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Act of Supremacy

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1534 henry 8 breaks with rome, divorce, Supreme head of english church and clergy
Reformation. Protestantism

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Elizabeth 1 reign

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1558-1603
Anglicanism : betw Prot and Cath
Stability, Cath banned

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Abolition of monarchy

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1649, charles 1 executed after the Civil War vs Cromwell who is for Parliament

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Habeas corpus act

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1679 : no emprisonment without trial

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Bill of Rights

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1689, Parliamentary democracy, Decl of Rights
Curb the power of monarch
Act of Settlement : no Cath to throne

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Act of Union 1

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1707, England and Scotland

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Industrial revolution

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1770s

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Independence of American colonies

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1776

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Act of Union 2

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1801, England and Ireland

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Freedom of worship for Cath

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1829

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Reform act

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1932, Right to vote to middle class

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Victoria’s reign

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1837-1901, expansion
puritanism Vs Darwinism
Progress, science, technology, class conflict

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Victoria empress of India

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1876

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Creation of the Labour party

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1900

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Women’s right to vote

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1919

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Division of Ireland

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1921

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Easter Rising

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1916, for irish independence, against british rule.

Suppressed

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Representation of the people act

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1928, vote to all above 21

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Great Depression

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1929, bankruptcies, unemployment

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War on Germany

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1939, led by Churchill

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Beveridge report

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1942, for a welfare state

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Creation of welfare state

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1945, NHS education for all, unemployment benefits

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Independence of India, Pakistan, Kenya

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1947

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Uk joins NATO

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1949

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Labour government
1964-70, wilson. Death penalty abolished, abortion and homosexuality decriminalized, divorce liberalized
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The Troubles
1969, nationalists vs loyalists
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Britain and Ireland in the Common Market
1973
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Winter of Discontent
1979, Labour James Callaghan, strikes of trade unions | Beginning of Thatcher's term
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Thatcher
1979-1990, liberal politicies Falkland islands in 1982 Free enterprise, monetarism, less gvt spending and power, same tax for all : protests, resignation
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Tony blair
1997-2007, labour but betw left and right, third way. Education, minimum wage, less unemployment, more consumer spending. euro convention on human rights 2000
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``` Match : Churchill Thatcher Major Blair ```
Roosevelt Reagan Bush Clinton
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Elizabeth 2 reign
1952
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End of parliamentary monarchy
1688 glorious revolution
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Passing of a bill
First reading, all members Second, discussed, for against, standing committee of MPs Third, house of commons, amendments, if approved house of lords, if approved "act of Parliament" and receives Royal Assent
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Conservative
Tory, right wing, liberal, private enterprise | Thatcher, cameron
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Labour
Left wing, working class, trade unions, social services, education, public spending Blair Third Way
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Abolition of death penalty
1965
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Immigration
Multi-ethnic, racial tensions, race riots in 2001, fuelled by tabloids the Sun, terrorism in 2005, tising number of immigrants, threat to british identity - Racist soeech Enoch Powell 1968 - Geneva convention : no discrim against asylum seekers without papers - Cameron curb immig with student and work visas 2013 - 2003 citizenship test compulsory in 2007
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Women
Same rights, glass ceiling, gender pay gap 18% of MPs are women 15,7% less than men
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Muslims
Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses : blasphemy 11 sept 2001, july 2005 terrorism british born Muslims. Distrust, targeted by the police Cultural separateness, full face veil
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Welfare state
Beveridge report 1942 Rebuild post war britain 5 giants : idleness want squalor ignorance disease Benefits for sickness, invalidity, death, unemployment, free consultations GP NHS IN 1948 free med treatment for all BUT longer life expanctancy, cost, increzsing expectations, single parent families Deficits, staff shortages, waiting lists Jobseeker's allowance, credit for low income families, maternity and sick oay, child benefit But dependency, nanny state
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The EEC
1957 Treaty of Rome France lux netherlands west germany italy belgium Macmillan
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Britain applies twice to the EEC
1961-67 Rejected by de Gaulle Macmillan and Wilson
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Uk joins the EEC
1973 Edward Heath
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Single Market
1986, free trade in EEC countries | Thatcher
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EEC become EU
1993 Maastricht Treaty Major, closer eco political and legal cooperation But no Social Chapter (rights of workers)
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Social Chapter signed by Britain
1997, minimum wage | Blair
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PMs and Europe
Blair pro-europe gvt : UK = link US/Europe Cameron 2013 promised in/out referendum in 2017 Rise of UKIP
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Irish Great Famine
1845-49 failure of potato crops, over a million death, massive emigration
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Beginning Irish Independence movement
1873 Home Rule League created | Nationalists want autonomy, protestants want to remain in the UK
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Easter rising
1916 rebellion against irish republicans out down by british army
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Proclamation of Irish Republic
1918 de Valera and nationalist party Sinn Féin won election | De Valera president
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Creation of IRA
1919
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Division of Ireland
1921 into Ulster (part of Uk) and Irish free state (dominion)
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Irish free state becomes Eire
1937, a sovereign state
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Eire becomes Republic of Ireland
1947
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The Troubles
1968 tensions, riots betw Prot and Cath in Ulster IRA Cath and UVF protestants Terrorism bombings assassinations
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Irish nationalists
Want a united republic of ireland, independent
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Creation of Commonwealth
1931 statute of Westminster : free association of independent states, formerly part of British Empire Shared principles : peace equality democracy prosperity 1991 Harare Convention 53 countries
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Reform act
1832 : reform bill to support women's suffrage, denied
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1870 (women's rights)
Richard pankhurst (MP) pleads for equal voting rights
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1903
Creation of WSPU (women's social political union) by Emmeline pankhurst, becomes national organisation, loses male sympathisers for their tactics
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1908
Protests for women's rights become more aggressive, violent : hunger strikes, arrests Internal disunity
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1911
Consilisation bill to include female suffrage failed to pass
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1918
Vote for women over 30
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1928
Women achieve equal status with men

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