Margaret Thatcher et l’Empire britannique

📋 Plan du Cours

1. Margaret Thatcher et son surnom
2. Thatcher face aux femmes au pouvoir
3. Le programme économique conservateur
4. La guerre des Falkland
5. Le pouvoir politique britannique
6. La guerre froide et le leadership
7. La monarchie britannique et l’Empire
8. Les territoires britanniques d’outre-mer
9. La voix passive anglaise
10. Points de langue et vocabulaire

📅 Repères chronologiques

1. 1837 to 1901Queen Victoria reigned during the peak of British dominance
2. 1952 to 2022Queen Elizabeth II reigned and was the longest-serving monarch in British history
3. 1982Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands, and Thatcher sent British troops to take them back
4. 1997Hong Kong was transferred to China, an event Prince Charles described as the end of the Empire

📖 1. Margaret Thatcher et son surnom

🔑 Notions clés & Définitions

• Margaret Thatcher : the first female British Prime Minister who served from 1979 to 1990
• Iron Lady : dubbed “The Iron Lady” because she was tough, strategic and inflexible