Date post: | 16-Dec-2015 |
Category: |
Documents |
Upload: | tyrone-lindsey |
View: | 218 times |
Download: | 3 times |
History of Great Britain
II (1603 – 20th century)
James I ( reigned 1603 – 1625 | lived 1566 - 1625) – golden cultural era – William Shakespeare, John
Donne- 5th November 1605 – Gunpowder plot – Robert
Gatesby, Guy Fawkes
Charles I ( r. 1625 – 1649 | lived 1600 - 1649)English Civil War (Parlamentarians vs. Royalists) ->
republic (1649 – 1653) -> protectorate (1653 – 1660) - Oliver Cromwell
Charles II (r. 1660 – 1685 | lived 1630 – 1685)Monarchy restored – The Stuarts back on throne
17th century
James I Charles I Charles II
Guy Fawkes Oliver Cromwell
James II ( r. 1685 – 1688 | lived 1633 – 1701 )- Deserted from England to France after Glorious
Revolution - Glorious Revolution – 1688 – led by William III –
Catholics lost their right to vote MPs
William III ( r. 1689 – 1702 | lived 1650 – 1702 )- Reigned together with his wife Mary II ->
acceptance of Bill of Rights – limits of powers of the Crown, rights of Parliament
Mary II ( r. 1689 – 1694 | lived 1662 – 1694 )- Wife of William III, governed kingdom in his
abscence
Anne (r. 1702 – 1714 | lived 1665 – 1714 ) - England and Scotland united as Great Britain ->
uniform measures, weights and currency – 1st May 1707 – Treaty of the Union
- Last of the Stuarts on the throne
James II William III Mary II
Anne
Great Britain experienced big growth of empireAfter defeat of France in the Americas GB
acquired all France‘s North American colonies – Canada
1770 – Eastern half of Australia claimed by Great Britain
But also lost some of it‘s land1775 – 1783 – American Revolution – USA
founded – independentIndustrial revolution – 1770s – steam engine –
J. WattStarted in GB continued in other western
countriesIncreased standard of living, specialization
18th century
Napoleonic wars – series of conflicts – 1803-1815Invasion into England – stopped by admiral
Nelson – battle of Trafalgar – 21st October 1805
Napoleonic wars ended by defeating Napoleon I in the battle of Waterloo – 18th June 1815 –> Napoleon sent to Saint Helena
Victorian era – 1837 – 1901Long period of time full of peace, prosperity,
national self-confidence and industrial innovations
Period of Queen Victoria‘s reign
19th century
James Watt
Napoleon Bonaparte
Queen Victoria
World War I : 28th July 1914 – 11th November 1918War between two sides: Triple Entente and
Triple AllianceTriple Entente = Russia, France, Great Britain, …Triple Alliance = Germany, Austria-Hungary,
Ottoman empire, …Great Britain mostly fought alongside France
against Germany and Austria-Hungary on the Western front
After USA joining the war beside Triple Entente the Germany was defeated
20th century
World War II: 1st September 1939 – 2nd September 1945Global conflict in which almost all states took part –
the biggest conflict in human historyCasualties – over 60 millionBattles took place on land, in the sea and in the airTwo sides – Allies x Axis
Allies: Soviet Union, USA, UK, France, Czechoslovakia, …Axis: Germany, Japan, Italy, Hungary, …
Final battle of Berlin begun on 16th April 1945 and ended two weeks later when Soviet soldiers got into the centre of Berlin and Adolf Hitler commited suicide
German forces surrendered on 8th May 1945 = the end of WWII in Europe
Japan surrendered on 2nd September 1945 = the end of WWII
Josif Stalin F. D. Roosevelt Winston Churchill
Adolf Hitler Hirohito Benito Mussolini
Thank you for listening and paying attention
Basicaly just wikipeda.orgGoogle.com for pictures
Sources