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Period: 1000 to
Impact of England
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1006
Battle of Hastings
Norman-French army of William, the Duke of Normandy, and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson, beginning the Norman conquest of England. -
1215
King John signs the Magna Carta
charter of rights agreed to by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor -
England establishes colonies that become the USA
The American colonies were formally known as British America and the British West Indies, when the Thirteen Colonies declared their independence in the American Revolutionary War -
Britain dominates parts of China
British imperialism in China in the nineteenth century was economic. There was a high demand for Chinese tea, silk and porcelain in the British market. -
Britain takes control of India
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Britain controls large sections of Africa
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Britain helps win world war I
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Britain Help win world war II
