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THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND - Coggle Diagram
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND
Industrial Revolution
Began in Briten in the 18th century
Changed the economic system
A key symbol the first railway line
Two phaces
First
Starts of industrial change
Second
Factories adopted new tecnologies
Urbanisation
People moved from rural area to cities
Creation of Slums
Origins of the Victorian age
Named after queen Victoria
Politicals, social and religius changes
Britain became industrialized nations
The middle class began to expand trasforming
Value
Lifestyle
Morality
The working class lived in difficult condition
Victorian Compromise
Apparent rich society
Hiding negative aspcts
British istitution
Costitutional monarchy with democratic parliament
There is a king or queen as head of state but no form written costitution
It's main principles
Rules of law
Supremacy of parliament
Separation of power
Parliamentary sovereignty
The crown
The crown as a simbolic rule (personification of the state)
The real political power is exercised by minister and parliament
The rule of queen
Head of the state
Head of the church of England
Ceremonial duties
opening and closing session of parliament
Dissolving parliament in case of goverment crisis
The rule of government
Declering war
Sing international treaties
Royal Finances
The citizens pay pubblic taxes to the government and a part is set to the royal
Despite the cost the royal family bring benefits
The monarchy contributes to political stability
It adds simbolic and motional value
The royal family is not just about finances but about nations identity
Parliament and governmanet
The UK parliament is composed by
The monarch
The two Chambers
The house of common
Elected by the pubblic
Discussing political issues
Makes law
the house of lords
Not elected by the pubblic
Examin and revise amendamants to bills
The prime minister is responsable for directing goverment policy
The government includes
100 members (mainly from the house of commons)
London
Is both economic and cultural center
It was founded by the Romans with the name Londinium
The river Themes divides London in two parts
Norther and Suthern both of them have unique atraccions
London si characterized by a variety of nacionalitis and cultures
London as a lot of foreign banks
Banks of england is important in foreign exchange markets
Commonwealth
Commonwealth originates from the old english
Today is a international organisation of 56 indipendent state
Shared value
Democracy and human rights
Rule of law and good governance
Equality and sostenable development
Head of the commonwealth has a simbolic role (no political power)
One of the must famouse instiatiue in the commonwealth games