Language Overview Official language is English. Other national languages in Wales are partly Welsh (Cymric) and in parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland Gaelic (Gaelic). A few French dialects are spoken on the Channel Islands. The numerous ethnic minorities maintain
HISTORY: THE HANOVERIAN PERIOD AND THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION In the Hanoverian period, England underwent profound transformations. The village that until then had been the center of agricultural life and was self-sufficient because, in addition to producing cereals for the population,
HISTORY: IRELAND AND THE QUESTION OF CATHOLICS According to animalerts, these were difficult years, during which decisions matured that little by little, albeit through bitter and sometimes bloody conflicts, transformed “old” England into modern Britain. In fact, if Canada, after
HISTORY: THE CONFLICT WITH FRANCE AND THE WAR OF THE TWO ROSES According to allunitconverters, political power passed completely into the hands of the followers of King William, who was careful not to grant the new feudal lords too vast
CLIMATE Almost the whole territory is subject to an essentially oceanic climate, uniformly mild and rainy; this is the result of the vast maritime opening of the country, also devoid of internal mountainous barriers and in a marginal position with
Heart of the “industrial revolution” and, therefore, the real engine of the modern economy, Great Britain laid the foundations for its decisive affirmation already at the end of the eighteenth century, being able to consider, in the middle of the
According to relationshipsplus, the strong urbanization, caused since the century. XIX from the intense industrial development, has meant that for a long time the number of employees in agricultural activities was rather modest. Agriculture absorbs a percentage of the active
Coal, which was the basis of the past power of the country and which has considerably conditioned its economic development model, has undergone a very clear loss of importance, despite being able to count on huge reserves, which, at the
Great exporter of culture and traditions following that imperialist vocation that made it the pivot of the economy and world trade, the United Kingdom has been home to famous artists whose works continue to be admired all over the world.