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Wales History-
Much of the early wealth of the mineral resources in Britain came from Wales and attracted early Roman invasion and later Celtic culture. The people of Wallia, medieval Wales, remained divided into separate kingdoms that fought with each other as much as they fought their English neighbors. The kingdoms of Gwynedd and Powys in 942 codified Welsh law, and became a significant step in the creation of the nation. A century later the Kingdom of Gwynedd ascended and later Tostig, brother of the English King, Harold.

Llywelyn the Great secured the supremacy once more, recognized as Prince of Wales by the English king, Henry III, in the treaty of Montgomery of 1267. Relations with Henry's successor, Edward I, broke down and led to a war of conquest, concluding in 1283 with English victory. The following year the statute of Rhuddlan ended Welsh independence. Wales was divided between principality, ruled by Edward, until the rise of the Tudors, with Welsh support (1415). Under Henry VIII, the Welsh became full citizens in the Kingdom of England, with parliamentary representation, the border was also formally defined and the territory reunited. In 1707 the Kingdom of Great Britain and the population of Wales expanded rapidly. with industrialization, and uprisings leading to socialism. Since 1922 Wales has voted Labor in every general election. This fed the rise of the Welsh nationalist movement advocating for greater autonomy and recognition of Welsh identity within the United Kingdom.Read more