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BRITISH HISTORY III
VY_32_INOVACE_14-20

• Hanover Dynasty
• Dynasty of Windsor
• 20th century

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Hanover Dynasty

• 18th century, dynasty of German line of Georges
  (I-IV), William IV, Victoria
• GEORGE I (1714-1727)
• modern government
• PM position established
• growing power of Britain, trading post in India,
  colonies in Africa
• Gibraltar and Minorca war with Spain 
• GEORGE II (1727-1760)
• Seven Years War 1756 ? with France for India
• received Canada, Florida, Dominica, Grenada
  settlements in Africa
• Parliament divided
• Whigs liberals
• Torries conservatives

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George III

• GEORGE III (1760- 1803)
• Industrial Revolution change from agricultural
  to industrial country
• end 18th cent. GB the richest country
• French revol. 1789-1802, US independence
  1776-1783 
•  Napoleonic wars 19th cent.
• Admiral Nelson 1798 on Nile destroyed French
  fleet
• 1805 Trafalgar Nelson dies
• 1815 - Waterloo gen. Wellington
• 1833 slavery abolished
• Metropolitan Police established
• GB Workshop of the world

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Victoria

• 1819 ... 1901, monarch of the UK and Ireland,
  Empress of India
• throne 1837 1901? the longest reign, growth of
  British empire, stability of way of life
• changes
• agriculture ? industry, culture, politics,
  science, army
• power from aristocracy ? middle class
• Irish problems
• reforms
• education schools, compulsory sch. attendance
• health
• work working hours, child labour
• Buckingham Palace, married Prince Albert of
  Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 9 children, attempts to
  assassinate her
• Boer War, last monarch of Hannover Dynasty ?
  Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Dyn.

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Victoria

• Autor Neznámý, Název Queen-Victoria.png
• Zdroj
• http//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/FileQueen-Victo
  ria.png

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20th century

• Saxe-Coburg and Gotha? Edward VII
• WWIrenamed Windsor Dynasty
• George V? Edward VIII
• George VI? Elizabeth II
• 1921 Irish independance, 1926 The British
  Commonwealth of Nations
• colonies ? independent (India, Pakistan,)
• WWII
• Winston Churchill
• Battle of Britain 1940
• Allied Forces D-day
• lost a position of a superpower
• 1952 Elizabeth II on throne

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Elizabeth II in 1953

• Autor Associated Press, Název Queen Elizabeth
  II - 1953-Dress.JPG
• Zdroj
• http//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/FileQueen_Eliza
  beth_II_-_1953-Dress.JPG

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After WWII

• Elizabeth II throne 1952 - .
• married Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
• 4 children Charles, Anne, Andrew, Edward
• NATO, EU
• PMs
• Margaret Thatcher
• John Major, Tony Blair, David Cameron

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Margaret Thatcher

• Autor Clawson, Název Dodthatcher.JPG
• Zdroj
• http//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/FileDodthatcher
  .JPG

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Thank you for your attention.

• Autor DUM Mgr. Darina Sikorová