England
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Publicado: 20 de diciembre de 2012
A) HISTORIAL FACTS:
• 6000 BC - 800 BC: Neolithic and Bronze ages (The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans)
• 800 BC - 43 AD: Iron age (England was inhabited by the Celtic people known as the Britons, but also by some Belgae tribes
• 55 BC: Julius Caesar heads first Roman Invasion but later withdraws.
• 43 AD- 410: Roman Britain
• 410-1066: Vikings and Anglo-Saxons (They invaded England and introduced the Old English language, which displaced the previous British language)
• 1154 - 1485: Middle ages (The English Middle Ages were characterised by civil war, international war, occasional insurrection, and widespread political intrigue amongst the aristocratic and monarchic elite)
• 1485 -1603: Tudors (TheTudors were a Welsh-English family that ruled England from one of the most exciting periods of British history)
• 1707: The Kingdom of England accepted the Acts of Union with the Kingdom of Scotland to create the new Kingdom of Great Britain.
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• 1801: Great Britain was united with the Kingdom of Ireland through another Act of Union to become the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.• 1770- 1820: Industrial Revolution (Economy)
• 1837- 1901: Victorian Britain (The Victorians lived over one hundred and fifty years ago during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837 to 1901) and was a time of enormous change in this country)
• 1887- The first public electric lighting in London
• 1883- First electric railway
• 1887- The invention of the gramophone• 1901-1945: World Wars
• 1922: The Irish Free State was established as a separate dominion, so officially create the current United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
• 1952- Isabel II becomes queen of England until the present.
• 1973- Britain joins the European Community.
• 1982- Falklands War (Guerra de Malvinas)
NUMER AND KIND OF POPULATION:
Thepopulation at the time of the 2001 census was 49,138,831
• Male: 23,922,144
• Female: 25,216,687
About Religion:
• Christian: 71.75%
• No religion: 14.81%
• Not stated: 15%
• Muslim: 2.97%
• Hindu: 1.06%
• Sikh: 0.63%
• Jewish: 0.5%
• Other: 0.29%
• Buddhist: 0.28%
About Ethnicy:
|Ethnic group | 2009population |
|White |45,313,300 |
|Asian or Asian British |3,166,800 |
|Black or Black British|1,521,400 |
|Mixed |956,700 |
|Chinese |439,500 |
|Other|412,100 |
About age: Predominates the people that have between 30-44 years old.
LOCAL FOOD:
Traditional meals have ancient origins, such as bread and cheese, roasted and stewed meats, meat and game pies, boiled vegetables and broths, and freshwater and saltwater fish.The Sunday roast:
The Sunday dinner traditionally includes roast potatoes (or boiled or mashed potatoes) accompanying a roasted joint of meat such as roast beef, lamb, pork, or a roast chicken and assorted other vegetables, themselves generally boiled and served with a gravy.
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Afternoon tea
The tea is usually black tea from India or Sri Lanka, with milk or...
• 6000 BC - 800 BC: Neolithic and Bronze ages (The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans)
• 800 BC - 43 AD: Iron age (England was inhabited by the Celtic people known as the Britons, but also by some Belgae tribes
• 55 BC: Julius Caesar heads first Roman Invasion but later withdraws.
• 43 AD- 410: Roman Britain
• 410-1066: Vikings and Anglo-Saxons (They invaded England and introduced the Old English language, which displaced the previous British language)
• 1154 - 1485: Middle ages (The English Middle Ages were characterised by civil war, international war, occasional insurrection, and widespread political intrigue amongst the aristocratic and monarchic elite)
• 1485 -1603: Tudors (TheTudors were a Welsh-English family that ruled England from one of the most exciting periods of British history)
• 1707: The Kingdom of England accepted the Acts of Union with the Kingdom of Scotland to create the new Kingdom of Great Britain.
•
• 1801: Great Britain was united with the Kingdom of Ireland through another Act of Union to become the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.• 1770- 1820: Industrial Revolution (Economy)
• 1837- 1901: Victorian Britain (The Victorians lived over one hundred and fifty years ago during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837 to 1901) and was a time of enormous change in this country)
• 1887- The first public electric lighting in London
• 1883- First electric railway
• 1887- The invention of the gramophone• 1901-1945: World Wars
• 1922: The Irish Free State was established as a separate dominion, so officially create the current United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
• 1952- Isabel II becomes queen of England until the present.
• 1973- Britain joins the European Community.
• 1982- Falklands War (Guerra de Malvinas)
NUMER AND KIND OF POPULATION:
Thepopulation at the time of the 2001 census was 49,138,831
• Male: 23,922,144
• Female: 25,216,687
About Religion:
• Christian: 71.75%
• No religion: 14.81%
• Not stated: 15%
• Muslim: 2.97%
• Hindu: 1.06%
• Sikh: 0.63%
• Jewish: 0.5%
• Other: 0.29%
• Buddhist: 0.28%
About Ethnicy:
|Ethnic group | 2009population |
|White |45,313,300 |
|Asian or Asian British |3,166,800 |
|Black or Black British|1,521,400 |
|Mixed |956,700 |
|Chinese |439,500 |
|Other|412,100 |
About age: Predominates the people that have between 30-44 years old.
LOCAL FOOD:
Traditional meals have ancient origins, such as bread and cheese, roasted and stewed meats, meat and game pies, boiled vegetables and broths, and freshwater and saltwater fish.The Sunday roast:
The Sunday dinner traditionally includes roast potatoes (or boiled or mashed potatoes) accompanying a roasted joint of meat such as roast beef, lamb, pork, or a roast chicken and assorted other vegetables, themselves generally boiled and served with a gravy.
[pic]
Afternoon tea
The tea is usually black tea from India or Sri Lanka, with milk or...
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