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55 - 54 Before Christ

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Julius Caesar invades England

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Length of Roman occupation

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400 years

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King of Wessex - qui et quand?

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Alfred the Great in 871

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First king of England - qui et quand?

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Edward the Confessor in 1042

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Norman conquest - qui, quand & conséquence

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William the Conqueror becomes king in 1066

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Magna Carta - date & meaning

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1215 & limits the power of the king

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Act of Supremacy - date

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1534

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Act of Supremacy - consequence

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Henry 8 breaks with Rome. Catholicism is replaced by Protestantism

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Elizabeth I reign

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1558-1603 + Catholicism is banned

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Execution of Mary Stuart - date & why?

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1587 + she was a Catholic

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Spanish Armada

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1588

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James 7 becomes James I of Scotland

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1603

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Charles I governs without Parliament

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1629 - 1640

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Civil War - date

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1642 - 1648

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Civil War - opponents

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Cromwell and puritans vs Charles I

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Charles 2 becomes King

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1660

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Habeas Corpus - date

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1679

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Habeas Corpus - meaning

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no imprisonment without fair trial

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Glorious Revolution - date

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1688

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Glorious Revolution - meaning

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Renverser James 2

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Bill of Rights - date

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1689

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Bill of Rights - meaning

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Parliamentary monarchy

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Act of Settlement - date

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1701

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Act of Settlement - meaning

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Catholics cannot access the throne nor illegitimate children

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Act of Union - date
1707
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Act of Union - meaning
Union of Scotland and England
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Hanovarian dynasty - date
1714
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Hanovarian dynasty - type of monarchy
Constitutional monarchy
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Independance of American Colonies
1776
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Industrial Revolution - date
1770s
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Second Act of Union - date
1801
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Second Act of Union - meaning
UK and Ireland unite
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Catholic - freedom of worship
1829
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First Reform Act - date
1832
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First Reform Act - meaning
Right to vote extended to Middle Class
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Creation of Trade Unions
1868
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Education Act - date
1870
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Education Act - meaning
Primary school free for all
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Education Act - meaning
Primary school free for all
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Ballot Act - date
1872
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Ballot Act - meaning
voting becomes secret
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Victoria becomes Empress of India - date
1876
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Creation of Labour Party
1900
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Second Reform Act - date
1867
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Second Reform Act - meaning
Les hommes qui payaient £10 de taxes ont le droit de vote
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Third Reform Act - date
1884
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Third Reform Act - meaning
Tous les hommes ont le droit de voter
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Parliament Act - date
1911
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Parliament Act - meaning
House of Lords lose its right of veto
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Britain enters WWI - date
1914
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Representation of the people Act - date
1918
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Representation of the people Act - meaning
All men have over 21 right to vote + woman over 30 & who paid taxes
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General Strike - date & meaning
1926 & mines owners wanted to reduce miners' wage
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Second Representation of the people Act - date
1928
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Second Representation of the people Act - meaning
All men and women above 21 can vote
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Britain declares war on Germany - date
1939
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Beveridge Report - date
1942
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D-Day - date
1944
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Creation of Welfare State + NHS
1945 : Welfare State 1948 : NHS
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India, Pakistan etc.. independency - period
1947 - 1949
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UK enters NATO - date
1949
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Suez Canal issue - date
1956
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Abortion Act - date
1967
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Miners' strike - date & why
1984 & because Thatcher wanted to close mines
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Channel Tunnel - date
1994
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Leave or Remain referendum
2016
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UK leaves EU
2020

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