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4000 BCE
Neolithic immigrants
a group of Neolithic immigrants arrived from Europe, settled down and started to cultivate the land. -
2500 BCE
tribes
the population began to divide into tribes -
2000 BCE
the Celts
a group of people called Celts, from central Europe started settling across much of Britain and Ireland. They created a distinct Celtic-British culture of their own -
55 BCE
Julius Caesar
he arrived in Britain and built extensive network of roads and Hadrian's wall near the Scottish border, to control and defend the area from Scottish tribes -
410
invasions
the departure of the Romans left the island undefended against the invasions of the Angles and Saxons from northern Germany -
1066
king Edward die
when the Saxon king Edward confessor died. Harold Godwinson was chosen, the throne was also claimed by his cousin William, duke of Normandy, he defeated Harold at the battle of hastings and was crowned king of England with the name of William I -
1215
magna carta
with the signing of the magna carta feudalism began its slow decline. england experienced the black death , strugles for power and a series of wars. -
Period: 1337 to 1453
hundred years' war
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Period: 1455 to 1485
wars of the roses
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1485
new royal house
the Tudors won the battle at Bosworth and the ascended the throne as Henry VII. His son Henry VIII, he head of the protestant church of england, dissolved catholic monasteries and confiscated their lands and possessions -
Elizabeth I
Henry VIII's daughter, her reign was perhaps the most glorious era for Britain, with explorations. colonisation, victory in war and growing world importance as a trading nation