Stonehenge The first people to arrive in Britain were settlers from Europe (between 3500BC and 3000BC). Stonehenge, a huge circle of standing stones, was built by these people. More settlers came:  Celts  Romans  Angles and Saxons  Vikings

The Battle of Hastings 1066  The English were defeated by a French army led by William, Duke of Normandy. He became King William I of England. (William the Conqueror)

Henry VIII  one of the most remembered  had six wives  established Church of England  ruled as a terrible autocrat Elizabeth I  The virgin queen  ruled by female diplomacy  start of British Empire

 1492 America discovered by Columbus  The first English colony was founded in Virginia in 1607  1620 Mayflower-English puritans-Pilgrim Fathers  1773 Boston Tea Party  War of Independence  1776 Declaration of Independence  1788 American Constitution

 In the 19th century more and more people went to America  Civil War between the North and the South (1861 – 1865)

The Victorian Age  British Empire grew  Industry developed  Engineering innovations  Slums  Morality

 The British Empire strongest in the 1920s  1926 British Commonwealth of Nations  20th century huge immigration to the USA  Britain experiences crises with colonies  In 1945, the USA was the strongest country in the world

Queen Elizabeth II  1952 becomes Queen The Queen is the longest-lived and second-longest- reigning monarch of the United Kingdom and the second-longest-serving current head of state (after King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand). She does not intend to abdicate, though the proportion of the Sovereign's duties performed by Prince Charles is expected to continue to increase as Elizabeth reduces her commitments. (Wikipedia)

 2009 Barack Obama becomes the 44th and current President of the United States, and the first African American to hold the office.