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History of England
By
Aurora Migani
Origin of Britain...
The first population of England was...
CELTS.
In prehistory Britain wasn’t an island.
It become an island about 50 century B.C.
The old british population was called Celts, they
arrived from Europe across the english channel
and for a long time weren’t any new arrivals.
Typical Celts house
Celts lived in
small farms with
animals.
They grew crops
and hunted.
The typical celtic
house looks likes a
thatched long
cabin.
Druids
Celts worshipped gods and goddeses.
Their priests were called
DRUIDS.
Celtic tradition live on in our culture today by their
descendant:Irish,Scottish and Welsh.
The most important monuments are:
• Stonehenge
and
• Hadrian’s wall
Stonehenge
Stonehenge is the most important
prehistoric site in Britain
We don’t know if it was...
1. A place where you can observ star and planets
2. An area where tribes assembled
3. A temple for the adoration of the sun
THE MOST ANCIENT ORDER OF DRUIDS
Meets at stonehenge every year at down on midsummer’s day and
performs ancient mystic rites around the stones.
Нadrian’s wall
Hadrian’s wall is an
important
roman
archeological site.
It was build to stop the
schottish tribes
coming from
England.
When romans arrived to Britain...
Roman
introduce
towns.
British
people
followed the
roman way
of life.
The Romans gave the name
Britain to the country, they
come to Britain in 55 B.C.,
led by Julius Caesar.
They had clean
waters,
acqueduct
and bath.
The romans
stayed for
almost 400
years.
The romans built
roads. Roman roads
are long and straight
and we still use them
today.
When romans arrived to Britain
Romans built a bridge and a
town called Londinium other
important towns take their
name from the latin word
Castra (Chester,
Doncaster..)
Londinium
Many english words
come from latin
(Dentist).
Roman governament...
They brought a
system of
government to
the whole
country.
Other population of Britain
When the roman empire began to collapse the
romans left Britain.
The island was conquered by:
Angle Saxon,Vikings and Normans.
1 Angle Saxon
Angle Saxon were a tribes
coming from the north of
Germany.
They called the
newly-conquered territory:
ANGLE LAND then
England.
2 Vikings
The hero of the resistance
against the
Angle Saxon was:
KING ARTHUR
After the Angle Saxon
arrived the vikings.
They mixed with the
Angle Saxon.
3 Normans
Normans came in 1066 from
France.
William Duke acrossed the
channel with is army
and defeated the Angle
Saxon in the battle of
Hasting.
was called the Conquered
They were the last people
who conquered England
In medieval
times kings
ruled with
absolute
power.
The road to democracy
King John was called
Lackland because
during his reing
Resistance of people
England lost
to Lackland is
territories in France.
famous by the
legends of Robin
Hood and Ivanhoe
Magna carta was
signed in 1215 by
John Lackland, so
Britain became a
constitutional
monarchy.Magna
Carta is a document
wich limited power of
king.
Henry the eighth
Henry the VIII had six
wives:
Two died.
Two divorce.
One died after she had
given him a son called
Edward.
One survived him.
How britain became protestant
Britain became
protestant because
the pope didn’t
want to give Henry
divorce.
So Henry declared the
end of papal
power.
One of Henry successors
was Elisabeth I,a great
queen.
During her reing England
became a power.
Rival of England was
Spain.
Capitain
of
England
was Sir
Drake