The first Celtic tribes, the Goidels or Gales are believed to have come to the British isles between 800 & 700 BC. Two centuries later they were followed by the Brythons or ancient Britons after whom the country was called Britain.
The first Roman invasion was led by Julius Caesar in 55 BC. But Britain was not conquered until some 90 years later, under Emperor Claudius, in 43 AD. Although the Roman occupation of Britain lasted nearly 400 years, it's effects were few. The people did not adopt the Latin language & so Latin did not displace Celtic.
In the middle of the 5th century, three Germanic tribes - The Angles, Saxons and Jute's invaded Britain from the continent. From the 8th century the Anglo-Saxons had to face Scandinavian invaders - the Danes and the Norsemen sometimes refereed to as Vikings -who occupied parts of Britain & made some permanent settlements. The Scandinavian invasions continued till the 11th century. The Anglo Saxon period can be characterised as a period of transition from a tribal to feudal organisation of society.
The period of feudalism started around 1066 and lasted to the 15th century. In this period the modern English nation and language came into being. It was a period of struggle for power between kings & between powerful nobles a period of frequent wars, bloodshed & suffering. But it was also a period in which the development of the wool trade and the early decline of feudalism prepared the way for England's rise as a world power.
The period between 1485 and 1603 is known as the Tudor Period. It was a turning point in English history. England became one of the leading powers. The two famous rulers of the House of Tudor were Henry VIII. and Elisabeth I. The Elizabethan age produced the world's greatest playwright William Shakespeare.
The first 40 years of the 17th century can be characterised as a period of growing conflict between the King and parliament, representing the interests of the bourgeosie. The conflict let to the civil war in the 1640 which resulted in the abolition of the monarchy and in Cromwell's military rule in the middle of the century. This period ended in the Glorious Revolution which marked the end of the English bourgeoise revolution.
In the period of 1688 to 1760 England definitely took the lead in European commerce created the conditions necessary for the establishment of an empire and prepared the way for the industrial revolution.
During the Industrial Revolution (1760 - 1850) Britain became the first industrial power in the world, "the workshop of the world." The Anglo- French rivalry for world domination which had started in the previous period continued and culminated in the Napoleonic Wars (1803 - 1815).
The Victorian era which comprised the second half of the 19th century, called after Queen Victoria, was a period in which Britain became the strongest world power: besides being the greatest financial and commercial power, the greatest sea power and the greatest colonial power. In was the era of the greatest colonial expansion, especially in Africa.
The 20th century is a period of the decline of Britain as a world power a period of crises of the two world wars, from which Britain emerged as a victor, but greatly weakened. It is characterised by the disintegration of Britain's colonial empire and the effort to adjust Britain to the new situation by joining the other developed capitalist countries of Western Europe in EEC
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The defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 can be seen as a turning-point in history because, despite some undeniable ups-and-downs for both nations in the years to come, Spain and Great Britain moved in different directions from that point onward. For Spain, the following history would witness a tremendous decline in its strength and influence. For Great Britain, by contrast, there followed a tremendous rise into world-dominance.
Yes, most of them did, but there were some that were loyal to Britain and some that didn't really care.
Regarding the American Revolutionary War, part of the population in the 13 colonies wanted to remain part of Great Britain. They were not an overwhelming number, but it helped Great Britain's war effort to have some of the colonists in favor of remaining part of Great Britain.
The primary combatants were Great Britain vs. its thirteen North American colonies south of Quebec. France allied with the colonies, as did Spain and the Dutch Republic to a much lesser degree. Great Britain had the help of some German auxiliaries and some loyalists within the rebelling colonies, and most Native American tribes sided with Great Britain. Also involved against Great Britain were the Kingdom of Mysore and the Republic of Vermont.
Great Britain has at some point in history, clashed with troops from many countries.Great Britain has at some point in history, clashed with troops from many countries.
Finland is not part of Great Britain and is some distance away from it.
Julian S. Corbett has written: 'Sir Francis Drake' 'Signals and instructions, 1776-1794' -- subject(s): Great Britain, Great Britain. Royal Navy, History, Naval, Naval History, Naval tactics 'Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816' 'Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX' 'Drake and the Tudor navy' -- subject(s): Great Britain, Great Britain. Royal Navy, History, History, Naval, Naval History 'Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816' 'To the Battle of the Falklands, December 1914' 'Drake And The Tudor Navy; With A History Of The Rise Of England As A Maritime Power' 'Some Principles of Maritime Strategy' 'The seven years war'
They fought with England for independence. They had a Quebec act which was in 1477 and was an act about Parliament of great Britain. Canada is known as a peacekeeping country.
some were trading partners with Great Britain
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Rockets were developed, not discovered. See link for some basics.
When you got this weapon, you should have been given some documents and licensing papers with it. It should have some brief history of it on there. To find more look it up on the internet. If you cant find any, dont worry about it because you have the brief history on there.
Britain this is why some American merchants revolted
Yes, Great Britain makes tires. -Some of the best tires in the world come from British factories.
Greenland , if your consider it to be part of Europe.
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