1 / 42

History of Britain and the USA

History of Britain and the USA. Michael Parsons, 2006-2007. Reading. David McDowall, An Illustrated History of Britain . London: Longman, 1989 Bryn O'Callaghan, An Illustrated History of the United State s.London: Longman, 1990 Several copies in main library. The challenge.

shaunaf
Download Presentation

History of Britain and the USA

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. History of Britain and the USA Michael Parsons, 2006-2007

  2. Reading • David McDowall, An Illustrated History of Britain. London: Longman, 1989 • Bryn O'Callaghan, An Illustrated History of the United States.London: Longman, 1990 • Several copies in main library. Parsons UK/US History

  3. The challenge • The History of Britain and the United States ... in twelve weeks. • Key issues in British and United States history. • Reading the books is essential. (Or any other good histories of the UK and the US). Parsons UK/US History

  4. Why History? • Difficult to understand the present without knowledge of the past • Historians and others write histories with one eye on the present and one on the past • History is often a narrative written to explain how we got where we are now. Parsons UK/US History

  5. Problems ... • History is not just facts, but an attempt to make sense of the past. • Questions, problems ... Parsons UK/US History

  6. Key themes in British history • The people(s) of Britain. • England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. • Forging the nation (English nation, Britain) • Church and State • Towards a liberal democracy? • Constitutional monarchy? • Why no revolution? (??) Parsons UK/US History

  7. More key themes in British history • Britain and the wider world: Britain and Europe, Britain and the Empire, Britain and the United States. • Great Britain and Ireland ... • Britain as a welfare state ... • A British identity/ English/Welsh/Scottish/Irish identity? Parsons UK/US History

  8. Contemporary themes in British history • The Disunited Kingdom of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland? • Multi-ethnic Britain • Britain and the world, Blair and Bush, Britain and Europe ... Parsons UK/US History

  9. Key themes in the history of the United States • Origins (Mayflower, Pilgrims etc) • Thirteen colonies • Independence - why? • Britain and France in North America • Expansion - the frontier/wild west • Manifest destiny and Monroe doctrine • Civil war Parsons UK/US History

  10. More key themes in the history of the United States • Indians • Immigrants • Industrial growth - a (reluctant?) world power. • World War One - getting involved in Europe. • Wilson and Versailles. Retreat into isolation • Prohibition and gangsters Parsons UK/US History

  11. Even more key themes in the history of the United States • Wall Street crash, dustbowl, hungry thirties, New Deal • World War Two • Playing a world role. NATO, Truman doctrine, Marshall aid, ... • Cold War, Korea • Civil rights, assassinations • Vietnam Parsons UK/US History

  12. The United States today • Nixon and Watergate • America in retreat • Reagan: "America is back" • The Clinton years • 9/11 George W. Bush • Contemporary issues ... Parsons UK/US History

  13. British History 1 Britain until the Norman invasion • The people(s) of Britain. • England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. • Forging the nation (England ...) • Neolithic England, Iron Age England, Celts, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and Normans. Parsons UK/US History

  14. A timeline - from the beginning up to Roman Britain • 5000-2500 BC Neolithic Britain • 2500-1600 BC Bronze Age • 2200 BC - 1300 BC Stonehenge • 1600 BC-43 AD Iron Age • (800 BC —> immigration of Celts) • 55 BC Julius Caesar • 43 AD Roman invasion Parsons UK/US History

  15. Stonehenge Parsons UK/US History

  16. Maiden Castle - an Iron Age hill Fort, built by the Celts Parsons UK/US History

  17. Maiden Castle - a hill Fort Parsons UK/US History

  18. The Battersea Shield, 1st century BC) Parsons UK/US History

  19. Parsons UK/US History

  20. The Roman invasion • British Celts were aiding the Celts of Gaul against the Romans. The Romans responded by invading Britain. Britain also had good farmland. • The Romans had relatively little difficulty conquering the Celts - better army; Celts divided • However Boudicca's revolt (Iceni) (aka Boadicea) (61 AD) Parsons UK/US History

  21. Parsons UK/US History

  22. Parsons UK/US History

  23. Roman Britain • Roman lifestyle attractive • "Villas" • Hadrian's Wall (c. 100 AD) • Roman Empire weakening in 4th century • Troops out 409. Romano-British alone. • Language: place names (Chester etc, ) • Roman roads Parsons UK/US History

