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1. The Celts - about 6,000 BC. 2. The Romans – 43 AD added to the Roman Empire, in 5th century they left - Hadrian´s wall
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3. The Saxons, Jutes and Angles – 5th century - 7th century - Christianity 4. The Vikings – 8th-9th century
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5. The Normans – William (the Conqueror) - 1066 Battle of Hastings against King Harold
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15th century House of Lancaster (red rose) House of York (white rose) Ended with estabilishment of the Tudor House First Tudor king Henry VII.
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Six wives Church of England
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Henry´s second daughter Britain became a major sea power and it flourished
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1 May 1707- political union between England and Scotland Kingdom of Great Britain In 1800 added the Kingdom of Ireland United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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18th century Steam engine
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19th century Colonial expansion reached its zenith Britain ruled ¼ of the world
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World War I. World War II.
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London Westminster Abbey Tower of London Buckingham and Westminster palace Kew Gardens Royal Observatory Greenwich Tower Bridge London Eye British Museum, British Library National Gallery Trafalgar Square Etc.
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Stonehenge Salisbury plains 3000 BC
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OxfordCambridge
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Stratford-upon-Avon Birthplace of William Shakespeare
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Canterbury Archbishop of Canterbury
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Bath, Somerset Roman baths
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Liverpool Beatles
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York
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The Lake District National Park biggest Lake Windermere
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Scotland Glasgow Loch Ness
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