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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The Treaty of Paris 1783 Short after the battle of Yorktown in 1781‚ talks of peace began to linger in the English Parliament and in the Continental Congress. Although‚ back in those days Parliament was infamous for being unstable‚ and most of the time it depended on the House of Commons and the good favor or the King. When the news of the defeat at Yorktown reached England‚ the parliamentary opposition succeeded in overthrowing the embattled government led by Lord North. Unfortunately the new
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The Treaty of Versailles By Alex Cox Block 1/A October 28/13 The Treaty of Versailles is one of the most important documents to ever be signed by world leaders. The document was signed June 28th at the Palace of Versailles near Paris‚ France after the end of WW1. It was an agreement made between the Allied forces after many long months of negotiations as to what should happen to Germany after the Great War. Woodrow Wilson of America‚ David Lloyd George of Britain‚ Clemenceau of France
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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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The Impact of the Treaty of Versailles Germany had to sign a war guilt clause stating that they had started the First World War. This made Germany look weak as they gave in easily. The German public didn’t support the government from the start and found that their surrender was a stab in the back. However as the Treaty of Versailles was signed on the 28th June 1919 accepting full responsibility the citizens of Germany felt that the government stabbed the army in the back even more. They did not
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INTRODUCTION: Euthanasia: a Greek name which means "Good Death". N.M. Harris provides with a definition of the term which says that euthanasia is a deliberate intervention undertaken with the express intention of ending life‚ to relieve intractable suffering.1 Euthanasia has been classified as voluntary‚ non‐voluntary and involuntary. These three types can be further divided into active and passive euthanasia. Active euthanasia entails the administration of lethal substances to kill while Passive
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The Treaty of Alcáçovas‚ also known as Peace of Alcáçovas-Toledo‚ was the first agreement to regulate the colonial possessions. It received this name because it was signed in the villa of Alcáçovas‚ in 1479‚ by the Catholic Monarchs of Castile and Aragon and Alfonso V of Portugal ad his son‚ Juan. It was developed in order to solve the following main issues: - End with the hostility‚ that had increased after the War of the Castilian Succession‚ between Castile and Portugal - Divide the territories
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Pinckney’s Treaty (174)- It was a treaty between the United States and Spain. Thomas Pinckney represented the United States at the signing of the treaty. It gave the Americans free navigation of the Mississippi River. It gave the land north of Florida (Mississippi and Alabama) to America that had been in dispute. It required Spanish authorities to prevent the Indians from raiding across the border along the 31st parallel. It also gave western farmers the right of deposit in New Orleans‚ making it
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Canadian Treaties In modern society the question of why the aboriginal population receives benefits often arises. Much of today’s youth does not understand that the Native American people were often stripped of their rights in the past in order to gain these advantages. Two main incidents were established in the Aboriginal history‚ the first was the treaties that spread across Canada and the second incident was the Indian Act of 1876. The main difference between the Indian Act and treaties were
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jhfjehfsjhfjshdjshfjshfjsfhjsfhjsfhsjfhThe main cause for the Second World War is the Treaty of Versailles‚ which was written on June 28‚ 1919. This treaty‚ drafted by Woodrow Wilson‚ caused many economic‚ social‚ and political issues that eventually led to World War II. Without this treaty‚ Germany would not have had to assume the war debt‚ the people of Germany would not have become angry‚ and the rise of dictators would not have been an issue. Thanks to the Treaty of Versailles‚ many terrible events are a part of the twentieth
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