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  2. Kingdom of England - Wikipedia

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    The Kingdom of England was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from the late 9th century, when it was unified from various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, until 1 May 1707, when it united with Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, which would later become the United Kingdom.

  3. History of England - Wikipedia

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    The country's official name thus became "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland". England, as part of the UK, joined the European Economic Community in 1973, which became the European Union in 1993. The UK left the EU in 2020. There is a movement in England to create a devolved English Parliament. This would give England a ...

  4. History of Anglo-Saxon England - Wikipedia

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    The Normans persecuted the Anglo-Saxons and overthrew their ruling class to substitute their own leaders to oversee and rule England. [1] However, Anglo-Saxon identity survived beyond the Norman Conquest, [ 2 ] came to be known as Englishry under Norman rule , and through social and cultural integration with Romano-British Celts , Danes and ...

  5. History of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The Royal family played major symbolic roles in the war. They refused to leave London during the Blitz and were indefatigable in visiting troops, munition factories, dockyards, and hospitals all over the country. All social classes appreciated how the royals shared the hopes, fears and hardships of the people. [174]

  6. Commonwealth of England - Wikipedia

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    The Commonwealth of England was the political structure during the period from 1649 to 1660 when England and Wales, later along with Ireland and Scotland, [1] were governed as a republic after the end of the Second English Civil War and the trial and execution of Charles I.

  7. England - Wikipedia

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    With over 56 million inhabitants, England is by far the most populous country of the United Kingdom, accounting for 84% of the combined total. [4] England taken as a unit and measured against international states would be the 26th largest country by population in the world. [183] The English people are British people. [184]

  8. England in the Middle Ages - Wikipedia

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    At times England enjoyed huge military success, with the economy buoyed by profits from the international wool and cloth trade, but by 1450 the country was in crisis, facing military failure in France and an ongoing recession. More social unrest broke out, followed by the Wars of the Roses, fought between rival factions of the English nobility.

  9. Kingdom of Great Britain - Wikipedia

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    Great Britain, also known as the Kingdom of Great Britain, [4] was a sovereign state in Western Europe from 1707 [5] to the end of 1800. The state was created by the 1706 Treaty of Union and ratified by the Acts of Union 1707, which united the kingdoms of England (including Wales) and Scotland to form a single kingdom encompassing the whole island of Great Britain and its outlying islands ...