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The Eighteenth Century
➢ War with France
➢ the Battle of Trafalgar (1805)
➢ the battle of Waterloo (1815)
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➢ Industrial Revolution(1750--1850) ➢ the invention of the steam engine ➢ human power----machine power ➢ domestic system----factory system ➢ industrial towns and cities ➢ a new social class----workering class
➢ Major events in this Golden Age: ➢ 1837 the Queen of England and Ireland; ➢ 1839 married; ➢ 1857 the control of the Suez; ➢ 1876 the Queen of India; ➢ the British Empire.
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Highlights
1. Cultural Noun Explanations: ➢ The Magna Carta ➢ The Protestant Church ➢ The Elizabethan Age ➢ Charles Darwin
➢ was condemned to death
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➢ Oliver Cromwell(1649--1658) Lord Protector Built a republic country (11ys)
➢ William III and Mary II (1688--1702) ➢ the Glorious Revolution(1688) ➢ the Bill of Rights was passed
“Bloody Mary”
➢ Elizabeth I (1558--1603)---An age of Glory
➢ Protestantism gradually bacame the dominant faith
➢ An age of real literary achievement: Shakespeare
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➢ Henry VIII (1509--1547) ➢ His request to devorce his Queen was
refused by the Roman Pope ➢ Established the Church of England, also
➢ Adventure on the Sea ,defeated Spanish
“ Armada” by Sir Francis Drake
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➢ James I (1603--1625)
➢ the “Gunpowder Plot”—a plot to blow up the King and Parliament
Anglican Church. Declared that he and not the Pope was the head of the Church in England
➢ The Catholic Church & the Protestant Church
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➢ Mary I (1553--1558) ➢ a devout Catholic.
➢ Relations between England & France was completedly cut off
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The Sixteenth Century
➢ Characteristics ➢ the transition of the modern period ➢ the age of great voyages of discovery ➢ the beginning of freedom of thought in
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➢ William I (1066--1087)
Known as William the Conqueror
➢ Richard I (1189--1199) A Norman king, known as Richard LionHeart Most famous Crusaders Tried to snatch the “ Holy land”
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The Middle Ages 476----1453AD
➢ King Arthur(6th century)
➢ King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table
➢ Alfred the Great(871--899)
➢ A fine Saxon king who successfully defeated the invading Danes.
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➢ King John(1199--1216)
The Magna Carta(Great Charter) in 1215,the basis of British Constitution(p26)
➢ Joan of Arc The Hundred Years’ War(1337--1453)
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The Nineteenth Century
➢ Changes in this age: ➢ Reform Bill (1832)
➢ Trade Unions
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➢ Great progress in the field of communications
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Queen Victoria
➢ Reigning period: May 24,1819----Janu. 22, 1901
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The Seventeenth Century
➢ Charles I (1625--1649) Believed that he had a “Divine Right” to govern
➢ The great Civil War (1642--1649)--wars between “Roundheads” and “Cavaliers”