亨利福特二世
诺曼王朝House of Norman
• 威廉一世King William I the Conqueror "征服王"
• 威廉二世King William II Rufus "红毛王"
• 亨利一世King Henry I Well-Educated, Beauclerc "儒雅王" • 斯蒂芬(King Stephen) (布洛瓦王朝)
安茹王朝House of Anjor
• 亨利二世King Henry II Curtmantle "短斗篷王"
• 理查一世King Richard I Coeur de Lion "狮心王"
• 约翰King John Lackland "无地王"
金雀花王朝House of Plantagenet
• 亨利三世King Henry III)
• 爱德华一世King Edward I Long Shank) "长脚王"
• 爱德华二世King Edward II
• 爱德华三世King Edward III
• 理查二世King Richard II
兰开斯特王朝House of Lancaster
• 亨利四世King Henry IV
• 亨利五世King Henry V
• 亨利六世King Henry VI
约克王朝House of York
• 爱德华四世King Edward IV
• 爱德华五世King Edward V
• 理查三世King Richard III
都铎王朝House of Tudor
• 亨利七世King Henry VII
• 亨利八世King Henry VIII
• 爱德华六世King Edward VI
• 简•格雷Lady Jane Grey
• 玛丽一世Queen Mary I the Bloody "血腥玛丽"
• 伊丽莎白一世Queen Elizabeth I
斯图亚特王朝House of Stewart
• 詹姆斯一世King James I
• 查理一世King Charles I
共和政府
• 奥利弗•克伦威尔
• 理查•克伦威尔
斯图亚特王朝复辟House of Stewart
• 詹姆斯二世King James II
• 查理二世King Chales II
• 威廉三世和玛丽二世King William III and Queen Mary II) • 安妮女王Queen Ann
汉诺威王朝House of Hannover
• 乔治一世King George I
• 乔治二世King George II
• 乔治三世King George III
• 乔治四世King George IV
• 威廉四世King William IV
• 维多利亚女王Queen Victoria
萨克森—科堡-哥达王朝House of Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha
• 爱德华七世King Edward VII
• 乔治五世King George V
温莎王朝The House of Windsor
• 乔治五世King George V
• 爱德华八世King Edward VIII
• 乔治六世King George VI
• 伊丽莎白二世Queen Elizabeth II
Amerigo Vespucci----Amerigo Vespucci, a navigator, proved that the land was not India,but a new continent. Therefore, the land was named America after.
The Puritans----The Puritans were wealthy, well-educated gentlemen. They wanted to purify the Church of England and threatened with religious persecution, the Puritans leaders saw the New world as the a refuge provided by God for those He meant to save.
The Bill of Rights----In 1789, James Madison introduced in the House of Representatives a series of amendments which later were drafted into twelve proposed amendments and sent to the states for ratification. Ten of them were ratified in 1791 and the first ten amendments to the constitution were called the Bills of Rights because they were to insure individual liberties.
The Emancipation Proclamation----After the Civil war began, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation to win more support at home and abroad. It granted freedom to all slaves in areas still controlled by the Confederacy. Pilgrims Thanksgiving Day----The Pilgrims in 1620, 201 of them sailed to the New World in a ship called Mayflower. The first winter after their arrival was very cold and when spring came, half of them were dead. Then the Indians came to their help and taught them how to grow corn. They had a good harvest that year. So they invited the Indians and held the first Thanksgiving celebration in America to give thanks to God.
The Chunnel----In 1985 the British government and French government decided to build a channel tunnel, which is called “Chunnel”, under the Straits of Dover so that England and France could be joined together by road. The Chunnel was open to traffic in May 1994.
Eisteddfod----Eisteddfod is the Welsh word for “sitting” National Eidteddfod is the most famous festival of music and verse in Wales. It takes place each August and lasts for about a week. The highlight of the festival is competition for the best epic poem about Wales written and read in Welsh. The winner is crowned Board, considered the supreme honour in Wales. In this way the Welsh people keep the Welsh language and culture alive. Cockney----A cockney is a Londoner who is born within the sound of Bow Bells-the Bells of the church of St. Mary-LeBow in east London. Stonehenge----It is a group of huge monuments of grant rock Slabs on salisbury plain in Southwest England built as long ago as the New Stone Age. It is generally believed that stonehenge served some sort of religious
purposes.
The Celts----The Celts came to Britain in three main waves. The first wave were the Gales, the second wave were the Brythons and the Belgae came about 150BC. The Celts were practised farme
rs. The Celtic tribes are ancestors of the Highland Scots, the Irish and the Welsh, And their languages are the basis of both Welsh and Gaelic. They religion was Druidism.
Norman Conquest----The Norman Conquest of 1066 is perhaps the best-known event in English history. William the conqueror confiscated almost all the land and gave it to his Norman followers. He replaced the weak Saxon rule with a strong Norman government. So the feudal system was completely established in England.
Alfred the Great----He was king of Wessex, one of the seven Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms. It was he who led the Anglo-Saxon to flight against the invading Danes and maintained peace for a long time. Alfred was not only a brave king at wartime, but also a wise king at peacetime. He encouraged education and introduced a legal system. He is known as “the father of the British navy”.
St. Augustine----In 597,Pope Gregory I sent St. Augustine, the Prior of St. Andrew’s Mona stery in Rome, to England to convert the heathen English to Christianity. That year, St. Augustine became the first Archbishop of Canterbury. Augustine was remarkably successful in converting the king and the nobility, but the conversion of the common people was largely due to the missionary activities of the monks in the north.
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