Land, People &

Economy of
Britain
William Ariza
Steven Greatford
Julio Vsquez
LAND
Celts
Many of them were tall, and had fair or red hair and blue eyes.
They knew how to work with iron.
The Celtic tribes continued the same kind of agriculture. become an
important food producer
Advanced ploughing methods.
For money the Celts used iron bars
They were deemed ragged or dirty.
Women may have had more Independence. Boadicea

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 Beginnings (700 B.C. - 500 A.D.).
The Celts settle on the British Isles around 700 B.C. Around 55
B.C. Roman Emperor Julius Caesar tries to invade the island,
but fails. In 43 B.C., however, Emperor Claudius sends soldiers
for another attempt. This time the invasion is a success. The
Romans stay on Britain for about 400 years
Wales
Irelands Celtic Kingdoms
 Romans
They brought the skills of reading and writing to Britain.
The toga [the Roman cloak] came into fashion; while the Celtic
peasantry remained illiterate people.
The total Roman army in Britain was about 40, 000 men.
Southeast Britain produced so much co rn for export.
In 409 Rome pulled its last soldiers out of Britain.

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ncient-romans
From Romans to raiders (Around 410 -
597 A.D.).
With the fall of Rome in 410, many Romans leave
Britain. The Angles, Saxons, and Jutes come and
settle, eventually merging into the Anglo-Saxons
with a common language. In 597 Augustine
comes to convert the people to Christianity. All
kings will be Christian within 100 years.
The invaders
Three powerful Germanic tribes, the Saxons, Angles and jutes.
The Jutes = Kent and along the south coast
The Angles = East, & the north Midlands
the Saxons = between the Jutes and the Angles in a band of land from the Thames.
570 Celts were forced west of Gloucester. most were driven into the mountains in the west, Saxons called
"Weallas" , or "Wales" , meaning "the land of the foreigners".
Anglo-Saxon culture is obvious even today. Days of the week were named for Germanic gods: Tig (Tuesday), Wod
in (Wednesday), Thor (Thursday), Frei (Friday)
Ordinary people
There were probably between I. 5 and 2 million people living in
England in 1066.

Most of the population still lived in villages in southern and eastern

parts of England.

Over three-quarters of the country people were serfs.

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The Viking Invaders
 Vikings
They came from Norway and Denmark.
They started burning churches and monasteries in the east and
north coast of Britain.
In 865 the Vikings invaded Britain once.
In 875 only King Alfred in the west of Wessex held out against
the Vikings. He was strong enough to make a treat with the
Vikings.

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Medieval and middle ages
Normans
The Normans were people from the north, They were the children and grandchildren of
Vikings who had captured and settled in northern France.
Edward, "the Confessor" had brought many Normans to his English court from France. Harold,
who was chosen to be the next king of England. He had no royal blood , but he seemed a good
choice for the throne of England.
In 1066 Harold had to march north into Yorkshire to defeat the Danes_William of Normandy
landed in England with an army.
On Christmas Day, 1066. He was crowned king of England and a new period had begun.
British Empire by 1897
United Kingdom (Nowadays)
However, there are some island that
are NOT part of the great britain
British Empire
 Crown Colonies
A Crown Colony is a British overseas territory
under the direct authority of the British
Crown. As such, a Crown Colony does not
possess its own representative government
and is not represented in the British
Parliament.
 Commonwealth of Nations
The Commonwealth, is a group of 53 states, all of which
(except for two) were formerly part of the British Empire.
It was created, largely, to ease the process of British
decolonization. It was seen as a way of maintaining
global unity through shared language, history, and
culture despite growing independence and
self-governance of former British colonies.
Overview The Crown
 fuentes
http://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-is-the-commonwealth.html
http://what-when-how.com/western-colonialism/crown-colony-western-colonialism/
http://www.softschools.com/timelines/the_british_empire_timeline/166/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNu8XDBSn10
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England
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