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The suspected date.
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Beginning of the Norman French
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The first attempt by Europeans to colonize the 'New World' (North America) was around a.d. 1000, when the Vikings sailed from the British Isles to Greenland and established a colony
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The Normans brought over the French which ended up combining to make most of the English we speak to this day.
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anon: at once
brenne: burn
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2nd oldest university in the English speaking world
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Lasted from 1340-1400. The Chaucer's Canterbury Tales were a collection of 24 stories written in Middle English
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The Black Death killed 1/3 of Britians population and only lasted from 1349-1350.
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This was a new machine used for printing text or pictures.
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Henry VI
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The American Revolution was a colonial revolt that took place between 1765 and 1783. The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies won independence from Great Britain, becoming the United States of America.
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Lewis and Clark start their journey to document the rest of the United States.
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Commissioned by William the Conqueror to assess the extent of the land and resources being owned in England at the time, so he could raise the taxes.
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The 2nd Edition of the Oxford Dictionary was published.
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