I am reading That Was Then‚ This is Now by S.E. Hinton. I have read pages 1-88 this week. The prompt I have chosen is “Compare and Contrast two or more important people‚ groups‚ places‚ or events in the story.” A few ways Bryon and Mark are different is that Bryon is more informed‚ Mark is more daring‚ and Bryon is more trustworthy. One of the ways Byron is different than Mark is that Bryon is more informed. Within only five chapters already‚ we can see from the beginning that Bryon is definitely
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IMPACT OF WW1 ON BRITAIN The effect that World War I had upon civilians was devastating. WWI was a war that affected civilians on an unprecedented scale. Civilians became a military target. The economic impact of WWI meant that there were shortages of all produce‚ most importantly food. Consequently‚ rationing of bread‚ tea‚ sugar and meat was introduced in 1918. This was widely welcomed by the British public‚ as a voluntary rationing system had been introduced a year before‚ and people were
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Britain at war Unseen archives Chapter one The opening moves By the morning of the 3th september 1939 war was inevitable. Prime minister neville chamberlain broadcast to the nation at 11.15 a. that this country is at war withg germany this declaration followed britans issuing of an ultimatum to germany to withdraw from the polish territory they had attacked and occupied in the early hoin urs of the 1st september
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1957 the EU was fashioned to elevate the living standards of its members by encouraging peace‚ democracy and equality for the countries that had joined the partnership. Its aims were to end war and repair the division of the European continent. It has become a unique economic and political partnership consisting of 27 European countries with around 500 million inhabitants (see figure 1 in appendix). This map shows the 27 (coloured) EU countries (Grey countries
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This house believes that Britain had good economic impacts on Britain I do believe in this statement. There are many statistics‚ and viewpoint to provide enough evidence to prove this. Before the British conquered India‚ it was split into colonies. This was mainly due to the fact that there were no such transport links to travel across India‚ unless you had a car- which of course would have been extremely expensive‚ or you walked. The British started their major improvement in India- to transport
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Iberians in Britain‚ Tools were made of stone 2000BC- Beaker People ) lud garncarzy‚ Stonehenge‚ Tools made of iron: engineers skara brae – name of the best Neolithic village; that wasn’t a shelter‚ that was an ornament. 100-800BC – celtic supremacy‚ the filids (rituals and sacrifices)‚ druids‚ bards‚ special alphabet named OGHAN. It was a very developing and mysterious culture. 55BC – Julius Caesar invades Britain 54BC – next invasion by Julius Caesar 43AD – Claudius invades Britain‚ radical
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in the United States was known as the “era of good feelings”. While the United States was growing in several different aspects‚ such as politically‚ socially and economically‚ and changing as a country‚ there are several key factors that denote this term‚ and nullify its meaning. While the changes were significant‚ and the United States evolved at an exponential rate after the war of 1812‚ the accuracy of the term “era of good feelings” is way off‚ and the United States was anything but experiencing
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1- Why was the country so divided by Reconstruction? Several incidents were in action at the time of the reconstruction. The initial plan‚ lead by the President Lincoln ensisted that each state would have to change their constitution in order to enter once again into the union. Also‚ ten percent of able voters from each state had to pledge allegiance to the union. Reactions from this movement to once again have the states unionized was frowned upon by the Republicans‚ who thought it was too weak
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How accurate is it to say that the spread of revolutionary beliefs was the main reason for the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1911 – 1912? It is fairly accurate to say that the spread of revolutionary beliefs was the main reason for the fall of the Qing Dynasty. However‚ it was a combination of both long term and short term effects that helped end the reign of the Qing Dynasty. Revolutionary beliefs were a main factor in the destruction of the Qing Dynasty. Sun Yat-Sen’s nationalist party became
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Should the UK Have fully written constitution? UK has partly an unwritten and uncodified constitution. Such a system‚ like any other‚ has their advantages and disadvantages‚ but because of their unusual system there are a lot of disputes around it. A big question at hand is: “Should the constitution be fully written or not?” A codified constitution means that all the points and laws are written and could be read‚ such a constitution typically occurs at some critical moment in a country’s history
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