“Was Ireland a colony of the British Empire?” The literal definition of a colony is: “A subject territory occupied by a settlement from the ruling state.” Whether or not Ireland fell under this classification‚ in its unionist days‚ is hotly debated. One could argue that because Ireland was incorporated into Great Britain as a single kingdom‚ was included in parliament and involved in colonial affairs‚ that it was not a colony itself. However one could
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changes throughout Northern Ireland‚ especially in the three areas of health‚ housing and education. It did this through funding from London‚ as Northern Ireland could not pay for these reforms out of its own income. After Northern Ireland helped the UK in WW2‚ they were looked upon in a better way. In return‚ most of the taxation control was given to the British government. They were also given aid from the Marshall plan. Although at the time Lord Basil Brooke‚ the PM for Northern Ireland‚ was reluctant
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The New England and Southern Colonies When the thirteen colonies were finally established in America‚ they were divided into three geographic areas. Two of them were the New England Colonies (Connecticut‚ Rhode Island‚ New Hampshire‚ and Massachusetts) and the Southern colonies (South Carolina‚ North Carolina‚ Virginia‚ Maryland‚ and Georgia). Although they had many things in common‚ both of them had their own religious freedoms‚ crop harvests‚ economies‚ and lifestyles by the end of the seventeenth
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Dust in His Dark Materials Essay published by JParry on 25th Jul 2007. There is currently 1 Comment. We ’re interested in hearing yours! Dust is the central concept of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials‚ the purpose of all its action and the great philosophical explanation behind all the mysteries. Most of the main characters are to some extent engaged in the quest to understand Dust‚ either to destroy it or to preserve it. Throughout the trilogy‚ however‚ Dust acquires a bewildering array
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Guam History: A Review of the Island’s Unique History VincentAnthony V. Borja English 135 Professor Rosemary Harty April 21‚ 2011 Over the past 10 years‚ random people would ask me about the history of Guam‚ and how it became a United States territory. Grew up most of my life on Guam‚ but never really cared about its history‚ although‚ every year we would celebrate its liberation day from the Japanese and celebrate festive holidays significant to the islands history‚ I never really understood
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famous thing that he has done is the establishment of a colony called “Roanoke Island”. The colony is also known as the “Lost Colony”. Raleigh was one of the main people who was involved in the exploration of North America‚ He also established the colony “Virginia” he named this colony after the Virgin Queen Elizabeth. Raleigh and his crew faced many challenges‚ while exploring these colonies they were ran off the land by the indians settling in North America. The indians of North America sent them
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1492 and 1763 the colonies were growing and improving their conditions from before when they had lived in Britain. Although the colonist all came for a similar reason of escaping religious persecution and had the same idea when it came to organizing their colony‚ they did however have a difference in class organization and how they were to go about in their trading and farming economy. The south and the north may have been comparable but they were also two totally diverse colonies at the same time
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Colony Collapse Disorder is a phenomenon‚ which happens when the majority of the worker bees abandon a queen and vanish. They also leave behind a lot of nourishment and nurse bees to look after the staying immature bees and the queen. The hives cannot support themselves without worker bees‚ so they have chance to die. Colony Collapse Disorder have declined significantly over the last 5 years. It was already known in the apiculture field as different names. Since the great number of disappearance
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trade In the 16-17th centuries‚ European superpowers began to establish colonies in other parts of the world outside Europe‚ such as Africa‚ America and India. Before the actual colonization in America began‚ fishing and trading companies had frequently used both Indian and American waters and traded with the locals. In the early 17th century‚ European powers started to rapidly colonize the Americas‚ establishing numerous colonies such as the British Jamestown and the French Quebec. In 1606‚ the London
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DBQ #1 During the 17th century‚ many colonies were founded on the North American continent. The most significant colonies were created by Englishmen who left Europe for several reasons. Even though most colonies were founded by fellow Englishmen‚ there were two regions that evolved into two distinct societies. There were many factors to why these two regions evolved so differently‚ but the biggest factor were the motives of each colonist. The motives of each Englishmen caused certain people to
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