The People of Britain

Britain, as we know it consists England, Scotland, Wales, and northern Ireland. Centuries and millenia back, the British people were considered as the most highly classed people because of their well-designed  manners and methods of association which was based on always being polite and courtful. Today, those mannerisms still thrive among core british people however, we also find that the british society has been injected with a large percentage of non-british as well as non-europeans.
This was due to fact that some decades in the past, it was quite easy to become a british national and possess a british passport. Hence, there was a large influx of people from all over europe who left their countries because of the wars or were simply searching for greener pastures.
             Therefore, if one might really ask who these british people are, then one must have proper knowlege of of their transition in history to be able to answer such a question.

1. First of all, from 450 A.D. it is shown through history that the britsh were very strong believers in religion.  At that time, the Catholic belief was dominant religion in those days and because the british ran a very strict monarchical system which was unquestionable, practically every british person had to either belive in the catholice way of life or show utmost respect for it. As a result, durind the early days, the Bishops and Popes were highly respected and their judgement infallible.
2. Later on, the monarchical system took all and absolute power, with some respect for the church, the Kings, Queens, Dukes, Countesses and so on were the most revered at that time. Hence, the britsih society became a stratified society and was divided into the Royals, the Nobles and the Peasants. Further, these rulers on the throne took it upon themselves to make all the world christian and catholic, so they would embark on crusades to place like Palestine, Jerusalem and other middle-eastern countries. However the people at these places already had srong belief in Islam and strongly resisted the jewish. 
3. Moving into the 16th,17th and 18th century, the british people become very invloved in making new discoveries and conquering unknown land. For example, the discovery of Australia and the Americas and the first locomotive engine built by George Stephenson. In time the people of the unknown places of the world that had been explored became distraught and gained independence by treaty or by force, for instance the american revolution. However, last on the list to gain this independence were the protectorates of Africa. Here, the british were in control for a long while from arrival of the missionaries to the advent of slavery to a representative british government and most difficult of all to defeat, Racism!

                                                     UK HISTORY 2000 TIMELINE. (2011)

Today, however,  the british society has become a home to all or most of the races of the modern world. They have come to accept people from all over the world. this is one of the main reasons why the british econmy thrives even in the waves and issues of the "Eurozone". With constant relationship with all kinds nations in the Commonwealth of nations and the United Nations, the british people have become a very hospitable and congenial people who are not only white people in complexion, but people from all over the globe.


Scaruffi, P. (1999) A History of England. Available at http://www.scaruffi.com/politics/british.html 
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Historia Timelines, (2011) UK History 2000 timeline [Online] Available at http://www.historia-web.com/uk_history_timeline.php (Accessed:18 January 2012).