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In 43 AD the Romans took most of Britain from the Celts who lived there. Scotland and its people wer too wild, so the Romans buist a ig wall to protect themselves.
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After the Romans had left, Germanic tribes conquered England, The Saxons were the most successful of them, but the An gles gave "England" its name: It means "Land of the Angels
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William, Duke of Nomandy, defeated the Saxon King Harold and conquered England
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King John had to sign the Magna Carta. This made the law stronger and the king weaker. Perhaps you already know King John from the Robin Hood stories.
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When Elizabeth 1 was queen, England became rich and powerful and started to colonise North AAmerica. This was also the age of great British art - for example the poet William Shakespeare
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Was the union of Englan, Wales, Scottland and Northern Ireland
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In the 1776 the English colonists in North America wanted to become independet. They had to fight for it, but finally they succeeded in 1783
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Industrialisation started in England in the 18th century.
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During the time of Queen Victoria I, England had to many colonies all round the world that the sun always shone somwhere in the British Empire
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Factories with machines and steam engines were built all over Britain. Steam engines were also used in the first locomotives in the earlie 19th century.
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In the World war all of Europe suffered terrible losses
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In the world war all of Europe suffered terrible losses
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The United Kingdom joined the Euporean Community, which in 1992 became the European Union
