British History - Essays on English History

History of England - In-Depth Studies are partly composed by UNCA students, some are essays I have wrote for British History and Humanities courses.

Shakespear Stratford upon Avon Tourist information - Stratford upon the Avon, located in southern Warwickshire county midland counties, famous for Shakespeare's birthplace.

Jeremy Bentham - Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher, economist, theoretical jurist, criminal justice reformer, and early supporter of Utilitarianism

Henry Bessemer, Steel Production - Henry Bessemer, inventor born in Hitchen, Hertfordshire in 1813; died on March 14, 1898 in London with the title of knight.

Blenheim Palace Woodstock, UK England - rewarded to John Churchill for winning the battle of Blenheim, the palace is the birthplace of Winston Churchill

British Museum - founded in 1753, Sir Hans Sloane, a physician and collector, willed his collection of 71,000 historical objects to George II.

Corn Laws - Designed to protect English landholders by encouraging the export and limiting the import of corn when prices fell below a fixed point

Battle of Cowpens, SC- Located in the Northwestern part of South Carolina, Cowpens is the sight of a decisive battle of the American Revolutionary war.

John Churchill, Lord Marlborough - John Churchill, born into poverty, became one of the greatest military commanders in history. John Churchill served James II, William III and Queen Anne.

King Edward VIII Abdication - Edward VIII became King in January 1936. Edward VIII had fallen in love with Wallas Simpson, a commoner and an American

Major Patrick Ferguson, Kings Mountain - was an inventor of both military tactics and the “Ferguson Rifle”, which was a breech loading rifle way ahead of its time.

Glorious Revolution - important events, facts about King James II that led up to this bloodless revolution.

Gordon Riots - was a response to the the Roman Catholic Relief Act.

Lord Leycester's Hospital today a present day museum and home to ex-servicemen

Mary Wortley Montague noted as a Feminist trailblazer

Prime Minister Henry Asquith - PM in 1908

Prime Minister Disraeli twice PM, 1868 and then again 1874-80

Prime Minister Gladstone - PM 4 x's

Prime Minister Robert Peel - Home secretary – reformed criminal laws and established London police force – called Peelers or Bobbies 1822-1830

Mary Shelly Frankenstein Essay - Much speculation has been made of the meaning of the metaphor of the creature in Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein

Warwick Castle England, UK tourist information - a medieval castle surrounded by Tudor manor houses.

Winchester Cathedral is Norman and older than the Cathedral at Canterbury.

Mary Wollstonecraft - owes much of her fame to her feminist social study A Vindication of the Rights of Women. In this work Wollstonecraft addressed the legal, economic and educational disabilities of women

Tudor England - articles on important people and events, acts of parliament, Kings and Queens and more from the Tudor period.

Kings and Queens of England list of all the kings and queens of England since the Norman Conquest

Pictures of London (Free ecards), pictures of castles (now hotels) in England, Scotland and Ireland in the UK hotels section and information on Britain in Online travel guides.