In 1763‚ a worldwide imperial conflict called the Seven Year’s War ended in resounding victory for the British Empire‚ which smashed its European rivals to emerge from the conflict as one of the largest and most powerful empires in world history. During the war the British and Americans became a unifying force standing side by side‚ but short while later they were the ones in conflict with one another. England was left with an even larger debt‚ from the French and Indian War‚ than what they had started
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British Cinema History Emergent British Cinema 1880-1900 Modern cinema is generally regarded as descending from the work of the French Lumière brothers in 1892‚ and their show first came to London in 1896. However‚ the first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park in 1889 by William Friese Greene‚ a British inventor‚ who patented the process in 1890. The film is the first known instance of a projected moving image. At the end of the 19th America had started to experiment
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economies and like ways of treating the indigenous population. Once they established land in the new world‚ each country was able to find a new source of wealth‚ either from precious metals or from building necessities such as lumber. Seemingly‚ the British and Spanish colonies were some of the strongest and most productive colonies in history. Despite the similarities in the Spanish and English colonies‚ the two countries had different motives for establishing colonies in the new world. The main
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From the 1600’s up until the early 1700’s‚ the British Colonies were in a state of salutary neglect. Thereafter‚ the British executed the Navigation Acts‚ though loosely enforced‚ they were created in order to regulate trade between the Colonies and the mother country. The relationship between Britain and it’s colonies was a civil one up until it was greatly reformed with the events of the French and Indian War. The war significantly affected the economic‚ political‚ and economic relationship between
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in the British Colonies When the Americas were founded many European nations were trying to establish colonies. There were many failures but eventually they succeeded. Rich Europeans such as the British had no idea how to work the land‚ so they needed someone to do it for them. Although the British essentially were iffy about slavery‚ they slowly began getting rid of indentured servants‚ installing slavery‚ and then making slavery the major labor force system. In 1606 British merchants
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I can do to help. Next‚ she shared that she too heard about this battle. She knew more than me and gave me the details. Heres what I have learned. The British troops were headed to Lexington to seize the colonist’s arms. A few people‚ Paul Revere and Tanner William Dawes‚ had heard they were coming‚ and began warning others. The British troops were not expecting the colonists to be armed and ready to fight. Then came the first shot. I do not know which side it was from but after it happened
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Decline of the British Empire 1945- 1970’s 1945: End of World War II The catastrophic British defeats in Europe and Asia between 1940 and 1942 destroyed its financial and economic independence‚ the real foundation of the imperial system. It also erased the old balance of power on which British security - at home and abroad - had largely depended. “Britain had survived the war‚ but its wealth‚ prestige and authority had been severely reduced.” The British found themselves locked into an imperial
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1776‚ after years of fighting‚ the famous American Council dispatched a political lobby to assist France and sent Benjamin Franklin to the Paris. As a result of the entry of the French in the crash‚ the British strategy in the US is rapidly changed. In the Caribbean‚ the United States lost as soon as the theater of the importance to protect the Empire and other parts of the strikes in the sugar islands of France. During the American Revolution‚ the British maintained a leading world sea power. It
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History: British Airways PLC is the largest international airline in the world. It is based at Heathrow Airport in London‚ the busiest international airport in the world‚ and has a global flight network through such partners as USAir in the United States‚ Qantas in Australia‚ and TAT European Airlines in France. Via its own operations and those of its alliance partners‚ British Airways serves 95 million passengers a year using 441 airports in 86 countries and more than 1‚000 planes. British Airways
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l’Europe Has British food become trendy? Greasy food‚ unusual‚ doubtful combinations‚ unattractive appearance: British food hasn’t got the best reputation. Even worse‚ according to some rankings‚ it would be the worst in the world. It seems like those clichés are hard to tackle. For many years‚ English cuisine seemed to be odd‚ not suitable for every palate; but things have changed now‚ many foreigners have a very different opinion. According to a study by Visit Britain (a British tourist agency)
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