Penang’s Changing Role in the Straits Settlementsi‚ 1826-1946 C.M. Turnbull Email maryturnbull@beeb.net ABSTRACT When the East India Company created the Straits Settlements (comprising Penang & Province Wellesley‚ Melaka and Singapore) as the Fourth Presidency of India in 1826‚ Penang was the capital‚ the most important of the settlements. While it remained the headquarters of the judiciary until 1855‚ Penang soon gave way to Singapore as the administrative and commercial capital in
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RESISTANCE TO THE BROKEN PROMISES OF THE TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO Katie Menante Anderson INTRODUCTION Human beings‚ no matter what race or ethnicity or place or time‚ will not tolerate injustice forever. Webster’s defines injustice as a “violation of the right or of the rights of another” (Merriam-Webster‚ 1990). The history of the United States is filled with such violations. From the early challenges to religious freedom in Massachusetts to the broken treaties and systematic removal of Native
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peace treaty was signed between the ’losers’ and ’winners’. The treaty of Versailles was infuriating for Germany because it was not the treaty they expected and was not considered to be fair. Problems: -firstly they expected USA to be in charge of the treaty but unfortunately it was France who seeked revenge. -they had removed the kaiser on demands of the treaty -G had not been invaded -G expects to be treated fairly since they thought they were fighting a war of self defense Treaty requirements:
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the £100m worth of gold given to Germany to strengthen the currency. Passive resistance in the Ruhr was no longer supported by the Weimar government. Employment rose to healthier levels‚ and reparation payments began at their new rate. The Locarno treaties signed by Britain‚ France‚ Italy‚ Poland‚ Czechoslovakia‚ and Belgium in October 1925 assured fixed boarders in western Germany to France and Belgium. Germany was admitted to the League of Nations in 1926. This reopened international relations
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successful negotiation of the Dawes and Young plans. Sensible and progressive foreign policies enabled Germany to come out of the imposed isolation. Germany was finally allowed to become a member of the League of Nations in 1925 as a result of the Locarno treaties. However the Weimar Republic faced many problems. One of the worst was the fact that German political parties found it difficult to win enough votes to gain an overall majority in the Reichstag. This was because there were too many parties
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“By the beginning of 1929‚ the prospects for the survival of the Weimar Republic looked good.” Discuss. At the beginning of 1929‚ the Weimar Republic was and had been in a period of stability from 1924. It seemed as if the German economy had been finally beginning to heal itself and political recovery coupled with apparent success in foreign affairs strengthened the idea that the Weimar Republic was becoming stable at last after all the challenges of the early 1920s. In comparison to the years
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Czechoslovakia‚ which gives him a free way to get what he wants without making too much noise. Britain had showed its self-interest many times‚ both directly‚ and indirectly. When Austen Chamberlain‚ the British Foreign Minister said at the time of Locarno that no British government would ever risk the bones of a single British grenadier in defence of the Polish Corridor‚ it seemed to Germany that Britain had turned her back on eastern counties. The British reaction on re-occupation of Rhineland was
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Evaluate Stresemann’s role as Chancellor in the inflationary crisis. Firstly Stresemann is successful in ending the crisis – the new currency‚ the Rentenmark‚ was quickly accepted and it even helped the Government to knock off some of its debt. Although the government’s expenditure was cut drastically and 700‚000 people became unemployed‚ the success of the Rentenmark induced sympathy from the Allies and resulted in the establishment of the Dawes Committee – this was very important for Germany as
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Stresemann came to power he introduced the Rentenmark‚ a new currency and reduced government spending‚ resulting in 700‚000 government employees losing their jobs. While this helped put an end to hyperinflation‚ Germany was still suffering from the Treaty of Versailles‚ and found it hard to pay reparations. In 1924 the USA agreed to loan Germany 800 million gold marks‚ through what came to be known as the Dawes Plan. It also stated that reparations would be reduced‚ and Germany was given a longer
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The Second World War broke out in 1939 between the Axis and the Allied due to German invasion in Poland. There were many causes that led to the outbreak of the war. In my opinion‚ Second World War‚ in a large extent‚ was the continuation of the First World War. In this essay‚ I am going to elaborate my point of view. The Second World War shared some similarities with the First World War‚ for example‚ extreme nationalism‚ alliance system and armament race. To begin with‚ extreme nationalism
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