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Around 4000 BC a group of Neolithic immigrants arrived from Europe
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Around 2000 BC the Celts started settling across much of Britain and Ireland
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Julius Caesar arrived in Britain in 55 BC. The Romans build a lot of roads and monuments, like the Hadrian’s Wall
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They came from Germany and Scandinavia in 5th Century. They colonised northwards and westwards, pushing the Celts to the fringes of Britain
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The Normans unified England, introduced the feudal system and gradually took the control of Wles and Ireland
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In 1215 with the signing of the Magna Carta feudalism began its slow decline.
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In the XIV and XV centuries
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Henry VIII, grained fame for his six marriages in search of a male heir. When the Pope didn’t allow him to divorce and remarry, Henry split with the Catholic Church and had Parliament appoint him Head of the Protestant Church of England.
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Henry VIII’s daughter, ascended the throne in 1558 and reigned until 1603. Her reign was the most glorious era for Britain, with colonization, explorations, victory in war ecc.
