Describe British rule in India at the end of the First World War. At the end of the First World War‚ British rule in India was dominant compared with Indian rule. The British is controlling a population of about 300‚000‚000 people and more than two-thirds of India in the early nineteen hundreds. The rest is ruled under Maharajah’s which are Indian Princes. Out of the various colonies the British had‚ India was named the ‘Jewel in the Crown’ because of its vast amounts of resources‚ labour and
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the Native American tribes that had been living peacefully there for centuries. The responses European settlers had to Native American tribes reflected their own cultural and economic viewpoints. As a result‚ the Native Americans’ lives changed drastically. The French had developed peaceful‚ mutually beneficial relations with Native Americans in the establishment of the French fur trade and culturally befriended them. On the other hand‚ the British tended to oppress Native Americans economically
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Punctuation differences between American and British English There are many differences between American and British English as regards to spelling in general‚ but differences in punctuation are minimal. Actually‚ there isn’t an official book of rules in America about spelling: the American style was established for typographical reasons‚ a historical legacy from the use of the handset printing press. It is used by most American newspapers‚ publishing houses and style guides in the United States
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Caucasian Americans arrived in this country several different ways. The primary way was colonization from Europe. We all know the story of how America was colonized. The Caucasian American group did not face prejudice‚ segregation or racism. The Caucasian American however did promote prejudice‚ segregation‚ and racism to all subordinate classes of race. This document will show examples of each type of discrimination that the Caucasian Americans promoted. Slavery is a form of discrimination
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Background and Emergence of Democracy in the British North American Colonies Beginning in the early 1600’s‚ North America experienced a flood of emigrants from England who were searching for religious freedom‚ an escape from political oppression‚ and economic opportunity. Their emigration from England was not forced upon them by the government‚ but offered by private groups whose chief motive was profit. The emergence of Democracy in colonial America can be attributed to the coming about
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“transformed by the process of imperial rule into one of the poorest‚ most backward‚ illiterate and diseased societies on earth by the time of our independence in 1947”. [Shashi Tharoor‚ 3] As a result‚ it is significant to note that at the time of India’s independence; India accounted for less than 3% of the global GDP whilst the British GDP tripled that amount. [Ibid] Industrialisation is the development of industries in an area. To what extent were the British Empire responsible for the collapse of
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Dear Papa Preston Blake‚ I write this letter to you to inform you I have left the city without notifying you. I am writing to you from the New World. When I was asked to join this voyage I didn’t hesitate in saying yes. I am writing to you from my house in front of a farm plot of my own. In the past few days we have gotten in some battles with the native people of this strange land. Apart from that‚ the life I live here is much better than the one you live ‘’papa’’. I don’t have to work my ass
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What is the importance of the rule of law and Judicial independence in British government? The rule of law in its most basic form is simply the principle that no-one is above the law. This ultimately means that‚ when combined with an independent judiciary‚ the law will be applied fairly to everyone in the area where that law is sovereign. In the U.K there have been many major developments in the Rule of Law and keeping the judiciary independent in order to keep the maximum level of justice‚ the
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such drastic measures? Greed‚ power‚ evil‚ the truth perhaps? What ideas‚ can ideas be so threatening that it would be enough of a reason to endorse censorship? In the Nazi’s case books contained information‚ sometimes information that went against what they were trying to enforce; books helped people think. The Nazi’s didn’t want them to think‚ they wanted them to be completely oblivious. Books also‚ sometimes‚ could have supplied an escape‚ even though momentary‚ it was still a second of peace‚ tranquility
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assemblies‚ which were bodies of elected officials who conducted local affairs and business. For much of the 18th Century‚ this relationship was at peace with one another. Colonists enjoyed the full wealth and protection of the British government‚ including the British army and navy. Colonists‚ who inherited a large amount of English common law and thoughts on the rights and liberties‚ tended to discuss local affairs in the town tavern. The British came up with different Acts to have the colonists pay off
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