British History Online - 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 Shelly Frankenstein Essay - Much speculation has been made of the meaning of the metaphor of the creature in Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein
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
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
UK Labor Unions 19th Century - Strikes, Labor Leaders, Socialists
Kings & Queens of England from 1685
King James II 1685- 1688
William & Mary 1688-1702
Queen Anne 1792-1714George I 1714-1727
George II 1727-1760
King George III 1760-1820George IV 1820-1830
William IV 1830-1837
Victoria 1837-1901
Edward VII 1901-1910
George V 1910-1936King Edward VIII 1936
King George VI1936-1952Elizabeth II 1952 -



