History And Places Of Interest The United Kingdom History And Places Of Interest Zuzana Krušinová, XB

History

Inhabitation in Stone Age The Celts came in 800 BC area of today‘s London

Roman invasion Norman invasion from 1st to 9th century stopped by King Alfred the Great Norman invasion from 1066 William the Conqueror

Wars of Roses – 15th century Magna Carta issued in 1215 limits the power of rulers introduces the idea of lawful  process and a jury Wars of Roses – 15th century House of York x House of Lancaster

The Church of England Queen Elizabeth I established during the reign of Henry VIII 16th century Queen Elizabeth I Henry‘s daughter England – a Europian power

Civil war Napoleonic Wars 1649 the first execution of a king Charles I reign of Oliver Cromwell Napoleonic Wars finished in 1815 at the Battle of Waterloo

19th century 20th century growth of the British Empire the end of the Industrial Revolution 20th century UK forced to leave some colonies (India, Pakistan etc.) WW I, II

Places Of Interest

London Tower of London Kew Gardens Buckingham Palace the London Eye Piccadilly Circus St Paul's Cathedral Tower Bridge Trafalgar Square

Canterbury Stonehenge cathedral with the grave of the archbishop Thomas Beckett Stonehenge a prehistoric monument a ring of standing stones

Stratford-upon-Avon Oxford and Cambridge the birthplace of William Shakespeare Oxford and Cambridge university towns

Lake District Loch Ness a national park Lake Windermere the Highland region in Scotland the Loch Ness monster

Ben Nevis the highest mountain of the UK (1344 m) Grampian mountains in Scotland