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Romans
200 latin loanwords are inherited from the Romans. In the 6th century the Roman church would bring many more. They lived between 43 BC to 450 AD -
Jan 1, 1066
Normans
The Normans moved from France to England mixing English with French. -
Apr 19, 1337
100 years of war
During the war between England and France many people were on England's side. Those who spoke french, but were on England's side thought of they're French language as the language of the enemy so they learned and spoke English, but still keeping some French which mixed it in with English. -
May 19, 1476
Renaissance
During the Renaissance printing presses were invented. The pressers who worked the printing press decided to use one language, English, and the same grammer, spelling, etc. People then spoke the way the prints were printed making a certain type of English more common and widespread. -
Proper Grammer
In the 1700s human technology began to grow. The growth of technology made people more fancy, which then caused a want for proper grammer use, making english have a correct way of speaking. -
Industrial revolution
The industrial revolution changed the way people made stuff, so new things were invented. The new things that were invented needed a name so inventors just came up with a new word to call the invention. -
Present Day
After all of the past events that the english language has gone through, it has formed the normal english that we speak today. -
Anglo Saxons
400 words still exist today from this era. They lived during 449 AD -
St. Augustine
Took over Anglo Saxons and converted them to christian beliefs. The church was latin. The latin mixed with the language the Anglo Saxons had and made the english language bigger. -
King Alfred and Vikings
King Alfred pushed the Vikings east from England. He shared his language with the people of England and it mixed together with the little bit of English they already had expanding the language.
