Parliament and the Monarchy Starting in 1215‚ when the Magna Carta was signed by King John‚ there was a period of nearly 400 years when‚ from time to time‚ Parliament and the Monarch would disagree‚ sometimes violently‚ about which had the final say in decisions. In the 17th Century there was a Civil War in England when battles were fought between armies representing the King (the Cavaliers’) and Parliament (the Roundheads’). Parliament won and King Charles I was eventually executed‚ although
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What were the causes of Urban Protest in Merthyr in May-June 1831? PESCRMT Merthyr Rising 1831 P Political Political moves have disappeared. Right to vote. Making it sound grim as trying to pass a law. Court of request. E Economy Keep up wages of miners. “Scotch Cattle” “Truck System” “Tommy Shop” Child labour – it’s cheaper. ‘trapper’ S Social Children working Unhygienic living and unsanitary conditions. C Cultural Children working. R Religious Chapels encouraged to join
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Appeasement: The policy of making concessions (which seemed reasonable) to Hitler in order to avoid war. The policy was Appeasement: The policy of making concessions (which seemed reasonable) to Hitler in order to avoid war. The policy was particularly assosciated with Neville Chamberlain‚ Conservative prime minister from 1937-40. The policy began before Chamberlain took power eg 1935 Anglo-German Naval agreement. In favor: The USA would not support Britain if we stood up to Hitler. The economic
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The British Empire was one of the most extensive empire in world history. It was at one point the largest empire in the world. It was the largest empire by having colonies in Asia‚ Africa‚ North America‚ South America‚ Europe‚ and Oceania. During the 1800s the British controlled lots of this land all at once‚but this empire had its ups and downs like any empire. There was the First British Empire‚ the Second British Empire‚ the decline of the empire‚ and the legacy that came with it. First
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The British Empire at the turn of the 19th Century was a diverse array of culture that many English subjects‚ both abroad and home in the metropole‚ consumed. Through such ways as culture and religion‚ the British were able to grow and maintain the empire by using popular culture to reinforce the idea that the “Western” individual was superior to anyone from the Orient. While many modern historians write about the atrocities the British made on the peoples of the empire‚ the British were able to
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The British saw their own society as a superior society‚ dynamic‚ individualistic‚ egalitarian and modernizing and overseas they saw their Empire as corporatist‚ inferior and backward. As I have said people’s opinions soon changed on their perception of the British Empire. The British placed themselves on top of the scale and they ranked all other races from around the world beneath them and not only that they were regarded as the finest race in the world by Cecil Rhodes. The British regarded
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autobiographies of British and Indian WWII veterans‚ there were important commonalities in the backgrounds of the soldiers and commonalities along with some differences for motivations to enlist. There were commonalities in their background in the selections because both British and Indians had many different classes in their society enlist. The commonalties in motivations to enlist stem from the less wealthy British and Indian soldiers mostly joining for a steady job and money. Unlike the British upper class
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The life under the British rule was really bad and totally unfair for the indians they had no right‚ the original rulers of India were the Mughals. After that the British East India Company became the rulers. The British government took over‚ after the Sepoy Rebellion. Indians used nonviolence to gain Independence from the British using the Salt March‚ Dharasana salt works and day of the Prayer and Fast. The Salt March is one of the protests that was an event with non violence used to gain independence
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Malay Peninsula and Singapore was named as British Malaya which was British’s territories. During occupation of British in British Malaya‚ British government placed all the states under 3 different administrative system‚ which is Straits Settlement‚ the Federated Malay States and Un-federated Malay States. Strait Settlement been founded in 1826 when after British secured Singapore from Dutch through a treaty called “Anglo-Dutch Treaty 1824”. British unified Singapore‚ Penang and Melaka under
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large scale industry rather than small scale individual operations. The British Empire was expanding rapidly during the 18th century. An empire is a large‚ multi-ethnic state‚ whose political structure is held together by force. The British colonised most of Africa‚ North America‚ the Pacific‚ India and parts of Asia and South America. There were British colonies all over the world. The Industrial Revolution and the British Empire are dependant on each other. There would not be an Empire without
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