political motive: fear. Nigel Farage‚ the leader of the pro-Brexit party UKIP‚ caused a heated discussion when he warned that the men‚ rumoured refugees‚ who carried out sexual assaults on hundreds of women in Cologne could gain the right to travel to Britain in the near future. He told an audience in Westminster “I do not want those young men who were outside Cologne train station to have one of these (EU passports) in a few short years and to be able to come to our country‚”. The Remain campaign also
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Summary of “From Mercantilism to ‘the Wealth of Nations’” The article “From Mercantilism to ‘the Wealth of Nations’” explores the economic ideas of mercantilism and capitalism‚ and how they affected history. During Christopher Columbus’ voyages‚ an abundance of silver was found in Peru and Mexico. This silver flowed into Spain‚ then into Europe‚ the Baltic‚ and most of all‚ to Asia‚ to satisfy the demand for Asian goods and spices. Unfortunately‚ the flow of silver into Europe caused
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alone than in bad company" (George Washington). America wouldn’t be what it is today if the Founding Fathers didn’t feel the same as George Washington did. Britain was bad company and the Founding Fathers felt that America was better off alone‚ and as its own country. The Founding Fathers were completely just in the way that they separated themselves from Britain‚ and had every reason to do so. Britain ruthlessly taxed the New World and made the colonists do their bidding. Nothing was free about
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Red Smith: More than Just a Sportswriter There is truly no person that has ever deserved to be called a writer more than Red Smith. As a man who loved and believed in the art of writing‚ he once stated‚ “All you do is sit down and open a vein and bleed it out drop by drop” (Schmuhl xx). Even more‚ he was a hardworking and dedicated man that put his all into each piece of literature‚ despite the constant and restraining deadlines placed on him. His dedication was never more evident than when he stated
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In the mid-19th century‚ a great system of economics‚ which would change our lives forever‚ was formed. That system was called capitalism. Capitalism is an economic system that was created by combining many parts of many other economic systems. Capitalism was based on the idea that private individuals‚ and business firms would carry out all factors of production and trade. They would also control prices and markets on their own. Mercantilism was the pre cursor to Capitalism although each of them
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he Romans in Britain The Romans arrived in Britain in 55 BC. The Roman Army had been fighting in Gaul (France) and the Britons had been helping the Gauls in an effort to defeat the Romans. The leader of the Roman Army in Gaul‚ Julius Caesar‚ decided that he had to teach the Britons a lesson for helping the Gauls – hence his invasion. Julius Ceasar In late August 55 BC‚ 12‚000 Roman soldiers landed about 6 miles from Dover. Caesar had planned to land in Dover itself‚ but had to change his
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Multicultural Britain The 21th century Great Britain is a richly diverse society and culture‚ and the British people belong to a melting pot of ethnic backgrounds‚ languages‚ cultures and religions. The transformation of Britain into a multicultural society has happened rather quickly. There have been ethnic minorities in Britain for hundreds of years‚ but it was not until the last half of the 20th century that immigration to Britain really took of. At the beginning of the 1950s‚ Britain’s
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War 1 Britain controlled an empire 140 times larger than itself; France controlled an empire 20 times its own size; and Belgium about 80 times its own size. The late 1800s through the early 1900s saw the rapid colonization of Africa by Europeans; this period has been called "the Scramble for Africa". European countries competed for colonies wanting to control them for their vast natural resources and as a market for their goods. Britain had a far stretching empire in the early 1900s and was by far
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enlightenment period‚ the process of industrialization began. This period was mostly characterized by technological developments that mechanized labor‚ allowing organizations to manufacture at an incredible pace. Great Britain was the first country able to utilize coal as a natural resource on an industrial basis. Due to vast coal deposits located in close proximity to the country as well as many throughout the colonies‚ the British Empire was able to substitute the use of wood as fuel‚ through the application
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“We’re more popular than Jesus now” On March 4th 1966‚ John Lennnon was interviewed by Maureen Cleave in the London Evening Standard. He had said something that would change the way their fans and people in general saw the Beatles. People of all ages loved and admired the Beautles until John Lennon’s interview. “Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink I needn’t agree with that; I’m right and I will be proved right. We’re more popular than Jesus now; I don’t know which will go first- rock
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