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Great Britain was first discovered by people who crossed over the land bridge of European mainland.
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Footprints have been found since 800,000 years ago on the island of Great Britain.
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Until 14,000 years ago, Great Britain was connected to Ireland . Great Britain became an island at the end of the last ice age, when the sea became higher because of the all melted ice.
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When the Romans conquested almost all of the England, it became the country named Britannia. In peroid of 500 years Romans Empire fell.
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In 1066 England was conquered by Normans. Wales came under Anglo-Norman control in 1282 and was official annexed to England in 16th century.
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The first king was King James. People did not choose him, but he chose himself for a king of Great Brittaine, France and Ireland.
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With years Scotland became independent of England. Scotland was independent from England till 1707, when both parlaments agreed with agreement about Union. This agreement created one kingdom of two kingdoms. They named it Great Britain.
