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The United Kingdoms started as a political union
May 1707
The United Kingdoms started as a political union of the kingdoms of England which included Wales, and Scotland in accordance with the Treaty of Union, as ratified by the acts of Union. This Union created United Kingdom of Great Britain which shared a single constitutional monarch and a single parliament at Westminster. Soon after Ireland joined the Union to change the name to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. -
The seven year war
The seven year war lasted seven years from 1754 and 1763.it involved the great powers if the time and affected Europe, North America, Central America, and West African coast, India, and the Philippines. This is also called the War of the Conquest. During this time rising power Prussia was struggling with Austria for dominance within and outside the Holy Roman Empire in central Europe. Prussia established an alliance with Britain and France and Austria formed an alliance of their own. The war end -
England's Empire grows while the American Colonies Revolt
Queen Anne's reign was marked by the Duke of Marlborough's victories over France at Blenheim, Oudenarde, and Malplaquet in the war of the Spanish succession. England and Scotland meanwhile were joined by the Act of Union. When Anne died Hanover becomes the King if Great Britain and Ireland as George I. The unwillingness of the Hanoverian kings to rule resulted in the formation by the royal ministers of a cabinet, headed by a prime minister, which directed all public business. During this time of -
Credit Crisis of 1772
On June 8 1772, Alexandrea Foryce, a partner in the banking house Neal, James, Fordyce, and Down in London fled to France to avoid debt repayment, and the resulting collapse of the firm stirred up panic in London. Economic growth at that period was highly dependent on the use of credit, which was largely based upon people’s confidence in the banks. As confidence started ebbing, paralysis of the credit system followed: crowds of people gathered at the banks and requested debt repayment in cash or -
Panic of 1866
In Britain the economic impacts are half partially responsible for public agitation for political reform in the months leading up to the 1867 reform act the crisis led to a unemployment rate of 8% a huge drop in wages across the country. This is the working class very hard. This led to a group called the Reform league saw rapid increases in membership and organized multiple demonstrations against the political establishment such as the Hyde Park Riot. Ultimately the popular pressure that arose -
World War 1
Uk enters hostilities against Germany. Grueling trench warfare in Belgium and France. The number of people that died from the Uk were in the Hundreds of thousands. The war ends in November with armistice. -
Worl War Two
Britain was a main factor with the USA and Russian troops. They fought Germany, France, and Japan. Germany has taken over most of the European area and Britain was trying to defend with the help of the US. They pushed in this the US to pinch Germany with Britain and the US from the West and Russia from the east. At the end they won the war and defeated Germany. -
Stock market crash
January 11 1973 - December 6 1974 the stock market crashed and was down for a terrible 699 days. The average drop in value was 45% the seventh worst bear market in history. The price of oil and gas has skyrocketed in price when no one had any money or a job to buy anything. All the price went up and everyone’s pay check went down. People were homeless and living on the streets with about no chance to get a job or food daily.
