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- EARLY HISTORY. Among the first Britons (people who live in the United Kingdom) were the Picts, who arrived some 10,000 years ago likely from mainland Europe.
- UNITING THE KINGDOM. In the 13th century, England took control of Wales. About 200 years later, in 1485, Welsh noble Henry Tudor claimed the English crown and became Henry VII, the first of five Tudor monarchs.
- COLONIZATION. Eager to find the wealth that Portugaland Spainhad found after taking control of other lands, the U.K. began establishing colonies in what would eventually become the United States.
- THE EARLY 20th CENTURY. In the late 19th century, Germanybegan competing with the U.K. and other European countries to set up colonies in Africa and Asia.
- Growth of The Kingdom
- The British Empire
- Conflict in Ireland
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The English kingdom grew through conquests over hundreds of years. In the late 1200s the king of England seized Wales. Before that, Wales had been a collection of Celtic kingdoms. In 1536 the English Parliament, or group of lawmakers, officially united Wales with England. Scotland fought many battles against England to keep its independence. But in...
Meanwhile England had begun to set up colonies in other parts of the world. These colonies were settlements that people from England started in North America, Asia, Africa, and other places. This collection of colonies was called the British Empire. The United Kingdom became one of the richest and most powerful countries in the world. In the 1800s ...
Most people in Ireland never accepted British rule. They continued to demand independence. In 1921 most of Ireland split from the United Kingdom to form the Irish Free State (now Ireland). But six northern counties of Ireland remained part of the United Kingdom. The six counties were renamed Northern Ireland. The country itself was renamed the Unit...
The United Kingdom was on the winning side in both World War I (1914–18) and World War II(1939–45). After World War I peace treaties with defeated countries added more lands to the British Empire. But during World War II London and other large cities were heavily damaged. The United Kingdom spent years trying to rebuild its economy. After World War...
Apr 25, 2024 · The history of the United Kingdom began in the early eighteenth century with the Treaty of Union and Acts of Union. The core of the United Kingdom as a unified state came into being in 1707 with the political union of the kingdoms of England and Scotland, into a new unitary state called Great Britain.
Oct 26, 2023 · This is a timeline of British history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.
The origins of the United Kingdom can be traced to the early 10th century ad, when the Anglo-Saxon king Athelstan conquered neighboring Celtic kingdoms to create the first united English kingdom. Through subsequent conquest over the following centuries, kingdoms lying farther afield came under English dominion.
In 1801 Ireland was joined to England, Scotland, and Wales to form one country called the United Kingdom. (Most of Ireland later broke away from the union, but Northern Ireland remained part of the kingdom.) The kingdom enjoyed a period of great strength and wealth.
May 13, 2024 · The UK became the world's first industrialised country and was the world's foremost power during the 19th and early 20th centuries. In the 21st century, the UK retains considerable economic, cultural, military, scientific, technological and political influence.
