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The first possible manuscript of Old English.
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Beowulf is a poem that was written in old English.
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England begins to emerge and spread which would in turn spread Old English.
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Words known as loanwords appear in the English language at this time such as the word sister.
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The Normans invaded England and brought their language with them creating this new middle English by mixing French with English. -
The printing press was a way for English to become stabilized and not change a whole lot. -
The oldest record of Middle English text that survived this long.
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This constitutional document was written in Middle English and signed by king John.
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He used middle English and would create poems with his English.
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King Henry IV became the first Monarch to create an English speech.
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Andrew Boorde illustrated regional Dialects for North America.
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The first Book Common Prayer was announced in the English language.
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The discovery of North America created this new kind of English that was more like Shakespeare's English.
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This is the first collection of Shakespeare's plays that was published after his death. -
Daniel Defoe called for the creation of academy 36 to dictate the English language usage.
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The American Revolution change the way that American spoke English after they broke apart from Britain they created their own vocabulary that was still similar to Britain's.
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