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.
Hadrians 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 familys farm
trained Druids were important in
religious 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 nobles 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
lord, 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
land
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