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How old is British history?
Britain has a history of about 4000 years.

The history of England began from 2000 BC to 20 19 BC, but there are historical loopholes in it, so it is difficult for the existing literature to fully describe the history of England.

1, early civilization

There have been human activities in the British Isles for a long time. Around the 3rd century BC/Kloc-0, Iberians came from the European continent to settle in the southeast of the British Isles.

2. Roman invasion

In 54 BC, Caesar led the Roman legions to invade Britain twice, both of which were repelled by the British.

3. Absolute kingship

1603, Queen Elizabeth died childless, and King James VI of Scotland succeeded to the British throne, known as James I, and started the Stuart Dynasty (1603- 1649,1660-17/kloc-0.

4. Colonial expansion

British colonies expanded violently in the19th century. Ireland merged in 180 1, and the official name of Britain became the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

5. World War

After 1970s, Britain gradually lost its industrial monopoly position. Later, the United States gradually overtook Britain, which led to unprecedented intensification of contradictions.

6. Post-war period

After the war, Britain participated in the formulation and acceptance of the 1947 Marshall Plan, received a lot of assistance from the United States, and the economy gradually recovered.

On June 26th, 7.20 18, Queen Elizabeth II approved the most important bill of British Prime Minister theresa may to leave the EU.

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The core of British historical development;

The historical development of Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) centered on the Kingdom of England and gradually merged into the Principality of Wales, the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of Ireland. The territory of Britain includes England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

1535, the Kingdom of England was incorporated into the Principality of Wales with the official seal of the Joint Act, then the Kingdom of Scotland was incorporated into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland with the Joint Act 1707, and then the Kingdom of Ireland was incorporated into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland with the Joint Act 1800.

1922, the Irish Free State seceded from Britain, but Northern Ireland still existed. 1927, the Republic of Ireland was founded, and the name of Britain was changed to the present name (Ireland changed to Northern Ireland).

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