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1、WhatweretheconsequencesoftheNormanConquest?broughtaboutmanyconsequences.WilliamconfiscatedalmostallthelandandgaveittoNormanfollowers.HereplacedtheweakSaxonrulewithastrongNormangovernment.SothefeudalsystemwascompletelyestablishedinEngland.RelationswiththeContinentwereopened,andcivilizationa
2、ndcommercewereextended.Norman-Frenchculture,language,manners,andarchitecturewerebeenintroduced.ThechurchwasbroughtintocloserconnectionwithRome,andthechurchcourtswereseparatedfromthecivilcourts.WhatisthebasisofBritishgovernment?ExplainitinEnglish.theConstitutionalMonarchy.Itisapoliticalsyst
3、emthathasbeenpractisedinBritainsincetheGloriousrevolutionof1688.Accordingtothissystem,theConstitutionissuperiortotheMonarch.Inlaw,theMonarchhasmanysupremepowers,butinpractice,therealpowerofmonarchyhasbeengreatlyreducedandtodaytheQueenactssolelyontheadviceofherministers.Shereignsbutdoesnotr
4、ule.TherealpowerliesintheParliament,ortobeexact,intheHouseofCommons.HowdidtheEnglishIndustrialRevolutionproceed?beganwiththetextileindustry.It’scharacterizedbyaseriesofinventionsandimprovementsofmachines,suchasflyingshuttle,spinningJenny.JamesWattproducedaefficientsteamenginein1765,whichco
5、uldbeappliedtotextileandothermachinery.Themostimportantelementinspeedingindustrializationwasthebreakthroughinsmeltingironwithcokeinsteadofcharcoal.Similardevelopmentsoccurredintheforgingsideoftheironindustrywhichenabledirontoreplacewoolandstoneinmanysectorsoftheeconomy.Asaresultoftheindust
6、rialrevolution,Britainwasby1830the“workshopoftheworld”,noothercountrycouldcompetewithherinindustrialproduction.WhatwerethecontentsandthesignificanceoftheGreatCharter?wasdocumentsignedin1215betweenthebaronsandkingJohn.Ithadaltogether63clauses.TheGreatCharterwasastatementofthefeudalandlegalr
7、elationshipbetweentheCrownandthebarons,aguaranteeofthefreedomoftheChurchandalimitationofthepowersoftheking.ThespiritoftheGreatCharterwasthelimitationofthepowersoftheking,butithaslongbeenregardedasthefoundationofEnglishliberties.WhydidtheRestorationtakeplace?Wh
