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History ofBritain
Kristýna HynkováC4A
Celts and Romans
• Drudism• Roman legions led by Julius Caesar (55 B.C.)• Picts, Scots• Great walls with forts and towers• Hadrian‘s Wall
The Anglo-Saxons
• After the last legions left in 410 A.D.• Angles, Saxons, Jutes• Angleland, England, English• Old legends
Alfred vs the Danes
• About 835 A.D.• Permanent settlements• Alfred, King of Wessex• Danelaw
William the Conqueror
• 1066 army of 5 000 Norman• English were defeated• Feudalism, continental ways
The Magna Charta
• 1215• John Lackland• Consent of the Great Council• Important step towards democracy
The Hundred Years‘ War
• In the early 1300s• 1339 • 1453 war came to an end
The Wars of the Roses
• 1455• York, Lancaster• White rose, red rose
The Tudors
• 1485- War of the Roses ended• Lancastrian side took over the English throne• Henry VIII.• Catherine of Aragon- Mary• Anne Boleyn- Elizabeth• Jane Seymour- King Edward VI.
The Stuarts and the Civil War
• 1642• Oliver Cromwell• A New Model Army• 1649- Charles I. • The Commonwealth• 1660 England needed monarch again
The Industrial Revolution
• Textile industry• Flying shuttle 1733• Spinning jenny 1764• Steam engine 1769
Imperialism
• A long reign of Queen Victoria• Raw materials• Great demand for tea, sugar, cocoa• Africa, Latin America, Asia
World war II
• Winston Churchil• 1947 British colonies gained independency