History 1

Match the two parts of the sentences below together. The sentence sections in the right-
hand box are in the correct chronological order.
the Roman army on an exploratory foray
.. .led
into Britain in 55BC.
King Henry Vll
...led the Romans on a successful invasion of
Britain, resulting in a period of Roman rule lasting
The Emperor Hadrian tor almost 400 years.

...led an unsuccessful rebellion against the

William Shakespeare Roman occupation.

...built a wall(which can still be seen) in the

Vikings from Denmark and Norway north of the country to protect Britain from the
Celts in (what is now)Scotland.
The Domesday Eook (the first ever census of ...from Denmark and North Germany began
property values)... invading the country.

.. .began to spread Christianity across Britain.

Missionaries from Rome, and monks from
lreland, ...
Geoffrey Chaucer
King Alfred (known as Alfred the Great)
...invaded, and many then settled and farmed.
...of the Kingdom of Wessex united the Saxons
and defeated the Danish and Viking armies.
...led the last successful invasion of Britain and
defeated the Saxon King Harold ät the Battle of
Hastings in 1066.

...was compiled and written.

King Edward ll
...was signed by King John after he was forced to
do so bv the qreat barons. This effectivelv
The first charter of rights, called Magna Carta, showed that ihe power of the King was irot
absolute.
Elizabeth, Henry's daughter by one of his ...was defeated bv the Scot Robert the Bruce at
marriages,... the Battle of Bannbckburn in 1314.

...wrote his literary masterpiece, The Canterbury

William Caxton Tales.

...started using Britain's first printing press

Queen Boudicca, a Briton of the lceni tribe, (introduced from Germany).

...won the Battle of Bosworth, which ended the

Jutes, Angles and Saxons Wars of the Roses and established the Tudor
dynasty. This was to rule England for 1 18 years
and introduce some of the most profound
King Henry Vlll changes to the country.

...broke from the Church of Rome and, in a

The Emperor Claudrus period known as the Reformation, established
the Church of England.

The Spanish Armada, ...began to be imposed on Wales in 1536.

...became Queen when her half-sister Queen

Julius Caesar Mary died childless. During her reign, art and
literature flourished.

William, the Duke of Normandy in France, ...a fleet of ships sent to conquer England and
restore the Catholic faith in 1588, was defeated.

The laws of England ...wrote some of the most famous literary works
in the world, including Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet
and Ihe Merchant of Venice.

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