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30 Cards in this Set
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43-420
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Roman occupation of Britain
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450
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Anglo-Saxon invasion and conquest
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597
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St Augustine arrives in Kent: beginning of Christian conversion of England
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790s
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viking invasions of england
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871-899
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reign of king alfred
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1066
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norman conquest
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1099-1204
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crusades
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1154-1189
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reign of king henry II
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1215
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magna carta
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1336
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beginning of hundred years' war
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1348
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black death
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1415
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battle of agincourt
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1453
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end of hundred years' war; loss of all french dominions
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c. 1455
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gutenberg bible
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1455-1485
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wars of the roses (an english civil war)
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1476
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Caxton introduces printing into england
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1485-1509
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reign of henry VII (first Tudor king)
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1509-1547
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Reign of Henry VIII
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1517
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95 theses of martin luther: beginning of the reformation
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1534
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act of supremacy; end of papal power in england
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1534
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act of supremacy; end of papal power in england
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1558-1603
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reign of queen elizabeth I
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1588
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Spanish armada
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1603-1625
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reign of James I, first stuart king
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1605
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gunpowder plot
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1607
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establishment of first permanent english colony at jamestown, virginia
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1642-1649
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english civil war
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1649
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execution of charles I. Beginning of Iterregnum (including protectorate of Oliver Cromwell)
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1660
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end of protectorate; restoration of charles II
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1688
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glorious revolution; beginning of reign of William III (william of orange)
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