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The UK is unified
The first king of England was king Egbert. -
The Revolutionary War
Some People of the UK was getting annoyed of England so they moved to the USA. The UK wanted them back so they had a big war known as the Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo took place in British territory in what is now Belgium and marked the final defeat of French military leader and emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, who had conquered much of continental Europe. -
The abolition of slavery
Parliament passed the Slavery Abolition Act in 1833. This act gave all slaves in the British Empire their freedom. The British government paid compensation to the slave owners, dependent on the number of slaves they had. It freed more than 800,000 slaves. -
First Opium War
The First Opium War, also known as the Opium War or the Anglo-Chinese War, was a series of military engagements fought between Great Britain and the Qing dynasty of China. -
Second Opium War
The Second Opium War, also known as the Second Anglo-Chinese War, the Second China War, the Arrow War, or the Anglo-French expedition to China, was a war pitting the United Kingdom and the French Empire against the Qing dynasty of China that lasted from 1856 to 1860.
