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1
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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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4
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Habeas corpus act

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1679 : no emprisonment without trial

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5
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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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7
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Industrial revolution

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1770s

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8
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Independence of American colonies

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1776

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9
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Act of Union 2

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1801, England and Ireland

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10
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Freedom of worship for Cath

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1829

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11
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Reform act

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1932, Right to vote to middle class

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12
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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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13
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Victoria empress of India

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1876

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14
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Creation of the Labour party

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1900

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15
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Women’s right to vote

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1919

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16
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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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18
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Representation of the people act

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1928, vote to all above 21

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19
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Great Depression

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1929, bankruptcies, unemployment

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20
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War on Germany

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1939, led by Churchill

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21
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Beveridge report

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1942, for a welfare state

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22
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Creation of welfare state

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1945, NHS education for all, unemployment benefits

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23
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Independence of India, Pakistan, Kenya

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1947

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24
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Uk joins NATO

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1949

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25
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Labour government

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1964-70, wilson. Death penalty abolished, abortion and homosexuality decriminalized, divorce liberalized

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The Troubles

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1969, nationalists vs loyalists

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Britain and Ireland in the Common Market

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1973

28
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Winter of Discontent

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1979, Labour James Callaghan, strikes of trade unions

Beginning of Thatcher’s term

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Thatcher

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1979-1990, liberal politicies
Falkland islands in 1982
Free enterprise, monetarism, less gvt spending and power, same tax for all : protests, resignation

30
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Tony blair

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1997-2007, labour but betw left and right, third way.
Education, minimum wage, less unemployment, more consumer spending.
euro convention on human rights 2000

31
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Match :
Churchill
Thatcher
Major
Blair
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Roosevelt
Reagan
Bush
Clinton

32
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Elizabeth 2 reign

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1952

33
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End of parliamentary monarchy

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1688 glorious revolution

34
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Passing of a bill

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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

35
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Conservative

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Tory, right wing, liberal, private enterprise

Thatcher, cameron

36
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Labour

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Left wing, working class, trade unions, social services, education, public spending
Blair Third Way

37
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Abolition of death penalty

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1965

38
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Immigration

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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
39
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Women

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Same rights, glass ceiling, gender pay gap
18% of MPs are women
15,7% less than men

40
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Muslims

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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

41
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Welfare state

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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

42
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The EEC

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1957 Treaty of Rome
France lux netherlands west germany italy belgium
Macmillan

43
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Britain applies twice to the EEC

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1961-67
Rejected by de Gaulle
Macmillan and Wilson

44
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Uk joins the EEC

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1973 Edward Heath

45
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Single Market

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1986, free trade in EEC countries

Thatcher

46
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EEC become EU

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1993 Maastricht Treaty
Major, closer eco political and legal cooperation
But no Social Chapter (rights of workers)

47
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Social Chapter signed by Britain

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1997, minimum wage

Blair

48
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PMs and Europe

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Blair pro-europe gvt : UK = link US/Europe
Cameron 2013 promised in/out referendum in 2017
Rise of UKIP

49
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Irish Great Famine

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1845-49 failure of potato crops, over a million death, massive emigration

50
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Beginning Irish Independence movement

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1873 Home Rule League created

Nationalists want autonomy, protestants want to remain in the UK

51
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Easter rising

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1916 rebellion against irish republicans out down by british army

52
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Proclamation of Irish Republic

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1918 de Valera and nationalist party Sinn Féin won election

De Valera president

53
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Creation of IRA

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1919

54
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Division of Ireland

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1921 into Ulster (part of Uk) and Irish free state (dominion)

55
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Irish free state becomes Eire

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1937, a sovereign state

56
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Eire becomes Republic of Ireland

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1947

57
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The Troubles

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1968 tensions, riots betw Prot and Cath in Ulster
IRA Cath and UVF protestants
Terrorism bombings assassinations

58
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Irish nationalists

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Want a united republic of ireland, independent

59
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Creation of Commonwealth

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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

60
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Reform act

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1832 : reform bill to support women’s suffrage, denied

61
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1870 (women’s rights)

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Richard pankhurst (MP) pleads for equal voting rights

62
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1903

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Creation of WSPU (women’s social political union) by Emmeline pankhurst, becomes national organisation, loses male sympathisers for their tactics

63
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1908

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Protests for women’s rights become more aggressive, violent : hunger strikes, arrests
Internal disunity

64
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1911

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Consilisation bill to include female suffrage failed to pass

65
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1918

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Vote for women over 30

66
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1928

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Women achieve equal status with men

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