England

Buckingham Palace

The first thing my family and I did when we got to England was visit and tour Buckingham Palace. It was huge. My favorite part was messing with the ever-so-talkative guards with fuzzy hats.  The inside of the palace was beautiful. I felt royal just walking through it. A lot of the rooms are painted a red and gold color scheme, representing royalty. We then visited Windsor Castle. It is astonishingly large with big courtyards of grass surrounded by tall buildings. It is much bigger than Buckingham Palace. After that we decided to walk across the River Thames on the Westminster Bridge and tour the Palace.

Windsor Castle

Westminster Palace is absolutely enormous. It has 1,100 rooms and 3 miles of corridors.  Then we walked past St. James Palace. It is very tall and made of brick with two of my favorite guards standing on the outside.  Afterwards, the last thing we did was tour the Tower of London. It is a rectangular building made out of stone with towers on the four corners of the building. Six ravens are kept at the Tower of London at all times. According to legend, if anything happens to the ravens, the kingdom will fall. Overall I really enjoyed visiting England and would love to come back again!

England's Contributions to Modern Democracy

• Important documents that became models for later nations
• Magna Carta
• English Bill of Rights
• Petition of Right
• Model Parliament
• Habeus Corpus
• Jury system