1. Podpora rozvoje cizích jazyků pro Evropu 21. stol. INVESTICE DO ROZVOJE VZDĚLÁVÁNÍ Tento projekt je spolufinancován Evropským sociálním fondem a státním rozpočtem České republiky.

2. THE UK HISTORY 2

3. The Tudors (1485 – 1603): Elizabeth I England became the leading sea power - colonies in America and East India the Renaissance came to its height – William Shakespeare (the Globe theatre)

4. The Stuarts – Civil War James I – a Stuart king – union of England and Scotland Charles I: dissolved the Parliament in 1642 the Civil War between the king and the parliamentary forces broke out in 1649 the king was defeated and executed

5. The Republic and Restoration Oliver Cromwell ruled England as the Lord Protector Cromwell is a rather controversial figure in the British history: a hero or a dictator his son was not able to rule the country – Charles II became the king (Restoration)

6. The Stuarts – Glorious Revolution Charles II James II: showed great favour to Catholics and unrest grew rapidly the Glorious Revolution: in 1688 William of Orange and his wife Mary arrived from Holland and became the rulers of England as William III and Mary II

7. 18 th century: Empire and Sea Power the 18 th century was marked by the growing power of Britain in world policy Britain defeated its two big rivals: Spain and France Britain got power over a lot of territories, e.g. Africa, the West Indies, India, Canada

8. 18 th century: Empire and Sea Power at the end of the 18 th century England became the richest country in the world it fully recovered from the loss of the American colonies it was transformed from an agricultural to a manufacturing country

9. 19 th century: Battle of Trafalgar the Napoleonic War (1803-1815): Britain versus France Battle of Trafalgar (1805): Admiral Nelson defeated Napoleon (Spain) Battle of Waterloo (1815): the French were definitely defeated – Duke of Wellington

10. 19 th century: Victorian Era Queen Victoria (1837- 1901); the House of Hanover (German descent – Georgian period) the Victorian era represented the height of the Industrial Revolution Victoria's reign was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire – Empress of India

11. WWI the act that is considered to have triggered the succession of events that led to war was the 28 June 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand power - Germany, France, Britain, etc.

12. WWI the terms of peace were dictated at the Treaty of Versailles, January 25, 1919 David Lloyd George signed the treaty as a British Prime Minister the Austro-Hungarian Empire ceased to exist

13. WWII in 1938 Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed a pact with Hitler in Munich allowing Germany to have Sudetenland on September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland and Britain declared war on Germany on September 3

14. WWII in May 1940, Winston Churchill became the Prime Minister the Battle of Britain: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) during the summer and autumn of 1940 wanted to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force (RAF) – London and other cities damaged

15. WWII the Yalta Conference was the wartime meeting from 4 February 1945 to 11 February 1945 among Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin the Potsdam Conference, July 16 to August 2, 1945: the future of Germany and the post-war world – Churchill - Attlee, Stalin and Truman

16. Elizabeth II she ascended to the throne in 1952 after the death of her father King George VI (the House of Windsor) she married Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh she had four children: Charles, Anne, Andrew and Edward

17. Iraq War 2003, invasion of Iraq by a multinational force composed largely of United States and United Kingdom troops Tony Blair, the former Prime Minister was criticised for joining the USA and attacking Iraq

18. Gordon Brown Prime Minister since June 2007 Labour Party

19. INVESTICE DO ROZVOJE VZDĚLÁVÁNÍ Tento projekt je spolufinancován Evropským sociálním fondem a státním rozpočtem České republiky. Tato výuková prezentace byla pořízena z finančních prostředků hrazených Evropským sociálním fondem a rozpočtem České republiky.