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- The Viking raids began in the 700s
-During the following century they conquered most of Britain.
- This period came to an end in 1066, when King Harold Hardrade of Norway was defeated at Stamford Bridge.
The first recorded place in Britain with Viking plunder is the monastery in Lindisfarne in Northumbria.
- In 1837 the young girl Victoria became queen Of Britain.
- She remained on the throne for over 63 years, until 1901- the lomgest reign in British history.
- Her reign was a period of industrial expansion, comercial success and imperial glory.
- Queen Vicotria was proclaimed Empress of India in 1877 the british emire peaked, and India was regarded the "Brightest jewel" in the crown.
- the Victorian Age was also a period of important social improvement at home.
- parliament passed several laws protecting the weakest members of the society
- Henry VIII who became king in 1509, inhered a lot of wealth from his father
- he was a talented man but wasteful and selfish.
- when he was denied a request by the church he turned against them.
- He had the parliament pass a law making the king, not the pope, head of the english church.
-This led to the formation of the Chruch of England
- Henry tolerated no opposition and executed a lot of people.
- This all happened while the Lutheran Reformation was taking place.
- Brought a simple form of agriculture to England
- The celtic language was spoken all over england 500 BC
- You can recognise the Celtic in Irish, Welsh and Scottish
- They worshipped gods of nature, and their priests/druids had a very central position
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700-1066s
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-When Elisabeth died, her Scottish cousin, King James VI of Scotland became King James I of England.
- Inspite of this Scotland and ENgland reimains two seperate kingdoms.
- In this period the colonization of America began.
- In britain the great Plague in 1665 killed almost 70,000 of London´s inhabitants.
- A year later in 1666 the Great fire destroyed most of the city.
- Out of the ashes emerged a new, better planed London
- In 1707 the act of Union united England, Scotland and Wales into the Kingdom of great Britain
- Even though Britain defeated the Vikings in 1066 The Normans conquered Britain the day after the defeat.
- The norman vicoty took place at the battle of Hastings in 1066.
- William (the leader of the Normans) introduced a feudal system in England, appointing Norman nobels to higher posistions.
- French became the language of the court and nobility.
- He started building the tower of London, numerous catedrals and castles.
- The Anglo saxons and the Normans became one united people
- The Romans conquered Britannia, as they called the island in the first century after christ starting in AD43
- They gained controll of every country in the UK except Scotland.
- The conquest introduced the properous era in British History.
- They built roads, founded cities and a bridge across Thames.
- They founded cities like London, York, Chester and Bath
- The Romans left Britain in the early 400s