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Chapter 2 - The UK History

The document provides a brief history of the United Kingdom from prehistory to the 20th century in 3 sentences or less per time period: 1) The Celts inhabited the UK during prehistory around 2000 years ago, followed by Roman rule from 43-410 AD and Germanic invasions from 410-1066. 2) The medieval period lasted from 1066-1458 which saw the Norman conquest of England in 1066. 3) Major events in later centuries included the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century, religious and political tensions in the 17th century, the union of England and Scotland in the early 18th century, and the UK's involvement in the two World Wars in the

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Chapter 2 - The UK History

The document provides a brief history of the United Kingdom from prehistory to the 20th century in 3 sentences or less per time period: 1) The Celts inhabited the UK during prehistory around 2000 years ago, followed by Roman rule from 43-410 AD and Germanic invasions from 410-1066. 2) The medieval period lasted from 1066-1458 which saw the Norman conquest of England in 1066. 3) Major events in later centuries included the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century, religious and political tensions in the 17th century, the union of England and Scotland in the early 18th century, and the UK's involvement in the two World Wars in the

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CHAPTER 2

HISTORY
Hanoi University Of Natural Resources
And Environment
Department of Foreign Language
TABLE OF CONTENTS

01 02 03
Comparation and
Brief history of the UK Brief history of the US
Exercise
1. HISTORY OF THE UK
UK History Timeline

Normans and English


The Celts The Vikings speaking Saxons

The
The Roman The medieval The
Germanic
PreHistory period (43- period (1066- sixteenth
invasions
410) 1458) century
(410-1066)

The The The The


twentieth ninteenth eighteenth seventeenth
century century century century
PREHISTORY – THE CELTS
• Two thousand years ago there was an
Iron Age Celtic culture throughout the
north-west European islands.

• It seems that the Celts had


intermingled with the peoples who
were there already; we know that
religious sites that had been built long
before their arrival continued to be
used in Celtic times.
The Roman period (43-410)
The Germanic invasions (410-1066)
Germanic invasion
The Germanic invasion
The medieval period (1066-1458)
The Medieval period (1066 – 1458)
•.
The Medieval period (1066 – 1458)
•.
The 16th century
4. The 16 century
th
The 16 century
th
The 17 century th

• When James I became the first English king of the Stuart dynasty, he was
already James VI o f Scotland  the crowns of these two countries were
united.
• In the seventeenth century, the link between religion and politics became
intense
The seventeenth century
The 18th - 19th century
The 18 – 19 century
th th
The nineteenth century
The Twentieth century
The 2 World Wars
The 2 World Wars
The 2 World Wars

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