VY32INOVACE14 20 BRITISH HISTORY III Hanover Dynasty of

VY_32_INOVACE_14 -20 BRITISH HISTORY III Hanover Dynasty of Windsor 20 th century

Hanover Dynasty § 18 th 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 Year`s War 1756 with France for India received Canada, Florida, Dominica, Grenada + settlements in Africa Parliament divided: q q Whigs – liberals Torries – conservatives

George III § GEORGE III (1760 - 1803) § Industrial Revolution: change from agricultural to industrial country § end 18 th cent. GB= the richest country French revol. 1789 -1802, US independence 1776 -1783 § Napoleonic wars 19 th 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

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: q q q 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.

Victoria Autor: Neznámý, Název: Queen-Victoria. png Zdroj: http: //commons. wikimedia. org/wiki/File: Queen-Victoria. png

20 th century § Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Edward VII § WWI…renamed: 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

Elizabeth II in 1953 Autor: Associated Press, Název: Queen Elizabeth II - 1953 -Dress. JPG Zdroj: http: //commons. wikimedia. org/wiki/File: Queen_Elizabeth_II_-_1953 -Dress. JPG

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

Margaret Thatcher Autor: Clawson, Název: Dodthatcher. JPG Zdroj: http: //commons. wikimedia. org/wiki/File: Dodthatcher. JPG

Thank you for your attention. Autor DUM: Mgr. Darina Sikorová