Anglo-Saxon+history

=ANGLO-SAXON PERIOD= A.D. 449-1066 THE ENGLISH ARE COMMING AND NOW COME THE VIKINGS (this is back when bret farve played for Green Bay) CONQUEST OF NORMAN A) William B) Harold 2nd C) Alfred 4. **T/F** : St. Augastine saved the Christian beleive in Britain 5. **T/F** : The Danes are also called saxons 6. **T/F** : Edward died with no hair to take over 7. **T/F** : At the battle of Fredricksburg Harold was killed 8. **T/F** : The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a log of important historical events 9. **T/F** : The Romans took over in 44 B.C 10. **T/F** : The Boston Celtics came to Southern Europe aka England
 * 1) In 600 B.C, celts from southern Europe cme to land now callend England and they named themselves "Britans"
 * 2) In 55 B.C. Julius Caeser and the Roman Gov. tried to take power in Britian but failed untill 100 years later when Cladius conquered Britain
 * 3) The Romans ruled for nearly 400 years.The Romans adopted Christianity so the Britiaans were also Christianized
 * 4) In the 5th century A.D. almost all Roman troops were called back to Rome becauseRome was on the verge of being attacked. So they just left the Britians there with no Government.
 * 1) __449 A.D.__ -once the Romans left, 3 Germanic speaking tribes the Angles,Saxons, and Jutes came and invaded Britian
 * 2) During this invasion period the christianity that had been brought to this land was shoved aside by Germanic paganism.Christianity however did servive thanks tothe Cleric St. Augastine.
 * 3) Pagan customs still managed to coexist with Christianity. For example, the English names for four days of the week are still Germanic divinities Tiw,Waton, Thur, and Frig
 * 1) In the 9th century, the Denmark Danes took to to the vast body of water we call the seas. Vikings sacked and plundered monasteries(thats where monks live) and towns.
 * 2) Once the Vikings reached Britian, they quickly overtook most of the northern,eastern, and central parts of the country,
 * 3) Alfred the great or King Alfred or maybe even Alfe stopped the Danes from completely overtaking the country
 * 4) King Alfred accompished 5 things in his time of power they were 1 fortaphied towns 2 built the first navy 3 turned latin to english 4 founded schools 5 instuted Anglo-Saxon chronicle
 * 5) The Anglo-Saxon chronicle- A log of important historical events
 * 6) In 1042, Edward the Confessor became king and remained in power until 1066 (the end of the AG period)
 * 7) The confessor(not professor) died without a direct hair to the throne
 * 1) After Edwards death the saxon council appointed Herold 2 as king. This ticked off William the Duke of Normady because he claimed Edward had promised him the kingship
 * 2) in 1066 william became "The Conqueror" by cossing the English channel to take the throne by force(danggg)So they made battle at Hastings and Harold got shot int he eye and William was made kingAnglo-Saxon history
 * EXERCISES**
 * 1) **T/F** : King Alfred was also known as the "Confessor"
 * 2) **T/F** : The Anglos Saxons and Romans were the three Germanic speaking tribes that came to take over England.
 * 3) **MC** : Who got shot in the eye?