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Jan 1, 923
the Norman Conquest
The next invasion of Britain took place more than 900 years ago, in 1066. History experts call this invasion the Norman Conquest. William the Conqueror led it. The Normans were a French-speaking people from Normandy in the north of France. They became the new rulers of Britain. -
Jan 1, 1290
Englis worsb deribed from latin
In the year 597, the Roman Catholic Church began its attempt to make Christianity the religion of Britain. Latin made it possible for a church member from Rome to speak to a church member from Britain. The Latin word "discus" became several words in English including "disk," "dish," and "desk." The Latin word "quietus" became the English word "quiet." English names of plants such as ginger and trees such as cedar come from Latin. So do some medical words such as cancer. -
The influence the british in american natif
The development of the English language took a giant step just nine years before the death of William Shakespeare. Three small British ships crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 1607. The name of the first small colony was Jamestown. In time, people in these new colonies began to call areas of their new land by words borrowed from the native people they found living there. -
The influens o (the prinrting pres) william shaquespeare
other areas of Europe where he had learned printing.the English education. Slowly, during the fifteen hundreds.English speakers today would be able to communicate with English speakers in the last part of the sixteenth century.His name was William Shakespeare .His plays continue to be printed, acted in theaters, and seen in motion pictures almost four hundred years after his death. -
The anglo-saxon imvasion
There were a lot of invsions in Britain. The Angles were a German tribe who crossed the English Channel.They were the Saxons and the Jutes. These groups found a people called the Celts, who had lived in Britain for many thousands of years. Through the years, the Saxons, Angles and Jutes mixed their different languages. The result is what is called Anglo-Saxon or Old English. Through the years, the Saxons, Angles and Jutes mixed their different languages.