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The act of Union
The act of union was the forming of the united kingdom og Great Britain, because the scottish parliament was dissolved. But the scottish kept their system of law. -
James Watt invents the steam engine
which was the start of the English industrialisation -
Potato crisis
In Ireland they had a potato crisis ( it hadnt grown in two years), so every peasent either died og emigrated to England. Therefore the whole Gaelic culture slowly died. -
Queen Elizabeth II was crowned
The longest ruling queen in the UK -
UK got back to what it is today
The UK gave the last foreign ground away( Hong Kong) to its rightful owner (China) -
Suicide bombings
suicide bombings targetting the london transport network, made that the UK tightened up their security system -
Brexit
The UK elected themselves out the the European Union. The poll in this referendum were 52% to leave and 48% to stay -
Therese May
in July Theresa may elected as the new prime minister of the UK
