《英美历史上四十个重大事件》(作者李宝宏)按历史阶段将40个历史事件划分为10章，每个历史事件前面设置一个名人名言来引出事件，详细介绍历史事件的背景、原因、经过、结果和意义等方面。后面附有注释和讨论题目供学生查阅复习，培养学生的自主学习能力。书后附上了英国历史上的历任首相和美国历史上的历任总统供学生查询。

《英美历史上四十个重大事件》(作者李宝宏)以英美两国历史事件为主，介绍了英国和美国的历史、文化、社会、政治和经济等方面的有关内容，尽可能体现英国和美国历史文化的真实面貌。为了实现这一目标，书中配置了相关的图片，客观地反映了历史事件，《英美历史上四十个重大事件》对大学生以及英语爱好者深入研究英国和美国历史、政治和文化等可提供一定的帮助。

Events in British History

Chapter l Anglo Saxon England(before 1066)

l Roman Invasion(55.B.C-410.A.D)

2 Anglo-Saxon England(410-1066)

3 Norman Conquest(1066)

Chapter 2 The Middle Ages(1066-1485)

4 Reform of Henry ll(1154-1189)

5 The Great Charter(orMagna Carta)(1215)

6 Hundred Years’War(1337-1453)

7 Wars of the Roses(1455-1485)

Chapter 3 Reformation＆Restoration(1485-1689)

8 Enclosures(16th century)

9 Renaissance in England(1450-1600)

10 Elizabethan Era(1558-1603)

11 Reformation(16th century)

12 English Civil War(1642-1651)

13 Restoration(1660)

]4 Glorious Revolution(1688)

Chapter 4 The Age of Empire(1689-1901)

15 Establishment of Constitutional Monarchy(1689)

16 Acts ofUnion(1707)

17 Battle ofWaterloo(18j5)

18 Chartist Movement(1838-1848)

19 Victorian Era(1837-1901)

Chapter 5 The Twentieth Century(1901-2000)

20 Major Party--Labour Party(1906)

21 Establishment of National Health Service(1948)

Events in American History

Chapter 6 Colonization(1607-1763)

22 Foundation of lamestown Settlement Colony(1607)

23 Introduction of African Slaves into the Colony of Virginia(1619)

24 Landing of Mayflower on the New Land(1620)

25 First Great Awakening(1720s-1740s)

26 Seven Years’War(1756-1763)

Chapter 7 Revolution(1763-1815)

27 Revolutionary Events in Boston(1770-1773)

28 American Independence War(1775-1783)

29 Declaration of Independence(1776)

30 Constitutional Convention and Founding of New National Government

31 Constitution of the United States of America(1787)and Bill of Rights(1791)

32 Louisiana Purchase Treaty(1803)

Chapter 8 Modern America

33 Westward Movement(1820-1849)

34 CiviI War(1861-1865)

Chapter 9 The Twentieth Century(1900-2000)

35 The United States of America in World War l(1914-1918)

36 Great Depression(1927-early 1940s)

37 New Deal(1933-1938)

38 The Unitecl States of America in World War ll(1938-1945)

39 Cuban Missile Crisis(1962)

40 Vietnam War(1961-1975)

Appendices

Appendix A List of British Prime Ministers

Appendix B List of American Presidents

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