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Period: 1000 to
Age of Britian
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1066
Battle of Hastings
The battle of Hastings marks a turning point in world history because of the french begining to rule england -
1215
The Magna Carta is Signed
King John, in a desperate bid to save his life from the peasants, gives some of his powers to the common folk to restore order after the civil war. That document is an important peice of global kistory -
England Establishes Colonies in the "New World"
Those colonies, founded in 1607, become America after some wars and other stuff. Kinda important -
Britten Dominates Part of China
Due to a trade imbalance, Britain invades China in 1839 in the Opium Wars. They end in 1842 with England being the victor. -
Britain Invades India
They concur India and rule it for a few decades. It is still having repurcussions. -
Britain participates in the Scramble for africa.
It was the invasion of Africa by Britain in 1914, in one of the final big European colonization pushes. It distabilised the middle east and Africa and is still causing problems to this day.
