From manual work to manufacturing, industry and machinery
Britian changed from an agricoltural society into an industrial society
But unemployment, poverty terrible working conditions
Many new ideas and inventions
Steam engine
Spinning jenny
Train
THE MIDDLE AGES 11th-15 Century
In 1066 the Battle pf Hastings, William of Normandy defeated the Anglo-Saxons and became King William I
The Normans estabilished shed the FEUDAL SYSTEM, a hierarchica and rigid system
One of the most important documents was the MAGNA CHARTA (1215), the first step towards DEMOCRACY because it limits the power of the King
THE TUDORS 15th-16th Century. THE WARS OF THE ROSES 1455-1488
A series of dynastic civil wars fought between the HOUSE of LANCASTER and the HOUSE of YORK.
HENRY TUDORS defeated the yorkist and the tudor dinasty begins
HENRY VIII. Is famous for:
His 6 wives
The breach with Rome and the catholic church
He established THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
ELIZABETH I
She was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn
England became very powerful
THE VICTORIAN AGE AND THE BRITISH EMPIRE 19th century
QUEEN VICTORIA'S reign lastex form 1837 to 1901
Great social economical and tecnological progress
She was the head of the BRITISH EMPIRE
The largest empire in history. It included Australia, Canada, Singapore, India, South Africa
After the 2nd world war most of the territories became independent and later joined the COMMONWEALTH
A volontary association of 53 countries that were part of the Empire and that promotes human rights and democarcy
