Prehistoric England up to The Norman Conquest by Aldana Romero https://padlet.com/liizzromero13/preandnormantimes Desplácese para ver en-us 2025-04-13 18:57:28 UTC 2025-04-13 19:52:04 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/8.0/png/2694.png 10,000 BC: Mesolithic Era liizzromero13 https://padlet.com/liizzromero13/preandnormantimes/wish/3407887833 End of the Ice Age. Rising water levels formed the archipelago of England, Scotland, and Wales. The island people were hunter-gatherers and settled in areas where land and water met.

]]> 2025-04-13 19:11:05 UTC https://padlet.com/liizzromero13/preandnormantimes/wish/3407887833 4,000 BC: Neolithic Era (New Stone Age) liizzromero13 https://padlet.com/liizzromero13/preandnormantimes/wish/3407889525 Farming begins

Town-like permanent settlements

The construction of monumental sites like Stonehenge which reflected a hierarchical society.

Pottery and polished stone tools.


]]> 2025-04-13 19:14:27 UTC https://padlet.com/liizzromero13/preandnormantimes/wish/3407889525 2,500 BC: Bronze Age liizzromero13 https://padlet.com/liizzromero13/preandnormantimes/wish/3407890997 Extensive farming and settlements

Metalworking (copper, bronze)

Burial mounds (barrows) and roundhouses

International trade


]]> 2025-04-13 19:17:18 UTC https://padlet.com/liizzromero13/preandnormantimes/wish/3407890997 800 BC: Iron Age liizzromero13 https://padlet.com/liizzromero13/preandnormantimes/wish/3407892197 Iron tools and weapons replace bronze

Celtic tribes and territoriality between the land and tribes

The Druids were the religious leaders

]]> 2025-04-13 19:19:50 UTC https://padlet.com/liizzromero13/preandnormantimes/wish/3407892197 55 BC: Julius Caesar's invasion liizzromero13 https://padlet.com/liizzromero13/preandnormantimes/wish/3407894366 Julius Caesar's invaded Britain but eventually left the island


]]> 2025-04-13 19:23:00 UTC https://padlet.com/liizzromero13/preandnormantimes/wish/3407894366 43 AD: Roman conquest under Emperor Claudius liizzromero13 https://padlet.com/liizzromero13/preandnormantimes/wish/3407895957 The Roman army was experienced and the Celtic tribes weren’t united.

“Client kings” from local tribes would govern regions on behalf of Rome.


]]> 2025-04-13 19:26:09 UTC https://padlet.com/liizzromero13/preandnormantimes/wish/3407895957 60 AD: Boudica's rebellion liizzromero13 https://padlet.com/liizzromero13/preandnormantimes/wish/3407896551 Boudica, Prasatagus’ wife, leads a rebellion of the Iceni against the Romans.


]]> 2025-04-13 19:27:38 UTC https://padlet.com/liizzromero13/preandnormantimes/wish/3407896551 122 AD: Hadrian's Wall liizzromero13 https://padlet.com/liizzromero13/preandnormantimes/wish/3407897062 Hadrian's Wall built to keep the aggressive Celts and Picts out of the Empire

]]> 2025-04-13 19:28:37 UTC https://padlet.com/liizzromero13/preandnormantimes/wish/3407897062 300 AD: The Roman Empire weakened liizzromero13 https://padlet.com/liizzromero13/preandnormantimes/wish/3407898210 The Romano-British had to fight against the Scots, Irish and Saxons alone



]]> 2025-04-13 19:31:11 UTC https://padlet.com/liizzromero13/preandnormantimes/wish/3407898210 410 AD: Roman withdrawal liizzromero13 https://padlet.com/liizzromero13/preandnormantimes/wish/3407901287 Rome falls to the Barbarians Visigoths

]]> 2025-04-13 19:37:25 UTC https://padlet.com/liizzromero13/preandnormantimes/wish/3407901287 450 AD: Anglo-Saxon migrations liizzromero13 https://padlet.com/liizzromero13/preandnormantimes/wish/3407902866 Britons hired Germanic mercenaries (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) to help defend against northern invaders. These groups began to take over land.

Several kingdoms formed (e.g., Northumbria, Mercia, Wessex, Kent, East Anglia).

The rise of kings like Offa of Mercia (built Offa’s Dyke along the Welsh border).


]]> 2025-04-13 19:40:49 UTC https://padlet.com/liizzromero13/preandnormantimes/wish/3407902866 597 AD: St. Augustine brings Christianity liizzromero13 https://padlet.com/liizzromero13/preandnormantimes/wish/3407904094 St. Augustine converted the King of England, aethelbert, and established a monastery at Canterbury.

The church brought education and written literature to England.


]]> 2025-04-13 19:42:58 UTC https://padlet.com/liizzromero13/preandnormantimes/wish/3407904094 793 AD: Danish Invasion liizzromero13 https://padlet.com/liizzromero13/preandnormantimes/wish/3407905411 the first viking raid on Lindisfarne monastery. Eventually, large parts of England fall under Danelaw (Viking control).

]]> 2025-04-13 19:45:48 UTC https://padlet.com/liizzromero13/preandnormantimes/wish/3407905411 871 AD: Alfred the Great liizzromero13 https://padlet.com/liizzromero13/preandnormantimes/wish/3407905823 Alfred the Great resists Vikings

]]> 2025-04-13 19:46:46 UTC https://padlet.com/liizzromero13/preandnormantimes/wish/3407905823 924 AD: Æthelstan unifies England liizzromero13 https://padlet.com/liizzromero13/preandnormantimes/wish/3407907104 2025-04-13 19:49:06 UTC https://padlet.com/liizzromero13/preandnormantimes/wish/3407907104 1016 AD: Cnut becomes Danish king of England liizzromero13 https://padlet.com/liizzromero13/preandnormantimes/wish/3407907461 2025-04-13 19:49:52 UTC https://padlet.com/liizzromero13/preandnormantimes/wish/3407907461 1042 AD: Edward the Confessor restores Anglo-Saxon rule liizzromero13 https://padlet.com/liizzromero13/preandnormantimes/wish/3407907766 2025-04-13 19:50:29 UTC https://padlet.com/liizzromero13/preandnormantimes/wish/3407907766 1066 AD: Norman conquest liizzromero13 https://padlet.com/liizzromero13/preandnormantimes/wish/3407908175 William, the duke of Normandy, defeats Harold at the Battle of Hastings and becomes William the Conqueror, King of England.

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