The United Kingdom

​The United Kingdom consists of a group of islands off the northwest coast of Europe.

England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

​Do you know any of them? Name them

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​​Soccer

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​​Rugby

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​​Cricket

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​​Boxing

​The author of Romeo and Juliet

​​William Shakespeare

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​​Chirles Dickens

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​​Robert Burns

​The author of the Harry Potter Books

​​J.K.Rowling

In the past, kings ruled with advice from a council of religious leaders. This council then became PARLAMENT.

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​Today, the monarch, who can be a king or queen, has no real power.

​Britain's system of Government

• Britain was one of the most powerful nations in the world.

​By the 1800s,

• German people known as Angles, Jutes and Saxons moved into Britain.

• The Angels gave their name to England and English people became known as Anglo- Saxons

​In the eighth century B.C

B.C. (before Jesus Christ was born);

A.D. (abbreviation for Anno Domini : a Latin phrase meaning "in the year of the Lord", which is used when referring to a year after Jesus Christ was born).

​But in the 20th century Britain could not keep its empire, and most of its colonies became independent.

• the Romans ruled for about 400 years. They built roads, bathhouses, and large villas.

​In A.D. 43

• the Celts arrived from Europe and punished the Picts north into Scotland

​By the sixth century A.D.

B.C. (before Jesus Christ was born);

A.D. (abbreviation for Anno Domini : a Latin phrase meaning "in the year of the Lord", which is used when referring to a year after Jesus Christ was born).

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