1588 : Armada 1568 : Hawkins & Drake 1570 : Drake -> ships and naval victory 1485 : Henry Tudor crowned 1400 : pop -> 2.5 million 1521 : "Defender of the Faith" 1533 : Excommunicated 1529 : Pope refused divorce from __ Catherine de Aragon 1533 : Anne Boleyn queen 1534 : Act of Supremacy 1581 : Levant Company founded 1581 : Levant Company founded 1600 : East India Company 1601 : 1st voyage __ (James Lancaster) 1600 : England & Wales 4m pop __ Agriculture under pressure __ Trading economy diversity 1651 : Navigation Act 1666 : Fire of London 1688 : Louis XIV new enemy 1694 : Bank of England __ + __ Creation of the National Debt 1690 : Royal Navy defeated at Beachy Head 1693 : Loss of Turkey Fleet 1690 : Factories across India 1607 : London Company (Virginia Colony) 1698 : Jonathan's coffee house __ (1st Stock Exchange) 1699 : Trading post at Canton (China) 1765 : Company took control __ of Bengal 1757 : Battle of Plassy 1840 : Opium War 1813 : Lost monopoly of __ trade with India 1857 : mutiny of Indian troops __ -> __ abolished 1690 : 15 'factories' along __ Indian coast 1750 : North American __ territorial claims circa 1765 : Stamp Act 1773 : Boston Tea Party 1783 : Loss of colonies 1793 : cotton gin __ + __ growth of cotton trade 1830 : railway Liverpool -> Manchester 1850 : network of 10,000km __ + __ 50% of world iron prod 1851 : 54% of pop is urban 1853 : Plan to build Indian __ railway network 1851 : The Great Exhibition 1914 : British Empire -> 20% __ of world's land mass 1906 : Liberal Party wins 1907 : scholarship places in __ secondary shcools 1908 : Old age pensions (+70) 1909 : Labour exchange created 1911 : health & unemployment __ insurances 1922 : increase of unemployment 1926 : General Strike 1936 : Jarrow Crusade 1973 : Oil crisis 1973 : "Three day week" 1979 : Election of Margaret Thatcher
De 1485 à 1509 : increase of crown land income __ & customs receipts De 1642 à 1649 : Civil War (tax & religion) De 1652 à 1654 : Trade war with Dutch De 1665 à 1667 : Trade war with Dutch De 1672 à 1674 : Trade war with Dutch De 1623 à 1632 : West Indies (Caribbean) __ settled in 1627 De 1690 à 1700 : Large commercial fleet __ (import-export) De 1601 à 1858 : 4600 voyages De 1740 à 1815 : Dominated by __ 4 different wars __ with France De 1756 à 1763 : Seven years war De 1776 à 1783 : American War of Independence De 1793 à 1801 : French Revolution De 1802 à 1815 : Napoleonic wars De 1801 à 1851 : National income __ incresed threefold De 1848 à 1856 : James Broun-Ramsey __ is Governor G of India De 1873 à 1892 : The Great Depression De 1880 à 1881 : Colonial War De 1899 à 1902 : Colonial War De 1901 à 1913 : The Arms Race De 1890 à 1900 : Germany lauches __ plan to dvlp navy De 1901 à 1910 : "Edwardian" age De 1914 à 1918 : WW1 De 1978 à 1979 : "Winter of discontent" De 1939 à 1945 : WW2