1980's history
History Research the 1980s
At the start of the 1980s Britain was in a deep recession similar to what is happening at present and there was also mass unemployment. The person in charge of the country at this time was Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher who was also Great Britain’s first and only female prime minister. Margaret Thatcher along with Chancellor Geoffrey Howe tried to deal with this recession by raising taxes and slashing government spending, benefits and the selling of state owned services, property etc. This mass unemployment and financial difficulties forced those who were affected to go on strike and form protests. The government’s response to those who went on strike was to cut their benefits and increase their tax.
In 1981 there was still problems but the gloom was lifted by news that there was going to be a royal wedding. On the 29th of July Prince Charles (The Prince of Wales) married Lady Diana Spencer at St. Paul’s Cathedral. Many people called the marriage the wedding of the century. It was televised around the world where it was watched by at least an estimated 750 million people not counting those who had gathered in the streets to celebrate the event. This event was marked by a national holiday.
On the 2nd April 1982 Great Britain declared war on Argentina this became known as the Falklands War. The war happened when Argentina invaded the British owned South Atlantic colony of the Falkland Islands wrongly thinking that the islands belonged to them. Britain had ruled the island for more than 150 years and chose to fight and reclaim the islands and its people from the clutches of the bullying Argentines. Britain sent a full military task force 8000 miles to wage war and battle soon commenced. Argentina’s battleship The General Belgrano was sunk and 368 lives were lost, the British battleship HMS Sheffield was hit by a missile and sunk with a loss of 20 crewmen. Further victories at Goose Green and Port Stanley forced Argentina to
At the start of the 1980s Britain was in a deep recession similar to what is happening at present and there was also mass unemployment. The person in charge of the country at this time was Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher who was also Great Britain’s first and only female prime minister. Margaret Thatcher along with Chancellor Geoffrey Howe tried to deal with this recession by raising taxes and slashing government spending, benefits and the selling of state owned services, property etc. This mass unemployment and financial difficulties forced those who were affected to go on strike and form protests. The government’s response to those who went on strike was to cut their benefits and increase their tax.
In 1981 there was still problems but the gloom was lifted by news that there was going to be a royal wedding. On the 29th of July Prince Charles (The Prince of Wales) married Lady Diana Spencer at St. Paul’s Cathedral. Many people called the marriage the wedding of the century. It was televised around the world where it was watched by at least an estimated 750 million people not counting those who had gathered in the streets to celebrate the event. This event was marked by a national holiday.
On the 2nd April 1982 Great Britain declared war on Argentina this became known as the Falklands War. The war happened when Argentina invaded the British owned South Atlantic colony of the Falkland Islands wrongly thinking that the islands belonged to them. Britain had ruled the island for more than 150 years and chose to fight and reclaim the islands and its people from the clutches of the bullying Argentines. Britain sent a full military task force 8000 miles to wage war and battle soon commenced. Argentina’s battleship The General Belgrano was sunk and 368 lives were lost, the British battleship HMS Sheffield was hit by a missile and sunk with a loss of 20 crewmen. Further victories at Goose Green and Port Stanley forced Argentina to