History of History of EnglandEngland

ByAurora Migani

Origin of BritainOrigin of Britain......

The first population of England was...CELTS.

In prehistory Britain wasn’t an island. It become an island about 50 century

B.C. The old british population was called

Celts, they arrived from Europe across the english channel and for a long time weren’t any new arrivals.

Typical Celts houseTypical Celts house

Celts lived in small farms

with animals. They grew

crops and hunted.

The typical celtic house looks likes a thatched long cabin.

DruidsDruids

Celts worshipped gods and goddeses.Their priests were called

DRUIDSDRUIDS.

Celtic tradition live on in our culture today by their descendant:Irish,Scottish and Irish,Scottish and

Welsh.Welsh.

The most important monuments The most important monuments are:are:

• Stonehenge and• Hadrian’s wall

StonehengeStonehengeStonehenge is the most important

prehistoric site in BritainWe don’t know if it was...1. A place where you can observ star and

planets 2. An area where tribes assembled3. A temple for the adoration of the sun

THE MOST ANCIENT ORDER OF DRUIDSTHE MOST ANCIENT ORDER OF DRUIDS

Meets at stonehenge every year at down on midsummer’s day and performs ancient

mystic rites around the stones.

Нadrian’s wallНadrian’s wall

Hadrian’s wall is an important roman

archeological site.

It was build to stop the schottish tribes

coming from England.

When romans arrived to When romans arrived to Britain...Britain...

Roman introduce towns. British people followed the roman way of life.

The Romans gave the name Britain to the country, they come to

Britain in 55 B.C., led by Julius

Caesar.

The romans stayed

for almost

400 years.

The romans built roads.

Roman roads are long and straight and we still use them today.

They had clean

waters,acqueduct and bath.

When romans arrived to When romans arrived to BritainBritain

Romans built a bridge and a town called Londinium other important towns take their name from the

latin word Castra (Chester,

Doncaster..)

Many english words come

from latin

(Dentist).

Londinium

Roman governamentRoman governament......

They brought a system of government to the whole country.

Other population of Other population of BritainBritain

When the roman empire began to collapse the romans left Britain.The island was conquered by: Angle Saxon,Vikings and

Normans.

1 Angle Saxon1 Angle Saxon

Angle Saxon were a tribes coming from

the north of Germany.

They called the newly-conquered

territory: ANGLE LAND then

England.

2 Vikings2 VikingsThe hero of the

resistance against the

Angle Saxon was:KING ARTHURAfter the Angle

Saxon arrived the vikings.

They mixed with the Angle

Saxon.

3 Normans3 NormansNormans came in

1066 from France.William Duke

acrossed the channel with is army and defeated the Angle Saxon in the battle of Hasting.

was called the Conquered

They were the last people who

conquered England

The road to The road to democracydemocracy

In medieval times kings ruled with absolute power.

Magna carta was signed in 1215 by John Lackland, so

Britain became a

constitutional monarchy.Magna Carta is a

document wich limited

power of king.

King John was called Lackland because during

his reing England lost territories in

France.

Resistance of people to Lackland is famous by

the legends of Robin Hood and Ivanhoe

Henry the eighthHenry the eighthHenry the VIII had six wives:

Two died.Two divorce.

One died after she had given him a

son called Edward.

One survived him.

Britain became protestant

because the pope didn’t want

to give Henry divorce.

So Henry declared the end of papal

power.

One of Henry successors was

Elisabeth I,a great queen.

During her reing England became

a power.

Rival of England was Spain.

Capitain of

England was

Sir Drake

How britain became How britain became protestantprotestant