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Overview of British history
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.

After about 700 BC, Celts living in western Europe moved into the British Isles, and one of them was called bretons, from which the name Britain probably came. It is well known that the Celts used iron, and the technology of plows is constantly improving. They have already used money. The development of productive forces has promoted the gradual differentiation of Carte society.

2. Roman invasion

In 54 BC, Caesar led the Roman legions to invade Britain twice, both of which were repelled by the British. In 43 AD, the Roman emperor Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus led an army to invade Britain. After conquering Britain, it became a province of the Roman Empire. By 409, all Roman troops were forced to leave Britain, and Roman rule over Britain ended.

3. Danish invasion

Since the end of the 8th century, Scandinavians, mainly Danes, have invaded Britain many times.

In 879, King Alfred signed a treaty with the Danes, which placed the northeast of England under the jurisdiction of Denmark and called it the "Danish area". /kloc-At the beginning of the 0 th century, the successors of King Alfred gradually recovered Denmark. 165438+ At the beginning of the 20th century, the Danes made a comeback. During the Danish occupation, the process of feudalism in Britain was accelerated.

4. Norman Conquest

King Edward died childless, and William, Duke of Normandy, led an army invasion in 1066. In the same year, he entered London in 10 and was crowned King William I of England, known as "William the Conqueror" in history.

The powerful kingship established after William's conquest played a positive role in consolidating the feudal order. John was forced to accept the Magna Carta in June of 12 15 and compromise with the feudal lords. Magna Carta is essentially a feudal document, which protects the interests of feudal lords. But it is also as progressive as protecting citizens' freedom of trade. But John quickly denied the charter, and the civil war between the monarch and the minister continued.

5. Hundred Years' War between Britain and France

1337-1453, the war between Britain and France for territorial expansion and for the throne was the longest war in the world, which lasted intermittently for 1 16 years. It was also the time when the Black Death prevailed. Under the double blow of war and epidemic, the economies of Britain and France suffered heavy losses and the people lived in poverty. England lost almost all French territory, but it also made nationalism rise in England. By the end of the war, Britain embarked on the road of centralization, and then Britain implemented the policy of "continental balance of power" in continental Europe and turned to overseas development, becoming the largest empire in the world.

The full name of Britain is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which consists of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The whole history of Britain consists of the history of these four regions.

1535, Wales became a part of the Kingdom of England. 1588, the defeat of the Spanish Armada in the Gravorin naval battle made Britain defeat the invasion of foreign Catholic forces, basically eliminated the threat of Catholicism, and consolidated the achievements of the religious reform. 1640, Britain was the first bourgeois revolution in the world and became the pioneer of bourgeois revolution. 1May 649 19, the Republic of China was proclaimed. 1660 restored the dynasty, 1688 witnessed a "glorious revolution" and established a constitutional monarchy.

1707, England and Scotland merged, which laid the foundation of not falling into the empire after the seven-year war and gained maritime hegemony. 180 1 merged with Ireland. After the Napoleonic Wars, Britain achieved the hegemony of not falling into the empire. /kloc-from the second half of the 8th century to the first half of the 9th century, it became the first country in the world to complete the industrial revolution.

/kloc-the 0/9th century was the heyday of the British Empire. 19 14 years, the occupied colony was11times larger than the mainland, and it was the first colonial power, claiming to be "imperial".

1922, Ireland became independent from Britain, and Northern Ireland stayed in Britain, which is today's Northern Ireland.

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