https://padlet.com/signeojasalu/Marcus Marcus Mägi en-us 2018-01-29 16:31:15 UTC 2025-12-12 12:41:01 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/signeojasalu/Marcus/wish/235435325   Prehistoric Britain began about 900,000 years ago when the first humans arrived in Britain. The first humans in Britain were hunter-gatherers. They used flint tools. People discovered farming and lived in villages after the Ice Age. They also discovered how to use metals for the first time.
  The prehistoric period is divided into 3 ages: the Stone Age, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age. The most violent age was the Iron Age. Britain was a part of mainland Europe in the early Stone Age, but Britain became an island at the start of the Late Stone Age.
  The Stone Age lasted from 2.5 million years ago to 2500 BC. Britain was invaded  in 55 BC by the Romans led by Julius Caesar, but they failed. They tried again the next year but failed again. But almost 100 years later, in 43 AD the Roman general Agricola launched a new invasion and this time they conquered Britain.
  The Romans pictured the ancient Britons as fierce warriors who rode their chariots into battle. The Britons painted themselves with woad (a dark blue colour), for that reason they were more frightful to the Romans.
  A popular monument in Britain from the Prehistoric period is Stonehenge which is one of the most popular monuments in the world. Stonehenge is in Salisbury plain in Wiltshire. Experts believe that Stonehenge was used for funerals.

]]> 2018-02-26 16:03:42 UTC https://padlet.com/signeojasalu/Marcus/wish/235435325 https://padlet.com/signeojasalu/Marcus/wish/242713925   Around 2.00 years ago Britain was ruled by the people called the Celts, but that was about to change. The Romans had been building an Empire across Europe, for around a century. Now it was coming for Britain.
  In AD43, the full might of the Roman army landed in Kent on the beaches. And for the next year they chopped down anyone who stood in their way. The Romans wanted Britain's precious metals. They called Britain 'Britannia' which means 'land of tin'. The Romans built new settlements, new forts and roads. They also spread their laws, language and laws. The Romans also brought new weapons, like ballistas which are huge catapults.
  In AD60, Queen Boudicca of the Iceni tribe chose to fight. She raised a huge army and went on a rampage. She and her army burnt the Roman towns of Colchester and London, before going north to St Albans. The Romans turned back from their campaign in Wales when they heard about this, to face Boudicca. The Romans were outnumbered by Boudicca's 200,000 warriors, but the Romans were better trained and had better armour. The Romans won the war.
  The Romans built many roads, over 16,000km in fact. Also,in AD122 the Emperor Hadrian ordered his soldiers to build a wall between Roman Britain and Scotland
It ran for 117.5km (73 miles).
  The Roman Emperor Honorius sent a goodbye letter to the peaople of Britain, in AD410. ''Fight bravely and defend your lives... you are on your own now.'' is what he wrote. The city of Rome was under attack, so the Romans had to leave to take care of matters back home. The country fell into chaos after they left. Foreign invaders battled for more power against Native tribes. People went back to living in the countryside. The Romans did leave but they left their mark all over the country. The word ‘Britain’ came from the Romans. They also built new towns,
planted new plants(cabbages, carrots, onions, lettuce and peas), brought new animals, a new religion(Christianity) and ways of reading and counting(The Latin language).
King Arthur
  ]]> 2018-03-16 09:16:20 UTC https://padlet.com/signeojasalu/Marcus/wish/242713925 https://padlet.com/signeojasalu/Marcus/wish/253696383   The Anglo-Saxons came to Britain in the 5th century. The Anglo-Saxons invaded Britain from mainland Europe in the AD400s. They weren't looking for a fight, they just wanted to find a new place to live. They had many battles with the Romans but over time the Anglo-Saxon took control of most of Britain. The Anglo-Saxons went to Britain because they were searching for a new place to live, to farm, to fight and they were invited to Britain.
  The picts and the Scots lived north of Hadrian's wall. They aattacked Britain from the north while the Anglo-Saxons were invading from the sea. The ‘Anglo-Saxon Chronicle’ tells of a king called Vortigern. He asked for help against the Picts. In AD449 he ivited two Jutes called Horsa and Hengist to Britain. He paid them and their men to fight the Picts, but they turned on Vortigern. They seized his kingdom.
  Around AD600 after much fighting the most important kingdoms were Northumbria, Mercia, Wessex, Kent and East Anglia. If the Anglo-Saxons found any people guilty they either executed them or punished them with fines. If the people injured someone, they had to pay for the damage, that system was called ''weregild''. The Anglo-Saxon period was the beginning of the English language.
 ]]> 2018-04-20 04:26:41 UTC https://padlet.com/signeojasalu/Marcus/wish/253696383 https://padlet.com/signeojasalu/Marcus/wish/257943025    The Vikings came from Scandinavia. Around the year 700 AD they sent armies to Britain to take over some land. They lived there until around 1050 AD.
   The Vikings didn't stay in Britain but they did leave a strong mark on society. Some British villages and towns have Norse language in them. For example: '-by' means 'farm' or 'town' (Whitby, Corby)
   The Vikings first attacked Britain in 787 AD. In 793 the Vikings attacked a monastery at Lindisfarne, north-east of England and started to settle in. In 866 the Vikings raided and conquered York, and established the viking Kingdom of Jorvik. The last king of Jorvik was Eric Bloodaxe in 954. After his death Jorvik became a part of england. The Vikings raided Wales and Ireland as well.
   In 878, King Alfred the Great Defeated the Vikings and had them sign a treaty saying that the Vikings had to keep to their land in England called Danelaw. As the Anglo-Saxonstook more control Danelaw became smaller and smaller.
   In 994 Viking armies from Denmark and Norway attempted to raid London, but were defeated. The first Viking king of England was Canute the Great (1016-1035). Later the Vikings agreed to be ruled by the king of England. The Vikings gave hundreds of words to the English language for example: knife, skull, gun and so on.