  24. Invasions • Germanic tribes raided Britain as Roman hold weakened. • Angles, Saxons and Jutes raided, then started to settle. Celts pushed westwards. • Anglo-Saxon language - Germanic, many words, especially the most common. Parsons UK/US History

  25. Anglo-Saxon Britain • Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Wessex, Essex, Sussex, Middlesex, Mercia, East Anglia, Northumbria. • Political and social organisation: council to advise king. Shires. Strip-farming. • Christianity and Britain. 597 St. Augustine. Became first Archbishop of Canterbury 601. Parsons UK/US History

  26. Anglo-Saxon Britain • Christian Church (especially Roman "branch") relationship with power. • Trade with Europe. • Late 8th century Viking raids. By late 9th century they had even started to settle. Anglo-Saxon king Alfred able to raise an army against Vikings, defeat them in battle and hold the West (878): Danelaw in East and North. Parsons UK/US History

  27. Settlements Parsons UK/US History

  28. Anglo-Saxon Britain • Alfred (the Great) had been king of the West Saxons. • Succeeded by Edward the elder, king of the Angles and Saxons, • himself succeeded by two sons, Athelstan King of West Saxons and Mercians, and Edmund, King of the English (940-6) • 1016 Edmund Ironside King of England. Parsons UK/US History

  29. Viking/Norman/Saxon Britain ... • King Canute (Cnut) king 1016, but with powerful Saxon counsellor(s) • Edward (the Confessor) 1042 (Norman ... with Saxon Godwin pulling the strings ...) • Built church to the West of London (Westminster) • Died 1066 - no son. Who was to succeed him? Parsons UK/US History

  30. Viking/Norman/Saxon Britain ... Harold Godwinson claimed Edward had held out his hand on his death bed to pass the crown on to him. Over in Normandy, William claimed Harold had promised not to take the throne during a visit to Normandy a year or two earlier ...In 1066, Harold had to fight a major battle ... in the North, against Danish forces. He won. Parsons UK/US History

  31. Viking/Norman/Saxon Britain ... Back down south fast: William ... Harold lost. Parsons UK/US History

  32. Bayeux tapestry - Harold swears Parsons UK/US History

  33. Bayeux tapestry - Harold dies Parsons UK/US History

  34. Bayeux tapestry - Harold dies Parsons UK/US History

  35. Norman Britain ... William of Normandy became King William I of England. Parsons UK/US History

  36. Norman invasion and Anglo-Saxon resistance 1066-1070+ Normans consolidate: castles Many Anglo-Saxon revolts North in particular revolted: Norman repression. William gave land to Norman nobles: many different estates spread across the country Feudal system developed Parsons UK/US History

  37. Norman invasion and Anglo-Saxon resistance Domesday book (1086) Norman French spoken in the court, Anglo-Saxon among the people. Effect on language ... William died in 1087; his son William II, known as Rufus because of his red hair, became King. Parsons UK/US History

  38. Norman England Rufus killed in hunting accident (??) in 1100 Henry I (1100-1135) Henry modernised English administration He married a Scottish princess, Matilda (peace with Scotland for a while) 1120 Henry's son died in a shipwreck. Henry's daughter, Matilda designated as his heir. Parsons UK/US History

  39. Norman England 1125 Matilda married Geoffrey Plantagenet Henry died 1135, his nephew Stephen seized the throne. Matilda invaded from Normandy: civil war King Stephen died: Matilda's son Henry king in 1154. His wife: Eleanor of Aquitaine. Henry II ruled over England, Wales, Normandy, Britanny, Maine, Anjou and Aquitaine. First Plantagenet (Angevin) king. Parsons UK/US History

  40. Plantagenet (Angevin) England Henry II set up system of trial by jury (12 men) He challenged immunity for the clergy: came into conflict with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket In a moment of temper Henry asked "Will no-one rid me of this turbulent priest?" Parsons UK/US History

  41. Plantagenet (Angevin) England Four knights decided to do Henry's will and murdered the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket, in the cathedral, in December 1170. Also in 1170 Henry II agreed to Norman moves to control Ireland. Essentially only controlled area around Dublin, the "Pale" (see expression "beyond the Pale") Parsons UK/US History

  42. Plantagenet (Angevin) England Henry also had to resist attacks against Northumbia from Scotland. Captured Scottish king and made him accept superiority of English king. Henry's military activity was expensive: he needed money. Parsons UK/US History

More Related