1871-1906. Trades Unions Acts (S616)
1884. Third Suffrage Reform (S600)
*1888, 1894. Local Government Acts (S608)
1899. The Boer War (S623)
*1906. Labor enters Parliament (S628)
1908. Old-Age Pensions (S628)
1910. Imperial Federation (S625)
*1911. Parliament Act; Salary Act (S631)


THE LEADING FACTS OF ENGLISH HISTORY

FIRST PERIOD[1]

"This fortress built by Nature for herself
Against infection and the hand of ewar;
This happy breed of men this little world,
This precious stone set in the silver sea,
Which serves it in the office of a wall,
Or as a moat defensive to a house,
Against the envy of less happier lands;
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England."
Shakespeare, "Richard II"

BRITAIN BEFORE WRITTEN HISTORY BEGAN

1. The Earliest Inhabitants of England.

England was inhabited for many centuries before its written history
began. The earliest races that possessed the country were stunted,