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Bronze (The Bronze Age) 3,000 BC
Bronze, created in 3,000 BC was mainly used for making weapons and armor. The time period in which bronze was made is identifies as the Bronze Age. Many who discovered bronze were near the Mediterranean and East of that. Some people who invented bronze extend anywhere from Asia to England. Most people who used bronze needed it for war and they were advanced metalworkers. -
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Beaker People of Great Britain 2,000 BC
Although the bronze age was circling around Europe it had not yet been brought to England before the Beaker people. These people new alot about Neolithics and new culture. They came up to England through the South West which had many deposits of copper and tin. -
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Improving of Stonehenge 2,500 BC
Stonehenge was and already existing temple when the Beaker people had got to it, though they decided to improve it. Historians believe that the Beaker Folk were friends with the original builders. They decided to make their improvements in 2,500 BC. -
Jan 1, 700
Vespasian's Camp 700 BC
Located less than two miles of Stonehenge, Vespasian's Camp was created on a hill next to the famous site. Many believe that it was apart of the stonehenge ritual. Will Camden gave the site it's name during the Elizabethian era.People believe the first building of the site was during the Bronze Age, but was later finished during the Iron Age during 700 BC. -
Sep 11, 1291
Eleanor of Provence buried
Among the many people that were buried at Amesbury we find Eleanor of Provence who was buried in a Benedictine Abbey of St Mary and St Melor which later became the parish church. Eleanor of Provence was Queen consort and wife of King Henry III of England. -
Jan 1, 1540
Spared in English Reformation
Eleanor of Procvence's body was spared at Amesbury during the English Reformation of the 16th Century when the Church of England broke away from the Catholic Church becaue of political and theological differences. -
Jan 1, 1547
King Edward the 6th becomes King
Edward the VI was King of England and Ireland and he was the son of Henry the VIII and Jane Seymour who was King during the English Reformation. Edward's reign was marked with economic and social unrest. At the age of 15 he became terminally ill. Before he died he used all his powers to make sure that England would never return to Catholism and named his cousin Lady Jane Grey and his heir and excluded his half sisters Mary and Elizabeth. -
Jul 19, 1553
Lady Grey refuses the Crown
Lady Jane Grey was the great-grandaughter of Henry VII.
At the time that was made heir to the throne of Englad by Edward the VI she was deposed of this title by Edward's half sister Mary 13 days of his death. She was an avid Protestant and noblewoman and a defactor monarch of England dubbed the Nine Days' Queen. -
Nov 30, 1553
Monarchy restores Catholic faith in England
The Catholic church was brought back to England under Queen Mary and Roman Catholisism was enforced by Marian persecutions. -
Jan 1, 1554
Wedding of Mary of England and Philip of Spain
When Lady Grey was initialled pronounced queen, Mary was unhappy about it. Then after Jane stepped down as queen, Mary assembled a force in East Anglia and later beheaded Jane. Mary got married to Philip of Spain in 1554, becoming queen consort of Spain. -
Nov 17, 1558
Mary dies and Elizabeth I rises to power
After Queen Mary's restoration of the church in England, she then died. Her new succesor was Queen Elizabeth I, and reversed the Church's independence from Rome. Elizabeth reigned Queen from England and Ireland from November 17, 1558, until her death on March 24, 1603. -
Elizabeth I government structure rarely involves Parliament
In government, Elizabeth was more moderate than the other monarchy before her had been. She was mostly tolerant of religioin. Her reign was known as the Elizabethian Era known above all for English literature. She was a stable queen, and established a national identity for England. Even though she didn't run the whole government, Elizabeth rarely liked to talk to or use Parliament during her long reign in England. -
Parliament passes series of acts to establish State Roads
After Elizabeth I reaign, Parliament became more involved with the country and it's govrnment. One series of Acts of Parliament were the Turnpike Trusts. These Trusts had the authority to collect road toils for with holding main roads in Britain during th 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. -
Roads Built by Metcalf, Macadam, and Telford
After the Turnpike Trusts were established, the first professional road builder John Metcalf was found during the INdustrial Revolution. After the Acts were enforced, Metcalf got many contracts to build various roads in England. Macadam and Telford learned from Metcalf's technique and started to build and improve many more roads in England. -
Many killed and injured due to no direction on roads
During the year of 1866, roads and cars had been new inventions of the Industrial Revolution. Due to little to no direction on road ways during this time period, 1102 people were killed and 1334 people were injured in car accidents in London. -
Invention of the Traffic Light
J.P. Knight in 1866 saw all of the comotion due to poor traffic handling and deciede to propose a signaling system to regulate traffic and reduce the number of accidents. He is credited with the invention of the first Traffic Light in 1868, a system based on railway signaling. This first traffic light was placed near London's House of Commons to help with traffic. Today trafficlights help prevent many accidents and injuries. -
Amesbury (Antrobus Estate) 882 BC
Vaspasian's Camp was built in the town of Amesbury and the town was discovered in 882 BC. Amesbury in a town in Wiltshire, England and is most famous for the two prehistoric sites. Many burial sites have been discovered because of the large population of that time.
