Should a British person bother learning any language other than English? English is said to be the most common and used language on Earth. People from all over the world use it to communicate with individuals from other countries. Moreover‚ in almost all of the European schools English is the mandatory first language. This brings us to the question: What about the English native speakers? Is there any need for them to study other foreign languages? According to a recent survey in the UK‚ an overwhelming
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Britain only controlled a small amount of land in Africa. The British concentrated on imperialism in other‚ more profitable places around the world; places that would give them more markets for trade and more opportunity to increase their economy. Suddenly‚ the British were annexing land in places like Egypt and South Africa; in 1869 these were places that did not have monetary value. What in the world at that time changed‚ to change the British attitude toward Africa? What were the reasons for their continued
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sure some information is not released to the public. For safety‚ well-being‚ and the greater good in general‚ censorship is a very vital part of society. As the British censorship in WWI and the Chinese censorship of the press demonstrate‚ censorship is justified. The way the British government altered or deleted some news on the British army in WWI was actually very necessary. In order to keep the morale high back in Britain‚ the government ordered the newspapers and reporters to only release positive
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The British Monarchy has had a large influence on Canada since European exploration of the Americas began in the late 15th century. However‚ over the last few decades there has been increasing debates over the relevance of the British monarchy in modern day Canada. Over the past few decades there has been a shift from monarchy to constitutional monarchy; this means the the King and Queen no longer have executive power to do what they please‚ the power now falls to an elected parliament (Citation)
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HY1101E Article: Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859): On Empire and Education http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1833macaulay-india.asp In the early 19th century‚ India was colonised by the British and many social and political reforms were made during this period. These reforms brought about both positive and negative effects. One of the greatest reforms during this period was the implementation of the western education system in 1835. On the surface it seems like the western education system
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British imperial policies‚ such as taxes and laws‚ had a large impact on the strength of colonial resistance against British rule and the colonists commitment to their republican because they believed these policies were unjust. This resistance and commitment eventually led to America’s decision in becoming independent. Colonial resistance against british rule was strengthened as british imperial policies were more strictly enforced proceeding the end of Salutary Neglect by Lord George Grenville
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A debate on the British monarchy Good evening‚ everybody. Today I am going to bring in the debate on should the British Monarchy be demolished or not. I will talk on both sides and would like everyone to pay attention so that you all can be part of this discussion. The British monarchy can be discussed in Britain as well and if it did have a vote the result outcome would be equal and would have a stronger and more interesting debate. In UK the power of the queen is not much as a head of state
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The British Empire was the largest the world had known. It was said “the sun never sets on the British Empire‚” as it was so large it covered all time zones. Britain had a small population and army so governing was done by inflicting a devastating military defeat on the conquered nation. The defeat was so great that would be no future resistance. It had the desired effect of scaring the locals into doing anything they could to maintain Britain’s favor. This kept the peace. Part of this would
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and a better economy for India. Despite the detrimental cultural aspects implemented by the British occupation of India‚ Imperialism benefited the nation of India in the long run. Although there was an improvement in the economy and industrialization of India through the British occupation‚ the negative consequences felt by the Indian population outweigh any good that they may have done. While the British resided in India‚ they established a social ranking complex called a caste system. The caste
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transportation for the travel. Document 2 How is British imperialism both positive and negative for India? The British were able to provide a politically peaceful and orders place. They helped them materially. The negative parts were that‚ the British/Europeans always took up the higher places in every department of government and they lived off the Indians work. Document 3 What benefits did India gain during British imperialism? British imperialism provided many benefits towards India one
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