FROM STONE AGE MEN TO TUDOR DYNASTY

  • Stone Age
    10,000 BCE

    Stone Age

    Stone Age men set in Britain. They were hunters and fishers
  • Period: 10,000 BCE to

    Frome Stone Age to Tudor

  • Neolithic immigrants
    4000 BCE

    Neolithic immigrants

    They arrived during this period and they started to cultivate the land
  • Celts
    2000 BCE

    Celts

    They came from central Europe and set in Britain and Ireland. Celts lived in tribes and they founded the plought.
  • Roman attempt
    55 BCE

    Roman attempt

    Julius Caesar tried to conquer Britain but he failed
  • The Romans
    43

    The Romans

    They conquered Britain. Romans built towns and a gigantic wal ----> Hadrian's Wall
  • Anglo-Saxon invaders
    410

    Anglo-Saxon invaders

    They arrived in Britain from Germany. They destroyed towns and created 7 kingdoms.
  • Normans and Feudal System
    1066

    Normans and Feudal System

    William, Duke of Normandy, conquered Britain and was crowned king of England. Normans introduced FEUDAL SYSTEM.
    Feudal Sistem → king → barons → knights → peasants
  • Magna Charta
    1215

    Magna Charta

    This is a document that limited the powers of nobles and since this moment feudalism declined
  • Period: 1300 to 1400

    Black Death

    It was a pestilence that killed lots of people.
  • Period: 1337 to 1453

    The Hundred Years' War

    England against France
  • Period: 1455 to 1485

    Wars of the Roses

    Between York and Lancaster (two important families).
    TUDORS won
  • Henry VIII and the Protestant Church
    1534

    Henry VIII and the Protestant Church

    He had lots of wives. Pope didn't allow him to devorce so there were a separation between Catholic Church and Protestant Church of England
  • Elizabeth I (1558-1603)
    1558

    Elizabeth I (1558-1603)

    Her reign was really glorious: explorations, colonisation and lots of victories.