Complete the timeline of events that impacted the development of our language.
1. about 500
2. 1000s
3. 1300s
4. 1400s
Anglo-Saxons settled in England
adding new words to the language.
Normans from France conquered
the Anglo-Saxons bringing the
adaptation and addition of French words
to the language.
Columbus and other explorers
discovered the New World and met
people who spoke new languages.
In writing The Canterbury Tales,
Chaucer provided examples for us of
what we now call Middle English.