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Great Britain
• In 700BC, the Celts came into Britain
• In 55BC, Julius Caesar attacked Britain but failed
• In 43AD, Claudius conquered the country without Scotland
• 446-871 The angles, Saxons and Jutes came to Britain
• In 1066, the Norman conquest built the Feudal system in England Introduced Christianity
• In 1215, the great charter—a limitation Of the power of the king
• In 1216, the summon of the great Council later developed into The house of lords and the House of commons
• 1337-1453 The hundred years war with France (reduced labor largely)
• 1455-1485 The war of roses Lancaster-red rose York-white rose Henry Tudor won the battle
• 1642-1651 The civil wars Charles（Support from North And West) The parliament (Southeast) Charles was executed in 1649
• In 1660, The restoration King Charles 2nd return from France
• In 1688, The glorious revolution William of orange and Mary passed Bill of Rights
• In 1707, the Act of Union united England and Scotland
• 1780-1830 The industrial revolution
• 1830-1848 The Chartist movement The parliament passed The People’s Charter
America
• 1600-1900 Pre-Columbian period
• 1492, Christopher Columbus found the new continent. In 1607, first colony was founded at Jamestown,Virginia.
• In 1776, the colonies proclaim The independence and the Declaration of Independence Was drafted.
• In 1783, the treaty of Paris recognized the USA. In 1789, the government was set
• 1861-1865, the civil war and Lincoln declared Emancipation Proclamation. In 1865, the Thirteenth Amendment banned slavery
• US joint the world war in April, 1917.
• In 1920s, America enjoyed a period of unbalanced prosperity-material success but spiritual frustration or confusion.
• In 1920s, America experienced the great depression and Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal
• In 1941, Japan attack the pearl Harbor and the next day USA joint the second world war
• In 1949, the north Atlantic treaty was signed-military alliance
• 1950-1975, the Vietnam war, The policy of containment badly influence the country
• 1945-1989, the cold war between America and the soviet union-the Korean war and the Cuban missile crisis
Canada
• The continent was founded by an Italian explorer john Cabot
• In 1608, Samuel de Champlain Established the habitation in Quebec city
• After the seven years’ war, The French were forced to give the Canada to Britain
• The Quebec act of 1774 granted the people of Quebec rights as French Canadians
• In 1867, three colonies-Quebec New Brunswick and nova scotia joined in a confederation by the British North America Act
• In 1931, Canada became a member of the commonwealth Of nations
• In 1949, new found land became Canada’s tenth province