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Period: 1000 to
Impact of the battle of Hastings
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1066
Battle of Hastings
After the battle William was crowned King of England on Christmas day where he brought about huge cultural changes. Harold was killed and the Normans ruled England. This had a huge impact on the world because now a Norman/French man had power. -
1215
Magna Carta
King John signed the Magna Carta to make peace between the unpopular King and a group of rebels, it promised the protection of church rights, protection for the barons from illegal imprisonment. -
England establishes colonies that become the USA.
The colonization of the Americas by the British started in Jamestown, Virginia, they brought changes to virtually every aspect of the land and its people, from trade and hunting to warfare and personal property. European goods, ideas, and diseases shaped the changing continent. This obviously had a great impact that we still see today because we still have control of those territories. -
Britain dominates parts of China.
This was the first opium war or anglo-chinese war was a series of military engagements fought between the United Kingdom and the Qing Dynasty. over conflicting viewpoints on diplomatic relations, trade, and the administration of justice in China -
Britain takes control of India
There was a period of British rule on the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947. -
Britain controls large sections of Africa.
The "Scramble for Africa" was the occupation, division, and colonization of African territory by European powers during the period of New Imperialism, between 1881 and 1914. It is also called the Partition of Africa and by some, the Conquest of Africa. In 1870, only 10 percent of Africa was under European control; by 1914 it had increased to almost 90 percent of the continent, with only Ethiopia Abyssinia, the Dervish stateand Liberia still being independent. -
Britain helps win world war 1
World War One ended at 11am on the eleventh day of the eleventh month, in 1918. Germany signed an armistice (an agreement for peace and no more fighting) that had been prepared by Britain and France. At the start of 1918, Germany was in a strong position and expected to win the war. If we would have lost we might have seen the post-war period would have been avoided, and along with it the rise of the Nazis, the Holocaust, and World War II as it happened. -
Britain helps end world war 2
On June 17, 1940, the defeated French signed an armistice and quit World War II. Britain now stood alone against the power of Germany's military forces, which had conquered most of Western Europe in less than two months. -
Britain helps end the cold war.
Margaret Thatcher Revived An Ill Britain And Helped Win Cold War. By 1973, as striking coal miners brought the British government of Prime Minister Edward Heath to its knees, Margaret Thatcher was a young Cabinet minister filled with apprehension about her country's future. This impacted the world because some countries were affected by having wars erupt within them. The three biggest examples of this were Vietnam, Korea, and Afghanistan. -
Britain helps end the gulf war.
Though the Gulf War was recognized as a decisive victory for the coalition, Kuwait and Iraq suffered enormous damage, and Saddam Hussein was not forced from power. ... In addition, Iraqi force regularly exchanged fire with U.S. and British aircraft over the no-fly zone.
