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- Start of The Hundred Years War 1337
- Go away, King Edward III, I have more right than you.
- English
- I have more right than you, King Philip VI, to be king. My grandfather was the KING OF FRANCE.
- French
- 1340: Battle of Sluys
- English
- French
- French
- 1356: Battle of Poitiers
- John II
- This was one of the reasons for the Hundred Years War. Some other reasons are:The French threatened to take over a wine-producing area in France which was under the control of England. Also, the area gave large profits to king Edward III because when the wine was brought to England, it was taxed.
- 1415:battle of Agincourt
- England wins the battle of Sluys. The English surprise French ships while they are anchored. Although the action takes place at sea, it is fought by soldiers jumping from ship to ship and fighting as if they were on land. The French defeat means England controls the English Channel and could invade France more easily.
- 1422: Disaster for the English
- English victories continue at the battle of Poitiers, led by Edward's son, the Black Prince. John II, the king of France is captured and held to ransom for £500,000. That's five times more than Edward normally earned from taxation in a year.
- 1453: End of War
- We Won! We Won!!
- The new English king, Henry V, decides to renew the English claim to the French throne. He invades France and wins a famous victory at Agincourt. The French king lets Henry marry his daughter and agrees that Henry should be the next king of France when the current one dies.
- Disaster for the English! Henry V dies before becoming king of England and France! The French strike back under the leadership of a teenage peasant girl called Joan of Arc.
- The French regain all of their land except for the tiny area around Calais.
- By Joseph Samuel Lazar
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