kys Flashcards
(31 cards)
Alfred the great
Married princess from Murcia
Became king of Wessex and, 871
Defeated, Guthrum, baptised him
Viewed as overlord
Built burs and schools
Ethelred, the unready
Saint Brices day massacre
Married Emma of Normandy
Cnut
Son of Swainfork beard
married Emma of Normandy
Became king of Norway in 1028
North Sea empire
Emma of normandy
married Ethelred, the unready, and cnut
Had children with both secured their line of succession
William I
first English king
Norman/French
Introduce Domesday book created shires
feudal system
Henry the second
angevin empire, England and Wales, Ireland and France
King, John
Lost most of the land
Magna Carta
100yrs war
England versus France
First phase England wins
After winning Agincourt England loses everything apart from callis
Renaissance
religion
Huguenots moved to escape religious persecution
Ulster plantation is happen because James the first wanted to have control over the Catholics
Removal of Highlanders happen due to religious reasons as they were Catholics, and they wanted to shift from land
War
English conflict with Spain was a big driver for English exploration in the New World
American revolutionary war brought independence for America from British monarchy in control common sense by Thomas Paine
ideas
Liberty, a big drive in the American revolution, was the pursuit of liberty
Democracy, no taxation without representation
White supremacy, the slave trade was based on this
Transportation is punishment Australia as a deterrent to send people to
economic resources
Slavery was driven by economic ideas/resources and free labour
Tax. The stamp act was a major reason for the American revolution.
Huguenots brought new skills to England to help change the productivity of the country
Colonies in the New World new products that could be salt tobacco sugar
Thomas paine
encourages growth and independence
No taxation without representation
Common sense
Mary Bryant
Became a criminal and was sentenced to 7 years transportation to Australia
She would work on the new prison colony after her sentence was finished, then choose to stay or return.
She stole a ship and managed to escape.
Technology
England was able to colonise America duty superior weaponry to the native people
The only way the slave trade good app emoji to advances in shipbuilding, which made further exploration possible
Government
Elizabeth Baxley voyages, and sent out rally to colonise New World
The government accepted the Huguenots is refugees
Ulster plantation in Highland clearances both government decisions
America revolution happen directly as a result of US not having representation in parliament
The 19th century, 1800s
religion
Jewish people arrived in England in eighteen hundreds to escape religious persecution elsewhere
irish people were isolated when they arrive to Britain as they were catholic and the majority of Britain were Protestant
1857 uprising in India was motivated by sepoys feeling like their religious views are not respected, pig fat, cow, fat
War
War and conflict helped to achieve British control of India. People like Robert Clive for soldiers.
ideas
What supremacy a big factor in this period with British actions in both India and Africa based on idea, different races were inferior
colonialism/empire
Industrialisation
Social Darwinism, the idea that some weight of a stronger and better than others
economic resources
British control of Indian Africa was based largely on the resources and raw materials that are available there
Irish people treated badly enough, because there was a feeling that there was not enough jobs
Cecil Rhodes, motivated by money and getting control is time in Africa
Robert Clive
Layed the foundation of the east Indian company
won the Battle of Plassey
In return for supporting the Nawab Mir Jafar as ruler of Bengal, Clive was granted a jagir
Warren, Harding
Poor, but had a good education
Went to India to work for EIC
He served with Clive, but didn’t like the harsh treatment and resigned
1769 he returned and made 220,000 and became governor general of Bengal
Accused of corruption in a trial that lasted five years