英语国家社会和文化ppt课件

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Largest city:
London(dominant in the
UK government , cultural
and economic )
In 43 AD was invaded by the Roman Empire
The conquest of Britain: the legends of King
Anglicans and Catholics
Brief introduction
Capital: Cardiff ,on the south coast, small city
Position: Smallest in British mainland, close to central England, hilly and rugged
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England
introduction
History of invasions
A highly urbanized country
Largest of 4 nations and has largest population
Before the 1st century was made up of many tribal kingdom of Celtic people
Retains a powerful sense of difference from England and its own lபைடு நூலகம்nguage
Various Historical
Events
In 1267, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd brought a large portion of Wales under his rule by forcing the English to acknowledge him as Prince of Wales
When he died Edward the first named his son the prince of Wales
In 1536, Wales was brought legally into the UK
Of the 38 Welsh MPs, 4 are member of this party
In 1707,union with England
Event: in 1603, Queen Elizabeth died, James took the throne
Scotland maintained its separate political identity in1707 Scotland joined the Union by the agreement of the English and parliament
Strong Scottish identity
Scotland has a tradition of innovation in arts, philosophy and science
Wales
Population :2.9 million Area:20776sqkm
Language: Wales and English Religion: nonconformist, protestant,
Won’t call themselves English
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Two more groups of invaders: Scandinavia
Windsor castle
Leeds castle
Scotland
Second largest of the 4 nations
1: the most confident of its own identity 2: the most rugged part of UK 3:the largest city is Glasgow and the capital is Edinburgh
4:Scotland was neither conquered by Anglo-Saxons nor by Angle Kingdom
5:about 6 century AD people from Ireland invaded the south-west
6:The were called Scots and gave the modern country Scotland name
More introduction about Scotland
The battle of Bannockburn
Time:24th June ,1314 What happened: Scots under the leadership of Robert Bruce and English army and at last Scots were victorious ,leading to 300 years full of independence