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Old English was the main language during this time
EXAMPLES: Pleased to meet you, beg your pardon, goodbye -
The Romans withdraw from Britain when the empire collapses.The Angles, Saxons, and German settlers arrive into Britain to assist them in claiming territories.
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Approximate time of the earliest manuscript records of Old English
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The Danish raid England, occupy Northumbria, and establish a kingdom at York. The Danish begin to influence English.
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Then English and Danish start to become peacefully and enter the language. They have common words like sister, skin, and die.
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Suspected date of Beowulf's writing which is the only surviving manuscript of the Old English.
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There is a Battle of Hastings where King Harold is killed and William of Normandy becomes King of England.
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Middle English was the main language during this time.
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Approximate time of the earliest surviving texts.
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Geoffrey Chaucer composes The Canterbury Tales in Middle English.
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King Henry IV the first English monarch to deliver a speech in English.
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William Caxton brings the first printing press to Westminster and publishes Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales.
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The first English settlements happen in North America in the Early 16th Century.
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Late Modern English is the language right now and has been for a while.
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William Shakespeare's first folio is published
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The American Revolution was a result of the growing tensions between the colonists and the colonial government. The battles in Lexington and Concord are what kicked off the revolution. It ended in 1778.
