Why did Britain establish an empire? The British established an empire for many different reasons‚ most of which were to benefit England itself and few to help other countries. The five main reasons that will be discussed in this essay are: power‚ economy‚ trade‚ religion and development of other countries. One of the first reasons that Britain established an empire was because of religion. Matthew 28:19 states: ‘Go ye therefore and teach all nations’. Some christians took this literally and took
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From 1754 to 1763‚ the French and Indian War took place. This war altered the political‚ economic‚ and ideological relations between Britain and its American colonies. It was the last of four North American wars waged from 1689 to 1763 between the British and the French. In these struggles‚ each country fought for control of the continent with the assistance of Native American and colonial allies. The French and Indian War occurred to end the land dispute between the British and French. Whoever
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How democratic was Britain by 1914? Britain was a democracy to a certain extent by 1914. By "a democracy" we mean that there should be several certain features present. These features consist of universal adult suffrage‚ equal constituencies‚ every adult being able to stand as a candidate‚ a secret ballot‚ regular elections‚ a choice of political parties and freedom of speech/press. There is a debate over when exactly Britain actually became a representative liberal democracy. This essay will show
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Why were the major cities of Britain bombed by the Germans in 1940-41? There were many reasons why the major cities of Britain were bombed by the Germans in 1940-41. The main reason was‚ on the night of August 24th 1940‚ a German bomber accidentally dropped a bomb on London. The British were furious at this. In revenge Britain attacked Germanys capital city‚ Berlin‚ for four days! This outraged Hitler‚ as he boasted to many of his people that Germanys capital city would never get bombed. The difference
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SECRET (2007 Taiwanese Film) Casts: * Jay Chou as Ye Xianglun - A music student majoring in piano and lives with his father * Kwai Lun-mei as Lu Xiaoyu - A music student who lives with her mother * Anthony Wong Chau-sang as Xianglun’s father - Xianglun’s father and the discipline teacher at his school * Alice Tzeng as Qing Yi - Xianglun’s classmate who is in love with him * Yuhao Zhan as Yu Hao - A music student and talented piano player‚ nicknamed "Prince of the piano"‚ he
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present in Britain we have no written constitution‚ but instead have a collection of laws and conventions that govern our political system. Along with Israel‚ we are one of only two democracies in the world not to have a written constitution. A more precise way of describing our constitution is that it is uncodified‚ which means that parts of it are written down but it is not a single authoritative document or set of rules. The main argument against a written constitution is that Britain has survived
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Britain attempted to control through mercantilism and tried to increase tax on colonies‚ which resulted in the resistance from colonies. This eventually led to the outbreak of fighting to declare independence. The Britains believed in achieving a favorable balance of trade‚ they wanted the colonies to be prosperous because they wanted all of the exports to come straight to Britain and for the other colonies to receive a small portion of goods. Britain wanted to make as much money as possible out
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geographical proximity to Great Britain the two nations suffered from a long‚ drawn out history of English colonization‚ as well as christianization‚ of Ireland and Irish reactionary resistance. The conquests of Ireland spanned from the first with the Tudor conquest of the 1530s to the second conquest in 1641 to the third conquest in 1690 in which Britain took full control over Ireland. With the suppression of yet another Irish uprising against British rule in 1798‚ Great Britain declared the Act of Union
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Why was Britain the first nation to industrialize? Britain began to industrialize around the 1750’s and it continued to progress until the mid nineteenth century. There were many factors that triggered Britain to industrialize. For example‚ its vast population growth and gradual advancement in technology‚ nevertheless there were also pre-existent natural resources that appeared advantageous to Britain’s industrial expansion. Furthermore this essay will demonstrate some of the major
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expanding in Great Britain or anywhere else in the world? Democracy‚ a form of government by the people‚ expanded somewhat dramatically in Great Britain between 1830 and 1914. Examples of democratic expansion in Great Britain include the increase of male suffrage and the regulation of working conditions. This expansion wasn’t dramatic because women still couldn’t vote during that time period. The increase of male suffrage helped the expansion of democracy in Great Britain. Only 5% of the British
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