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    British Intervention

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    Expansion of British colonization • Motive : economy. • Facilitated by internal problems of the states. 1841 – James Brooke took over Sarawak 1874 – British intervention in Perak 1874 – Selangor received British advisor 1875 – Sultan of Brunei gave up his territory in Sabah to the British 1888 – British intervention in Pahang 1909 – Bangkok Treaty : Siam gave up Kedah‚ Perlish‚ Kelantan‚ Terengganu to the British 1914 – Johor received British advisor Major factors of British colonisation

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    Whale Rider The “Whale Rider”‚ filmed in New Zealand and directed by Niki Caro‚ is a film based on the novel of the same name‚ by Witi Ihimaera. Many of the extras in the film were actual residents of the town Whangara. The film is about a girl‚ Paikea Apirana‚ played by Keisha Castle-Hughes in her debut role‚ who battles to gain her grandfather’s respect‚ and to become the chief of the tribe. By tradition‚ the leader of the tribe should be the first son‚ however Pai’s twin brother had died at

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    Introduction: Bridge to Terabithia is a story of fifth grader Jesse Aarons. He becomes friend with his new neighbor Leslie Burke . Leslie is a smart‚ talented‚ outgoing tomboy. Jesse is an artistic boy who‚ in the beginning of the novel‚ is fearful‚ angry‚ and depressed. Through the friendship with Leslie‚ he becomes courageous and lets go of his anger and frustration. Title: Bridge to Terabithia Author: Katherine Paterson Main theme: The story starts out simply enough: Jess Aarons

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    whether really were selfish then how is this country still standing. The colonist was mad that the British were taxing them without a say. They were also mad that the British for setting boundaries on what they could do. Even though the British helped them with wars and only taxed them to pay off debt‚ they were still in the wrong. The colonist were angry at the British and not giving them reprecipitation in parament. The colonist thought that they should choose what happens and not be told what to

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    British Culture

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    Week 9 Class 1 2012 10:03 17 Based on the questions after class last time - they are going to be explained again. The opposites as the conservatives at the time were known as Whigs. Literature in this period people who write it are also politically engaged. So the lecturer gathers… we seem to have been confused by the description of Johnathan Swift - the simplistic division between catholics and protestants… we are talking… America is predominantly a protestant country - but there are different

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    Coming Out and Julia

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    two little kids named Jesse and Mary Sue. They were brother and sister. Their mom and dad had divorced years ago. And their dad now was seeing someone else. She was cruel to them behind their father’s back. She said if they got married‚ she would make their life’s miserable from the moment she said I do”. One day their dad called them into his room. When they got in there he told them to sit on the bed‚ then he said “there’s going to be a new member in the family and a lot of changes too. What

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    South Africa

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    The history of South Africa encompasses over three million years. Ape-like hominids who migrated to South Africa around three million years ago became the first human-like inhabitants of the area now known as South Africa. Representatives of homo erectus gradually replaced them around a million years ago when they also spread across Africa and into Europe and Asia. Homo erectus gave way to homo sapiens around 100‚000 years ago. The first homo sapiens formed the Bushman culture of skilled hunter-gatherers

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    The New England Colonists highly valued religion and rules. Some well known colonists are the Pilgrims. The Pilgrims came to the New England Colonies for freedom of religion. They believed that the Church of England had gone to far beyond Christ’s teachings. There way of dealing with serious crimes was execution. The lesser crimes were handled with fines. There was one law on guns‚ if you did not bring a loaded gun to church you were fined 12 shillings. The church building itself had no significance

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    Concord Bookshop Paper Anthony L Dothsuk HCS/587 May 26‚ 2014 Doria Chege Concord Bookshop Paper The evidence of change has never been more apparent then as witnessed in the health care industry at present time. Both internal and external influences are serving to create a rapidly evolving health care marketplace that requires health care organizations to not only recognize change but be willing to incorporate a learning culture that is proactive to continuous change (Spector‚ 2010). The successful

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    The British Monarchy

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    1. THE BRITISH MONARCHY IS AN OUTDATED GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURE THAT HAS NO PLACE IN THE MODERN WORLD A monarchy is political system based upon the undivided sovereignty or rule of a single person. The term applies to states in which supreme authority is vested in the monarch‚ an individual ruler who functions as the head of state and who achieves his position through heredity. Succession usually passes from father to son or follows other arrangements within the family or the monarchical dynasty

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