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The question wether Scotland should become an independent country got a national referendum. 55.3% wanted Scotland to stay.
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The Irish Free State used to only have some freedom. In 1948 they became an independent country, the Republic of Ireland.
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After two world wars the biggest colony, India, broke free. The Afrcan freedom movements ended the age of colonialism.
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After the war Ireland was divided into two parts: The Irish Free State and Northern Ireland.
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The British empire became so big, that in the end of the 19th century, it became hard to get enough resources to rule it.
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After the war Britain lost the colonies in North America south of the Great Lakes.
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Scotland megred with England, and became a part of Great Britain.
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In the 1600s the British colonised parts of NOrth America and several islands in the West Indies.
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In the 1500s the Irish weren't allowed to own land in the area Ulster in the north. Only Scottish and English settlers were allowed to.
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King Edward I of England conquered Wales.
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England invades Ireland, but they will not give up without a fight.
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Sometime in the first century, the southern parts of Scotland was invaded by the Romans. They built a long wall to defend themselves from "The Painted Ones", who fought for their land.
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The Romans established a settlement, Londinium, which is where London is today. It became an important trading centre.
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About 2000 years ago, Great Britain was ruled by the Celts