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The order of invaders: 1. R_____ __ A.D.

  1. the G_____ t____ (A____, S_____, J____)
  2. Christian followers of S_ A______ ___ A.D. (brought C______ & L___)
  3. D____ in ____ (influenced l______)
  4. N_____ in ____ (brought F____, g_______, f______)
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Romans 43, Germanic tribes, Angles, Saxons, Jutes, St. Augustine 597, Christianity, Latin, Danes 700, language, Normans 1066, French, government, feudalism

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The Bible was first written in ____.

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Latin

3
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__ _______ converted followers and Pagans to ________.

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St. Augustine, Christianity

4
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Who was the first king of England?

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Alfred the Great

5
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The last invasion of England was led by _______ __ _____.

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William the Conqueror

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When was the Feudal Era?

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1100-1485

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N______ brought form of g______, s____ o____, and l____ t____ known as f______.

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Normans, government, social order, land tenure, feudalism

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Ranking of feudalism: _____, _____, _______, ____

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Kings, nobles, freemen, serfs

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In ____ a group of Nobles forced ____ ___ to sign the ______ _____ aka ___ ____ ______; this limited the king’s powers and marked the beginning of parliamentary government in England.

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1215, King John, Magna Carta, The Great Charter,

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The _____ _____ killed ___ of England’s population.

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Black Death, 1/3rd

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England was in a series of wars with ____ that lasted over ___ years.

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France, 100

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After the civil war ___ ___ ___ came to the throne and England became a _____ ____; marked a period of _______ and ______.

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King Henry VII, unified state, discovery, expansion

13
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England was involved in a ____ ___ that lasted from ____ to ____

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Civil war, 1455, 1485