英国历史

英国历史始于日耳曼人与凯尔特人，英国作为全球金融中心的地位短时间内仍难撼动。英国也是全球最大金融服务净出口国，英格兰、威尔士、苏格兰，其源头可追溯到统治时期。

History

• The Founding of the Nation
  • Prehistoric Period
    • 3000-2000BC the Lberians
    • 4500BC the Beaker Folk
    • the Celts
  • The four invasions
    • 43AD-5th century Roman
      • Since then,the Roman British era thoroughly opened...All roads lead to Rome.
    • The Anglo-Saxon Invasion
      • Kent Essex Sussex Wessex East Anglia Mercia Northumbria
    • Danish Invasion
      • Alfred the Great: king of Wessex
    • The Norman Conquest
      • Edward the Confesseror-Angle Saxon Monarch William the Conquer
        • House of Anjou (安茹王朝,1154 -1485)
          • Henry II is best remembered for his reform of the courts and the laws. The reform of Henry II also marked the beginning of the British parliamentary system and the decline of the feudal system.Join was forced to sign the : Great Charter (Magna Carta)
• Transition to the Modern Age
  • The Reformation
    • background:King Henry 8 and his first wife Catherine
    • Main characters:Henry VIII, Mary I, Elizabeth I, Edward II
  • The Civil War
    • When:In the early 17th century. Why: Monopoly, the King granted monopolies on certain commodities to his favorites. Cause:Grave hardships to merchants and a sharp rise in price.
  • Restoration and the Glorious Revolution
    • Bill of Rights《人权法案》
      • Parliament succeed establishing a system known as constitutional monarchy(君主立宪制）. And from that time, the King ruled with an authority circumscribed by Parliament.
  • The Industrial Revolution
    • take place first in Britain
      • huge market
      • colonices in America and India
      • enclosure movement
• The Rise and Fall of the British Empire
  • Formation of the Empire
  • Britain in the World Wars
  • The Fall of the Empire
• Britain Since World War II
  • "Three Majestic Circles"
    • Big Three 三巨头
    • 1.less involvement in the Commonwealth circle. 2.close cooperation with the United States. 3.an isolationist policy towards Europe.
  • "Special Relationship"with the US
  • Past Prime Ministers
    • Margaret Thatcher(玛格丽特·希尔达 ·撒切尔，1925-2013)， the "Iron Lady"
      • She accelerated the evolution of the British economy from statism(国家主义)to liberalism.
    • Tony Blair (Anthony Charles Lynton Blair,1953-)
      • Served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997-2007.
    • Gordon Brown(1951-)
      • Served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007-2010.
    • David William Donald Cameron(1966-)
      • Served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010-2016.
    • Theresa Mary May(1956-)
      • Served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2016-2019.
    • Boris Johnson(1956-)
      • Served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019-.