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HISTORY OF ENGLAND
“Dieu et mon droit”God and my right
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PREHISTORIC BRITAIN
500000 BC - People migrate to Britain from Europe
Bronze Age• 1,500 to 500 BC - Celtic people arrive from Central
Europe
Trade routes begin to form
Small Villages are first formed
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ROMAN BRITAIN
The Romans invade Britain in 43 AD under Julius
Caesar
They progressively abandoned Britannia in the 5th
century
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ANGLO-SAXON BRITAIN
The Romans withdraw from Britain: Anglo Saxons
migrants begin to settle
Seven Kingdoms
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VIKING BRITAIN
8th/9th century
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NORMAN BRITAIN
1066 – Norman Conquest
Official language: French
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TUDOR BRITAIN
1485 – Henry VII crowned king
1509 - Henry VIII succeeds to the throne (to 1547)
1534 – “Church of England”
1542 - Mary, Queen of Scots lays claim to the
English throne
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THE GOLDEN AGE
1558 - Elizabeth I begins her 45 year reign
1570 - Sir Francis Drake sets sail for his first
voyage to the West Indies
1591 - First performance of a play by William
Shakespeare
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VICTORIAN ERA
1837 - Queen Victoria becomes Queen at the age of
18
Victoria's reign lasted for 63 years
1870 - Education Act means school for everyone
1901 - Population of Britain: 40 million
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MODERN BRITAIN
1914 – 1918 - First World War
1939 – 1945 - The Second World War
1940 - Winston Churchill became the war-time
Prime Minister
1952 - Elizabeth II becomes Queen
1973 - Britain joins the European Community