1899-1902 Boar War. British v. Dutch in South Africa. A colonial war.

1900 Freud's Interpretation of Dreams

1901 Edward VI succeeds Victoria

George V

1914-18 World War I, The Great War

1915 Einstein's General Theory of Relativity

1917 Russian Revolution

1922 Mussolini in Italy

1924 Stalin in Russia

1924-1939 Great Depression

1933 Hitler in Germany

1936 Spanish Civil War: prelude to WWII's conflict between the Fascists and the Communists

1939-1945 World War II

1945 labor government begins socialization of England

WWI puts an end to Victorian dream of social perfection. A period of violence, torture, modern police state, genecide.

I Decline of Religious Faith

Copernicus -- made humankind realize the universe was not earth-centered.

Newton -- 1687 showed that heavenly bodies conformed to motion mathematically predictable. Orderly universe with cause and effect. But no miracles possible any longer.

Darwin -- 1859 man had evolved from lower forms of life. Man was not specially created and given an immortal soul distinct from animals.

Freud -- argued that man is driven by irrational impulses of which he is not aware, instead of rational action. Freud also shows that our impulsive belief in god is nothing but childish psychological penomenon mirroring the relationship with the father-figure.