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Period: 400 to 499
Germanic invaders enter Britain
The Germanic Invaders entered Britain from the East and South coasts. -
Period: 450 to 1100
Old English
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500
The word Father changed three different times
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1066
Norman Invasion
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Period: 1100 to 1500
Middle English
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Period: 1300 to 1399
English slowly became the dominant language
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1340
Chaucer's tales written
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1440
Invention of the Printing Press
This device helped to solidify what languages looked like and how they would integrate into eachother. -
1462
North America discovered
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1500
New Pronouciations arose all over the English language
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Period: 1500 to
Renaissance of Classical Learning
British explorers would travel, visit, and learn from other civilizations' languages. -
Period: 1500 to
Early Modern English
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Shakespeare's first folio
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Beowulf's writing
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First English Dictionary was Printed
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American Revolution began
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Late Modern English
