Podpora rozvoje cizích jazyků pro Evropu 21. stol.

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. 18th century: Empire and Sea Power • the 18th 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. 18th century: Empire and Sea Power • at the end of the 18th 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. 19th 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. 19th 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 Tato výuková prezentace byla pořízena z finančních prostředků hrazených Evropským sociálním fondem a rozpočtem České republiky. Tento projekt je spolufinancován Evropským sociálním fondem a státním rozpočtem České republiky.