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England was habitated by Celtic people since the middle of the 5th century BC.
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Between 43 to 410 AC the Roman occupation happened. The Roman province was administeres by the Romans during this period.
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The invasion of the Roman empire was produced by the Barbarians. England was invaded and dominated by the Jute Saxons. These groups expelled a great part of Celts and Romans that had occupied this region.
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Great political instability. King Ricardo the 1st of England, known as Ricardo "Lion Heart", was participating in the third crusade and was captured becoming a prisoner of the Duke of Austria.
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Alfred the Great becomes King of Wessex
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In the year 1066 AC, William I (William the Conqueror) of England, defeted the Saxon King Harold in the Battle of Hastings and was crowned King. The process od unification and formation of England began.
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The Magna Carta was given by Jhon 1st of England
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In this year was created the first English Parliament.
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England fight against France in the Hundred Years War and was defeated.
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Here is developed the process of strengthening of the English Monarchy.
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The English King Henry the VIII of England broke with the Catholic Church and found the Anglican Church.
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Mary the 1st restores catholicism
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The Church of England is reformed
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In this period the French Revolution happened. In this process, the English Monarchy lost the power of the parliament and generating the beginning of the Parliamentary Regime.
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Scotland was annexed by England to the United Kingdom, the act of union of 1707 ended the kingdom of England and the kingdom of Scotland, creating the United Kingdom of Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales)
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England, already part of the United Kingdom, has a process of transformation in production, use of technologies to accelerate the manufacture of products and reduce costs. This process became known as the Industrial Revolution.
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Great Britain actively participated in the two world wars.
