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Old English first began when Germanic Tribes invaded Britain. Sample Words and Phrases during this time period:
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Roman troops are ordered by Constantine to withdraw from Britain, and they never returned again.
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This causes an early Germanic influence on English.
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St. Augustine of Canterbury brings Christianity to Britain.
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Beowulf is an Old English poem that is commonly known as one of the most important works in the Old English time period.
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Danes begin to influence English.
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Harold, King of Norway, unifies Norway/
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Vikings and Danes make an attack on Britain.
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Macbeth murders Duncan, King of Sciotland.
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The Duke of Normandy invaded and conquered England.
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Modern English is a combination of Old English which the lower classes spoke and French which the upper class spoke. Sample words durimg this era:
Aungel: Angel
Ba: Kiss
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This university later created the Oxford Dictionary in 1857.
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The Magna Carta is a revolutionary document that paves the way for Constitutional law in the English world.
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The beginning of the Renaissance in Italy,
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King Henry is the first English monarch to deliver a speech in English.
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Chaucer was a famous Poet.
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Courageous leader of the French against the English, and is later burnt at the stake.
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The inventionn of the printing press provided means to stabalize and record a common English among the people.
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The English language is able to be recorded and printed for reference.
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Columbus discovered America and paved the way for a new nation.
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The Modern English Era established a more definite language because by this era the printing press recorded a language.
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"Great Vowel Shift" Common words during this era:
Legitamate: Lawful
Enimitie: Hatred -
Martin Luther posts his 95 theses against the church, beginning the reformation movement.
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King Henry III is excommunicated from the church, makes himself head of the church, and beheads his wife Anne Boleyn.
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Elizabeth takes the throne and restores Protestantism.
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The first dictionary provides people with a source to find and study definitions and words.
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First English Colony settled in Jamestown, Virgina.
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One of the largest written religious influences over the English world.
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This was the beginning of the Thirty Years War.
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Pilgrims arrive at Plymouth Rock.
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Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright, actor, and know as one of the greatest writers in the English language.
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The American Revolution begins at Lexington and Concord.
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The thirteen colonies fought Britain for their independence.
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The Declaration of Independence is signed.
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John Keats was an English Romantic Poet.
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The main difference from Early Modern English is that more words were added, and there were changes in vocabulary. Sample words and phrases from this era:
Legit: Awesome (short for legitamate, but with a different definition from early modern english)
Hangout: to be together
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Dostoyevsky is the author of Crime and Punishment.
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The Civil War begins after southern states secede from the Union.
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All modern English literature after 1885 is said to have come from this book. He wrote in a way authors had never written before.
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Theodore Roethke is a modern poet.
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Ethelbert is the first English king to be baptized, and he paves the way for future Christian influence in English.
