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Be, water and strong are all words from the Old English.
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City of Chichen Itza is founded in Mexico.
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On August 5, Henry I is crowned King of England.
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Beowulf is commonly cited as one of the most important works of Anglo-Saxon literature, is the conventional title of an Old English heroic epic poem consisting of 3182 alliterative long lines, set in Scandinavia.
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Leif Ericson explored North America
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David the Builder takes over Kakheti and Hereti.
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The new conqueros brought witht them a new kind of French, which became the Royal Court, ruling and business class. Lower class spoke English and upper class spoke French.
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These are some of the words that we still use today, from Middle English: crown, castle, court, parliament, army,
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Writen at the end of the 14th century, there were writen as part of a story telling contest by the pilgrams as they travel. They were traveling from Southwark to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral.The prize was a free meal at the Tabard Inn at Southwark on their return.
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The printing press meant there was now a common language in print. Books were cheaper and more poeple learned how to read.
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Chistopher Columbus initiated European exploration and colonization of the American continents. He made four trip to America, he was a navagator and admiral for Castile, now Spain.
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John Cabot an Italian navagator and explorer, discovered parts of North America under the rule of Henry VII of England.
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These words were made up by the inventors or named after the inventor in the Industrial Revolution times: (trains, engine, pulleys, combustion, electricity, telephone, telegraph, camera etc).
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First reported African slaves in The New World.
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Printed in folio format is contained 36 plays, it was published by his colleagues John Heminges and Henry Condell.The First Folio is the only reliable text for about 20 of the plays.
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The American Revolution was were the 13 original colonies joined forces to break free from the British Empire. Byy 1774 each colony had established Provincial Congress.
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This is the year that Ben Franklin invented biofocal eyeglasses.
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First ice cream made commercially in New York City.
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The Industrial Revolution created technology and therefore had to create more words to go along witht the technology. The British Empire conquered one quarter of earth's sufaces, so the English language adopted many words from many different languages.
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According to legend, British forces led by Arthur defeated the invading Saxons.
