British culture

HISTORY OF THE UNITED

KINGDOM
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-18th century BC,

the Celt arrived
the Britons
Simple

organization
Stonehege,

stone circle
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1st early 5th AD:

the Roman period
adopted Roman
culture.
- The Celtic in Scotland

- the Picts fought

again the Roman.
The Hadrian Wall
- city, rose
Queen Boudicca
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401- 1066:
Germanic invasion
- Early 5th, the Roman
retired.
- The Anglo Saxons
invaded England
(Briton)

The legend of King Arthur

 King Arthur
Merlin and Vivian
The round table knights
Queen Guinevere and Sir Lancelot
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The Jutes: Kent the

Kentings - the men living
in Kent.
The Angles: East Anglia,
Bernicia, Deira
The Saxons: Mercia,
Essex, Sussex and Wessex)
Heptarchy
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the South east:

Sussex, Kent and
Essex
The Midlands:
Mercia and East
Anglia
The north: Bernicia
and Diera
(Northumbria)
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kingdoms of
the Saxons in
England
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- 510, Christianity came

Pope Gregory the Great

Saint Augustine of

Canterbury
Took over the whole British

Isle
Headquarter: Canterbury

made the invader become

gentler and milder
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8th century:
- in 793, Viking attacked
Britain.
- In 867, Northumbria
fell to the Danes and
East Anglia fell in 869.
- Wessex defeated on
the Vikings at Ashdown
in 871.
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- In May 878 Alfred the

Great defeated the
Danes at Edington
that the Danish leader,
Guthrum - Christian
baptism
- In 899, Alfred the Great
died.
- Edward the Elder
defeated the Danes in
East Anglia in 910.
Alfred the Great
 Deanlaw
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- Edward, thelred - Lord

of the Mercians began a
program of expansion
- thelfld - Lady of the
Mercians and Athelstan
continued the program
- thelstan: King of the
Anglo-Saxons and the
English from924 to 939
Edward the Elder
 King Athelstan
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The medieval period

- 1066: the Vikings retired

- The Norman invaded

England.
- Normandie

- William the conquer

- King Harold

- the Battle of Hastings

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William the conquer
 VS

King Harold William the Conquerer

 The Battle of Stamford Bridge
 The Battle of Hastings
 Authorities:
- King (Norman)

- Barrons + Landlord
(Norman)
- Local nobles (English)

- Peasants (English)

Strong system of
government
 Wales and a large part of
Ireland were controlled by
the Anglo-Norman
English language was fully

made.
Not follow Roman laws.
Magna Carta on 15 June

1215
The Parliament was found
 The 14th and 15th century
The Black Death (bubonic plague)

1348 1/3 population

The war of roses (1455-1485):

- The Lancastrians: red rose

- The Yorkist: white rose.

the Tudor dynasty started

Weakened the ties between the
feudal lord and peasants
Henry VI
 The Lancastrians The Tudors
TheYorkists red rose
white rose rose
 Protestantism - Anglicanism
The spirit of patriotic
confidence
- The new land was found
- Defeated Spanish navy
- Became the centre of
western civilization

Henry Tudor Henry VII

Henry VIII Catherine of
Aragon


Anne Boleyn, 2nd Wife Elizabeth I

 Jane Seymour, 3rd Wife Anne of Cleves, 4th Wife
 Catherine Howard Katharine Parr
 Bloody Mary Elizabeth I
MARY
STUART
 KING JAMES VI
 17th century
- James I started the Stuart
dynasty.
England and Scotland were
united
- Parliament set up its
supremacy in Britain
- Puritanism grew
The Civil war (1642)
King Charles I was executed
(1649) Oliver Cromwell
- 1649, Britain become the
Common Wealth
- 1660, the monarchy and the
Anglican religion were
restored.
- Glorious Revolution 1688
the Bloodless Revolution
- King James II
- William III + Mary II

Henry Sydney
 the Bill of Rights 1689: the
monarch didnt
hold absolute power.
chance of Catholicism
becoming re-established in
England was ended.
The Tories and the Whigs

William III
 18th century
- In 1714, the reign of Queen
Anne ended the end of
House of Stuart.
- , of the House of Hanover
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
the Windsor
- Expanding the empire
- The growth of the industries
- Lost American colonies
 19th century
- The sun never sets in the
British Empire.
- The worlds foremost
economic power
- Duty to spread their
culture and civilization
around the world the
White Mans Burden
 20th century
- The Victorian confidence
became weakened.
- Lost many important
colonies.
- The Labour replaced the
Liberals
Tony Blair David Cameron
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