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    Part One The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

    Chapter 1 Land and People

    I:Different Names for Britain and its Parts

    Chapter 2 The Origins of a Nation

    Ⅰ.Early Settlers

    3.The Celts

    Ⅱ.Roman Britain

    Ⅲ.The Anglo-Saxons

    Ⅳ.The Viking and Danish Invasions

    Ⅴ.The Norman Conquest

    Chapter 3 The Shaping of the Nation

    Ⅰ.Norman Rule

    1.William′s Rule

    Ⅱ.The Great Charter and the Beginning of Parliament

    1.The Great Charter

    Ⅲ.The Hundred Years′War with France

    Ⅳ.The Black Death and the Peasant Uprising

    Chapter 4 Transition to the Modern Age

    Ⅰ.Transition to the Modern Age

    Ⅱ.The English Reformation

    Ⅲ.Elizabeth I

    1.Elizabeth and Parliament

    2.Elizabeth′s Religious Reform

    3. Elizabeth′s Religiou Policy

    Ⅳ.The English Renaissance

    Ⅶ.The Civil Wars

    Ⅷ.The Commonwealth

    Ⅸ.The Restoration and the Glorious Revolution of 1688

    Chapter 5 The Rise and Fall of the British Empire

    Ⅰ.Whigs and Tories

    Ⅱ.Agricultural Changes in the Late 18th Century

    Ⅲ.The Industrial Revolution

    Ⅳ.The Chartist Movement

    Ⅶ.Twentieth Century

    1.Britain and the First World War

    3.Britain and First World War

    4.Postwar Britain

    Chapter 7 Goveernment and Administration

    Ⅰ.The Monarchy

    Ⅱ.Parliament

    1.The House of Lords

    2.The House of Connons

    Ⅲ.The Cabinet and Ministry

    Ⅳ.The Privy Council

    Chapter 8 Justice and the Law

    Ⅵ.The Judiciary

    Ⅴ.Police

    Chapter 9 Social Affairs

    Ⅰ.Health and Social Services

    1.The National Health Service

    Ⅲ.Religion

    1.Established churches

    Ⅳ.Festivals and Public Holidays

    1.Christian festivals

    2.Other festivals

    3.Public holidays

    Chapter 10 Cultural Affairs

    Ⅰ.Education

    3.Higher education

    Ⅱ.The Media

    1.Newspapers

    Ⅲ.Sports

    Ⅳ.The Arts