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The Germanic tribes invaded England and created Old English
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Old English/Late Modern English
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Beowulf is a heroic poem suspected to be written around the year 1000. It was written in Old English.
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In 1066 the Duke of Normandy (William the Conqueror) invaded England. They brough French with them which was the dominant language for awhile and then a mixture of French and English became the dominant language.
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William of Normandy was crowned King of England on Christmas
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Middle English/Late Modern English:
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England and France had a war that lasted about 100 years
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The invention of the printing press brough standardization and common ground to English. More people were learning to read and words were harder to misinterpret and harder to mix up and change.
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Chaucer's Canterbery Tales was a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer in Middle English in 1475.
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In 1492, Christopher Columbus found North America. When English settlers came to America, they brought their language with them. Some of the English in America now is more similar to Old English than British English is now.
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Early Modern English/Late Modern English
oure/our
heuen/heaven
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Shakespeare's first portfolio was the first written collection of his plays. It is also know as "first folio".
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People were accused of being witches and most either had to say they were a witch and go to jail or deny it and be killed.
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The American Revolution was a war between the new American Colonists and the British. The new colonists wanted to break away from British rule and become independent, but the British still wanted control.
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Slavery is made illegal but only in the Northern States of America.
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People invented and used a lot of technology to do things for them instead of hard labor. The Industrial Revolution lasted from about 1760 to 1830.
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Gold mines were found in California and everyone was moving there to get rich easy.
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An 11 year old boy named Ethelred became King of England
