英国历史.ppt.ppt

⒈economical ⒉political ⒊way of product Make it possible from handicraft to robot-making. Britain became the “world factory” and the strongest country in the world. Bourgeois got the power of reign. Leading to the change of the way people work and live, instead of the feudalistic formation. ⒋circumstance Of the world European became the center of the world, the East is far behind the West. ⒌inwardly The thoughts of freedom and independence became more and more popular. Britain in the Twentieth Century a period of the decline as a world power a period of crises of the two world wars Britain in the World War Ⅰ Prefer :The first colonial powers, the empire on which the sun never sets As a chief member of the Allies, Britain lost much during the war. Colonial system began to shake The Statute of Westminster After : Britain began to decline. In 1929,the shock waves from New York Stock Mark Crash sent Britain into depression and left millions of people out of work. Supremacy exist in name only. Britain in the World War Ⅱ Appeasement policy. Declare war on Germany on September 3,1939. After the War After the war , Britain economy greatly weakened and political position dropped. Britain could on longer sustain an empire. Gradually , British colonies became independent. The British empire colonial system collapsed. In 1952 Princess Elizabeth was crowned Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ. 1960s,reinvigoration VS inflation ,unemployment , strike In 1973, Britain joined the European Community. Margaret Thatcher→John Major→Tony Blair→ (1979-1990) (1990-1997) (1997-2007) James Gordon Brown→ David William Donald Cameron (2007-2010) (2010-) Britain in now Despite the war ,Britain was severely weakened , and now has lost its former glory .But there is no wonder British people was a great race and they had made the world admire their brilliant achievements. Now : Second-class powers In the period of steady d