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Edward the seventh ascended to the throne
He was king of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India -
In the labour party the first minister enters in Parliament
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Old age pensions are introduced
The act provided for a non-contributory old age pension for persons over the age of 70 -
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George the fifth
He was the second son of Albert Edward and the grandson of Queen Victoria -
The insurance and health act
It is an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom -
Rupert Brooke: The soldier
It is written during the First World War. There is a sense of patriotism -
James Joyce: Dubliners
The stories are divided in three groups: childhood, adolescence and adult life. Joyce represents the paralysis which affected the city and its inhabitants. There is a moment of "epiphany" -
World war first
It was the conflict that involved the major world powers. It caused many deaths -
Easter rising in Ireland
It also known as the Easter Rebellion, it was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week -
America enters in the war
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At the end of the war all women aged 30 years over have the vote
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Wilfred Owen: Dulce et Decorum Est
It is written during the First World War. There is condemnation of war -
Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations
It was one of the peace treaties at the end of world war first. -
James Joyce: Ulysses
It resumes from the Odyssey of Homer, the characters are similar and the episodes correspond. Important is absence of punctuation ( thing all together). There are the stream of consciousness and the interior monologue of Molly Bloom -
Thomas Stearns Eliot: The Waste land
It divided into five parts. It was sent to his friend: Ezra Pound "the best blacksmith" and he reduces the work -
A general strike
It lasted 9 days. Many workers went out in transport and heavy industry -
Wall street crash
The collapse of the stock exchange in New York -
Hitler, the Nazy party comes to power in Germany
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George the sixth
He was king of the United Kingdom, he was the last emperor of India and the first head of the Commonwealth -
Britain declared war to the Germany
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America entered in the war
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D-day
Landing of the troops in Normandy -
Conference of
The war finished
