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Germanic became a Language after Europeans "sacked" Rome. This lead to the native tribes of that language to go to Britain. -
Germanic Language was introduced to English through invasion, and eventually they fused together to created Old English. -
Deep within England, Germanic dialects are becoming mixed, native language is difficult to remember as the Europeans continue to rise up. -
A poem that changed Europe old English literature forever, Beowulf's writings of the 6th century bewildered his audience, and became a big part of history. -
The Norman Invasion left England in despair and at the hands of culture adaption and combination. The French words eventually became a luxury part of the English language, as only the rich knew of them. -
Latin and French have become a key part in the new Middle English language was established after cracks were bought to light in the Old English system. -
Over time England became a place with only languages of Middle English, also used to be Norman French and English. Although that was the case, constitutions were signed on only English speaking papers, being one of the first ones. -
What makes English an official language in England is the Statute of Pleading. Parliament opens with its first speech in English. -
This frame story by Geoffrey Chaucer, paved the way for famous authors down the line like Shakespeare. Within his writing, he described the poverty and pilgrimage of the era before. It was the source for Middle English, as well as providing a lot of insight into life in medieval England. -
At this point in time middle English slowly started to fade as punctuation and machine written papers, articles were introduced. This era standardized English most importantly. -
The discovery of Americas led to discovery of trade, which in itself expanded the spread of middle English throughout the world mostly European countries. Paving a new way for English and how its going to shape. Perhaps the ending period for middle English. -
Shakespeare's work in general is very impactful in the sense that it majorly shaped the way people communicated at the time. As well as his work being very well preserved, some of his work may be lost but, the people now get to reflect back at history. -
I feel like "The American Revolution" put a lot more effort into the liberty/independence field in a sense, the writing at the time became outright political almost, more patriotism and freedom. -
Industrial revolution not only impacted the way the country operated, opening more factories and facilities. This time period paved the way for scientists to use Latin and Greek words in their work, naming bacteria, elements, etc. -
Wilfred Funk, an author at the time period, estimated that for every year the US was at war during World War 2 the vocabulary grew 6000 words.