Great Britain has been dominant industrial maritime power of the nineteenth century, it has played a leading role in parliamentary democracy developing, and in literature and science advancing. The British Empire at its zenith stretched over one fourth of the Earths surface. With its 59,647,790 people in July 2001,its no surprise if it ever runs out of room . It is also is one of the five permanent members of NATO and of Commonwealth the country.
In 43 AD to century 400, Romans were confined effectively to the lowland areas of England. Many signs of the four centuries of occupation can still be seen today. Some of these include the roadway of London, a resort in Bath, away in Hadrians and other archaeological remains, and most of all Christianity remained in Beitain even after the Roman withdrawal. Immigration of Germanic peoples before Roman withdrawal came from the English Channel and the North Sea had begun.The Anglo Saxians and the Scandinavian Vikings were the two main waves brought to Britain. English pushed the Britons westward until the farmer reached the Mersey and the Bristol Channel. The Celtic people fragmented who were now concentrated in Whales, Scotland, and Ireland. Thence forward the English were the dominant stock in what now had become England. The task process consisted not only of war and conquest, but of colonization.
Queen Elizabeth came into power in the late 1400's. Under Queen Elizabeth the United Kingdom became a huge naval power.Landing and founding new colonies in the new world. Expansions of the trade with Europe the Orient. At this same time the first try of inhabitants of the new world was unsuccessful however they tried again and it was a great success. The middle ages saw the city of London grow intointo a great community , however the black plague began in 1348. It wiped out almost half of the 6,000,000 inhabitants. William the Conquerer took charge of London in 1066.