英语国家概况补充阅读材料目录.doc

Contents 1. The British history; the British political system (the General elections 2010) 2. The Declaration of Independence 3. Christianity 4. Renaissance and Reformation 5. Martin Luther King and I have a dream 6. Yalta Conference 7. The making of the U.S. constitution 8. John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address January 20, 1961 9. Composed upon Westminster Bridge Sept. 3, 1802 By William Wordsworth 10. Ode on a Grecian Urn By John Keats (1795-1821) 11. National anthem of the UK 12. National Anthem of the U.S.A Selected Readings 1. The History of the United Kingdom http://www.great-britain.co.uk/history/history.htm 4000 BC to 1066, the Dawn of Civilisation to the Norman Conquest 4000 to 1500 BC stone age man, the first farmers, Stonehenge 1500 BC to 43 AD the age of hill forts and the Celts 43 AD to 410 AD Roman Britain, they came, they saw, they conquered 410 to 1066 the Romans leave, the Anglo Saxons arrive, the Normans conquer 1066 to 1660, the Norman Conquest to Cromwell 1066 to 1154 the Normans consolidate their conquest 1154 to 1485 the Middle Ages, who wants to be king? 1485 to 1603 Henry VIII, Elizabeth I and the Tudors 1603 to 1660 the divine right of kings to rule, then chop off their heads 1660 to 1918, Cromwell to the end of World War I 1660 to 1715 Restoration and Revolution, the beginning of Empire 1715 to 1815 The German Georges rule Britain 1600 to 1783 Britain in North America - we would rather forget 1815 to 1914 Peace and prosperity, the growth of Empire Britain in the 20th Century 1914 to 1918 The First World War, carnage without a cause 1918 to 1939 the after effects of World War I, the General Strike 1939 to 1945 Hitlers War 1945 to 2000 Post War Britain - loses an Empire, looks for a role Scotland through the ages Wales through the ages Ireland through the ages For more information, read the “history” part on http://www.uk.file.pl/uk.htm And /wiki/History_of_England The 2010 Election in the UK