Scribd
Upload
238 views16 pages

History of The UK - Grade 7

The document summarizes the history of the UK from 3000 BC to the Norman invasion in 1066. It describes how the first inhabitants arrived in the UK during the Stone Age around 3000 BC. During the Bronze Age, the Celts migrated from mainland Europe and spread across Britain establishing settlements. The Romans then invaded Britain in 55 BC and 43 AD, bringing new developments like roads, sanitation, and architecture. Various groups including the Angles, Saxons, Jutes, and Vikings invaded Britain over subsequent centuries. In 1066, William the Conqueror defeated King Harold II at the Battle of Hastings, establishing Norman rule over England and profoundly changing its culture and language.

Uploaded by

Mónika Torda-Csekő
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
238 views16 pages

History of The UK - Grade 7

The document summarizes the history of the UK from 3000 BC to the Norman invasion in 1066. It describes how the first inhabitants arrived in the UK during the Stone Age around 3000 BC. During the Bronze Age, the Celts migrated from mainland Europe and spread across Britain establishing settlements. The Romans then invaded Britain in 55 BC and 43 AD, bringing new developments like roads, sanitation, and architecture. Various groups including the Angles, Saxons, Jutes, and Vikings invaded Britain over subsequent centuries. In 1066, William the Conqueror defeated King Harold II at the Battle of Hastings, establishing Norman rule over England and profoundly changing its culture and language.

Uploaded by

Mónika Torda-Csekő
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 16

History of the UK

Grad
e7
3000 BC - Stone Age
- The sea level was lower —-- the first inhabitants
- arrived from
Scara Brae is the mainland
a neolithic settlement in the Island of
Orkney (Scotland)

2800 BC - Stone
Henge
➢ Temple of sun worship
or astrological
observatory
900-450 bc - CELTS
- Came through france (Gaels or Gaelic / Britons or
British)
From the peninsula.
- Spreaded to Cornwall, Wales, Scotland and Ireland
- People were called: Picts, Britons and Scots

- Religious leaders:
Celtic runes / letters
Druids
CELTS - the Iron Age (800 BC–AD 100) or the late
Bronze Age (1000–700 BC)
The Uffington White Horse:
- prehistoric hill figure, 110 m (360 ft)
long
- formed from deep trenches filled with
crushed white chalk
- The horse is thought to represent a tribal
symbol
The Romans - 55-54 BC; AD 43
- 55bc - Romans came under the
rule of Julius Caesar- the failed
due to bad weather
- AD 43 - came back under
Claudius - conquered the British

Isles - Britannia
What did the Roman bring?
- The first to introduce street
stalls
- FAST FOOD

- Plumbing and Sanitation


- Architecture
- Roads
- Our Calendar
- Currency
Boudicca - Celtic Rebellious widower
- Widower of a Celic ruler
- Attacked roman settlement
- She won back Londinium
(today’s London)
- she committed suicide

As a new enemy (Anglo-


Saxons)on the scene, the
Angles, Saxons and Jutes - 6th century
- Invasion from Continental Europe started in the 5th
century
- King Arthur :legendary Celtic Briton to fight against
Them
- Angles, Saxons and Jutes established their society
Map of Angles, Saxons and Jutes
- Many KINGDOMS (still existing: Kent, Essex and
Sussex Alfred the Great was King of Wessex and King of
Christianity:
- The first christian monks started their mission in
Kent
- To convert the Anglo-Saxons (Augustine, the first
Archbishop - founder of the English church)
- Alfred the great - monasteries to strengthen
Christianity

Centre of Education
Vikings - 8-11 century
- Norse people from Scandinavia invaded The east of
britain
- Real danger on sea and on land - raiding the land
- Tradesmen and plunderer (farmers)
- They settled down - farming
- Alfred the Great fought against the Vikings
North and East: Vikings
South and West: Anglo-saxons
Viking’s longboats
Norman Invasion - 1066
- King Harold II of England was defeated by the
Norman forces
- William the Conqueror: - New king (french)
- Changed the society,
- the language,
- the culture.
- Domesday
Ted-ed Book: taxes

Bayeuax Tapestry
10 facts about William the conqueror
Part II

From Magna Carta to


The war of the roses
Slides
That’s for today
Thanks

You might also like