"История Британии"

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The history of Great Britain is long and very exciting. The Celts crossed over from Europe to the British Isles centuries before the Roman invasion. The Roman province in this area covered most of the territory of present Wales and England. The Romans influenced the way of living, language and culture greatly .

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In the 5th century the Angles and the Saxons (two Germanic tribes)settled in Britain and occupied a very vast territory. They were pagans. Christianity came to Britain from Rome in 597. Angeles and Saxons conquered against Celts during the 5th and 6th centuries A.D. These Germanic conquerors gave England its name — «Angle» land.

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In the 11th century Normans invaded Britain. This invasion had a great influence on the life of Britain. For example, a feudal system was imposed — Lords, barons who were French-speaking Normans and the peasants (the English-speaking Saxons). So the English class system was built. At this time Middle English as a language dominated in England.

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During the 16th century the English monarch became very powerful. The Tudor dynasty (1485—1603) established a system of government. Parliament was split into two Houses and compeletely depended on the monarch. But during the 17th century it was established the supremacy of the parliament over the monarchy in Britain. The conflict had happend and the Civil War began. Parliament won the war, the king was executed and Oliver Cromwell became the leader. But after his death this system of government was forgotten and the son of the king was returned to the throne.

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In the 18th century the Industrial Revolution started. Many of people who had lived in the rural areas moved to towns. The population of London became about a million. In the next century Britain governed one of the biggest world’s Empire. It was made up of Canada, Ireland, India, Australia and large parts of Africa. They had internal self-government, but recognized the authority of the British government. Britain had a great economic power. The English spread their culture around the world.

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The 20th century was not stable. There were a lot of struggles for the rights: women, the working class. They became more powerful and stronger .

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Of course, we have told you the main facts about the past of the country. There were a lot of interesting events in Britain and you can read about them in special literature.

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