]]> 2018-05-04 08:07:08 UTC https://padlet.com/signeojasalu/Marcus/wish/257943025 https://padlet.com/signeojasalu/Marcus/wish/261837637    In 1066 the Normans invaded and conquered England, marking the start of a new era after the Germanic immigration. The Norman kings brought their fighters, French  language and culture with them.
   Edward the Confessor, King of England had died suddenly. There were 3 strong contenders for the throne: Harold Godwinson, an English lord; Harald Hardrada, king of Norway; and William, Duke of Normandy, in France. On October 14, 1066 The Battle of Hastings took place. Harold Godwinson was killed in the battle.
   William the Conqueror and his successors took over the existing state system, repressing local revolts and controlling the population through a network of castles. Normans were master castle builders. Castles were a sign of Norman power and might.
   The first literary refrences to Robin Hood  apper in a sries of 14th- and 15th-century ballads. They were about a violent yeoman who lived in Sherwood Forest with his men and  frequently clashed with the sheriff of Nottingham.
   Most people in Medieval England had to make their own food. Bread was the most important food. Animals such as deer, boar, hares and rabbits lived in woodland surrounding most villages. These animals were the property of the lord and villagers were not allowed to hunt them.
   During the Middle Ages the towns grew and trade also flourished. Craftsmen set up workshops to make and sell all kinds of goods. The lords who owned the land charged the townspeople rent and collected their own fees on the goods sold at markets.
   The Medieval people were fond of merrymaking. Among the nobility, women were important as an inspiration for men. Some knights went on adventure, others composed love-poetry.
   Most people went to church regularly and their year was shaped by religious festivals such as Easter, Whitsun and Christmas. Church services were conducted in Latin. There was a strong connection between the Church and education. Men could become monks and live in monasteries. Women who didin't want to marry could become nuns (Better-educated nuns could become abesses). Boys could get a basic education at elementary schools (song schools) or an advanced education in Latin.
   The Magna Carta was signed in June 1215 between the barons of Medieval England and King John. The document was a series of promises. Magna Carta was an attempt by the barons to stop a king abuse the people of England. In 1295, Edward the first summoned the biggest council, known as the Model Parliament.
   The 14th century in England saw the Great Famine and the Black Death. In the late 1340s, a plague swept out of Asia and into Europe. Victims of the Black Death died within 48 hours, sometimes within minutes. The Black Death killed1.5 million people out of 4 million people.
   The Medieval Britain was full of tensions. English kings in the 14th and 15th centuries laid to claim the French throne, resultin in the Hundred Years' War. The final battle was fought at Castillion in 1453, when the French defeated the English.
   
   

]]> 2018-05-18 08:15:21 UTC https://padlet.com/signeojasalu/Marcus/wish/261837637 https://padlet.com/signeojasalu/Marcus/wish/263571698 Henry the 8th and Elizabeth the 1st were from the Tudor period (1485-1603).
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