Put in order...

 Industrial Revolution
 Anglo-Saxon invasion
 Magna Carta (the Great Charter)
 Romans leave the country
 The peasant uprising (John Wycliffe and the Lollards)
 arrival of the Celtic people
 Roman invasion
 The Rebublic of England (Oliver Cromwell)
 The First World War
 Norman invasion
 The first parliament is called (by Simon de Montfort)
Roman Invasion

 Conquered in 43AD
 The North of the
island was not
conquered.
 In 122 A.D.,
Emperor Hadrian
built a wall
separating North
and South.
Hadrian’s Wall

117km long
5m high
A Legend

King Arthur

 The sword in the stone

 The knights of the round table
 The search for the Holy Grail (cup)
 Fought the Saxons
Another Legend
The Story of Robin Hood

King Richard was away from England

for many years, fighting wars.
Prince John and the Sheriff of
Nottingham were cruel to the people.
Robin Hood lived in Sherwood Forrest,
with his Merry Men.
He robbed from the rich, and gave to
the poor.
The Crusades

 several wars during the 12th and

13th centuries,
 against Muslims in the “Holy Land”
(such as Jerusalem).
 England fought in only some of the
crusades.
Social Structure

 Celtic tribes
– 20-30 tribes, each with a king
– people worked on their family’s farm
– trained Druids were important in religiou
s life
– women could be soldiers and leaders
• Queen Boadicea fought the Romans
Social Structure
 Roman invasion
– Roman army and politicians were in
control
– people in cities adopted Roman culture
– but country areas were less affected

 After the Romans left

– many people left the cities
– culture had been influenced, but not
completely changed
Social Structure

 Anglo-Saxon invasion
– a complex class system
– lower classes had to do some work on
the noble’s farm
– seven kingdoms, always fighting
– finally they united under King Alfred to
defend against the Danes
Social Structure

 Norman invasion
– the development of a feudal system:
• Feudalism: nobles received land from their l
ord, and had to fight in his army
• Manorialism: “villeins” (serfs) received land
from a noble, and had to do work for him
– feudalism declined in the 14th century
• peasants had more freedom
• they paid rent to the noble who owned the l
and
Social Structure

 Industrial Revolution
– cloth-making became very profitable
– nobles created large farms for sheep
(“enclosure”)
– many peasants lost their land
– these people moved into the cities
– they became the working class
The Right to Vote

 The first parliament of 1265: only

men who owned a lot of land could
vote
 First Reform Act 1832: about 7%
 Second Reform Act 1866: about 15%
 Third Reform Act 1884: most men
 1918: women over 30
 1928: women over 21