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Modern Britain in brief
Modern Britain
1902 Britain defeats Dutch settlers in Boer War in South Africa

 

 1902

 

The first old age pension

 

 1914 - 1918

 

First World War
Compulsory military service and food rationing introduced

 

1920 

 

Republic of Ireland gains independence
1937 Sir Frank Whittle invents the Jet Engine
1939 - 1945 The Second World War
1951
Festival of Union Flag Britain
1952
Elizabeth II becomes Queen

 

1953

 

Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
1973 Britain joins the European Community
1979 Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain's first woman prime minister
1982 Falklands War
1991 Gulf War
1991 Sir Tim Berners Lee invents the World Wide Web
1994 Channel Tunnel links Britain back to the European continent

 

1999 

 

welsh flag Welsh national assembly and scottish flag Scottish parliament
2003
The Second Gulf War
2003

England Wins the Rugby World Cup

People from all cultures and ethnicities can be found in every corner of english flag Britain and each person in his or her own way has contributed to make Britain the place it is today.

 

If you walk down a street in Britain, especially in the bigger cities you will usually see people with different hair, skin and eye colours. They may have white, brown or black skin and blonde, brown, black, or red hair, with blue, black, brown or green eyes. Many of the people you will see will be British people but they all look different because the people of Britain are a mixed race.

Not all english flagBritish people are Christian and/or White

How Britain became a mixed race society

 Britain is and has always been a mixed race society. Early in our history we were invaded by Romans ( ) , Saxons (   ), Vikings (   ) and Normans () armies and later Africans were brought to Britain by force in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries as slaves or servants. Over the years, thousands of people have arrived in Britain as refugees from  France,  Ireland,  Russia, and other countries, escaping from persecution or famine in their own countries.

There are British people whose parents first came to Britain in the 1950s and 1960s from the Caribbean, India,  Pakistan,  Hong Kong and other places. Their homes are mainly in the big English cities like London, Birmingham and Manchester.

About 8% of the population of  Britain today are people from other cultures and ethnicities. That is 4.6 million people.

According to a BBC Report in September 2005, immigration made up more than half of Britain's population growth from 1991 to 2001. 

People moving to  Britain have brought their own cultures and try to keep two cultures alive. An excellent example of this is the Notting Hill Carnival which is celebrates the Caribbean Culture and is now a very big part of the  British life today.

250 different languages are spoken in London every day.
 


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