The Abolition of the British Slave Trade “You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know.” (Good Reads. ND) This statement made by politician and rights activist William Wilberforce summarises his strong view on the British slave trade suggesting that other members of Parliament simply ignored the human rights issue despite their knowledge of this. The abolition of the slave trade in the United Kingdom‚ 1807 and the events leading up to the abolition directly
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Hong Kong was a colony of British in the past. Under a British education system‚ the English we learnt in school are supposed to be British English. But nowadays‚ more and more Hong Kong people start to use American English in their daily conversions. Some people think that using both British and American English may prove bad influences to English learning. Another group of people claim that it is good to familiar with the usage of both British and American English. Noah Webster Before we investigate
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America. However‚ all was not lost‚ after some time in the war‚ two major events immediately changed the tide of the war. The Invasion of Normandy‚ and the creation of the Atomic Bomb were both determining factors in the Allies winning the war. The Invasion of Normandy was one of the most major turning points in the war. Set in June of 1944‚ the invasion lasted two months of constant fighting. Allied
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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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British New Wave Cinema made its appearance during the late 1950’s in the world of European cinema representing Britain as a nation in a socio-political aspect during a time where Britain was divided and defined by social class. Some of the issues portrayed in British new wave cinema are issues such as the economic state of Britain at the time‚ poverty issues‚ employment ‚racism‚ sexual orientation‚ and gender‚ all these as a reality of the country. The representations of these films at the time
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The climate of the British Isles is said to be both temperate and maritime‚ discuss. The British Isles located at 54◦N has historically had very unstable and hard to predict weather patterns due its location where five significantly different air masses converge and with influences from the Sub-polar Jet stream and North Atlantic Drift. Along with the additional complication of global warming potentially causing more extreme weather‚ meteorologists have been unable to agree on whether the UK has
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Chris Vaughan APUSH Mr. Osborn 11/12/11 Irish‚ German‚ and British Settlers Within the period of 1830 to 1860‚ the experiences of immigrants from Ireland‚ Britain‚ and Germany held many similarities in their motivations for migration‚ with numerous differences found in their interactions with American society‚ and their respective associations with the economy of the United States of America. This time period signified the largest migration of nationalities in the history of the United States
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Section 4: The Allied Victory The Tide Turns on Two Fronts The North African Campaign • Rommel takes Tobruk‚ June 1942; pushes toward Egypt • British General Montgomery attacks at El Alamein‚ forces Rommel back • American forces land in Morocco‚ November 1942 • General Dwight D. Eisenhower—American commander in Morocco • In May 1943‚ Rommel’s forces defeated by Allies Continued The Tide Turns on Two Fronts The Battle for Stalingrad • German army moves to capture Soviet oil fields • Battle
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The first contacts between the British and the Muslims were sporadic and rare. The first known encounter of the Muslims and the citizens of the British Isles dates back to the seventh century. For example‚ the gold imitation of the dinar was coined in 775 by Offa‚ the King of Mercia‚ a kingdom in Anglo-Saxon England. The coin had Offa’s name on one side and the inscription of the Islamic declaration of faith ‘there is no God but Allah alone’ on the other (The Gold Imitation Dinar of Offa). During
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MW- 3 PART II THE US INVASION OF IRAQ:AMERICAN WAY OF WAR AND THE DILEMMAS OF COUNTRY INSURGENCY Q1. If the Saddam regime actually had possessed a substantial chemical and biological arsenal‚ would the American invasion of Iraq have been justified strategically? Explain why or why not Iraqi possession of such weapons would have threatened US vital security interests. ANS. Iraq was in possession of Chemical Biological Weapons which it used against Iranians and also against Kurds in the 1980s.but
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