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    The Reign of Terror -Not Justified 1793 to 1794 is when the Reign of Terror began and end. The Reign of Terror was about 2 years from when Louis XVI was beheaded and around the time 20‚000 people were guillotined. 35‚000 people were killed by officers and officials. The Reign of Terror was not justified.The claim stated can be supported by these 3 reasons: they were threatened in wrong ways for the wrong things ‚ the methods used were not necessary‚ and the reasoning they gave did not match the

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    The British Monarchy

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    1. THE BRITISH MONARCHY IS AN OUTDATED GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURE THAT HAS NO PLACE IN THE MODERN WORLD A monarchy is political system based upon the undivided sovereignty or rule of a single person. The term applies to states in which supreme authority is vested in the monarch‚ an individual ruler who functions as the head of state and who achieves his position through heredity. Succession usually passes from father to son or follows other arrangements within the family or the monarchical dynasty

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    British Intervention

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    Expansion of British colonization • Motive : economy. • Facilitated by internal problems of the states. 1841 – James Brooke took over Sarawak 1874 – British intervention in Perak 1874 – Selangor received British advisor 1875 – Sultan of Brunei gave up his territory in Sabah to the British 1888 – British intervention in Pahang 1909 – Bangkok Treaty : Siam gave up Kedah‚ Perlish‚ Kelantan‚ Terengganu to the British 1914 – Johor received British advisor Major factors of British colonisation

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    Politics & Military            A number of social‚ economic‚ religious‚ political   and military reforms had been imposed by the British without any consultation with local population. Social    British introduced a new system of education. in this system they had to send their children to co-educational schools which was hated since it appeared to improve the British system without due regards to their rights. Persian was the official language of the sub-continent for centuries since Mughals

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    Was Loyalists Justified

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    In the late 18th century‚ the French people were in unrest with their king‚ Louis XVI. While the French people were starving‚ clergymen‚ nobles‚ and royalty continued to lead lavish lifestyles. Despite the requests of his people‚ Louis failed to make reformations so the people took it into their own hands and created the National Assembly. As news of the revolution spread throughout Europe‚ Prussia‚ and Austria threatened to invade France to protect the king and queen. An extremist group of French

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    British Negligence

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    once they were invaded by the German army? A. Plan of Investigation The investigation assesses “To What Extent did England Neglect its Citizens Living on the Channel Islands once They were Invaded by the German Army?”. Historians’ studies have diverged on their interpretation of this World War II event. To evaluate England’s extent of negligence‚ the living conditions of the Channel Islanders under German occupation are compared to those of the citizens living on mainland Britain. British negligence

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    Thesis. The Navigation Acts were issued in 1763 soon after The Proclamation of 1763. The Navigation Act required the 13 colonies to only use British ships‚ and any goods the 13 colonies bought had to go through England first to be inspected. This was one of the first acts that really got the patriots into the rebellion mode. Restated Thesis. Taxation without representation was common in the 13 colonies. Colonists often debated about why a small island‚ Great Britain‚ should rule a piece of a continent

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    in the British Colonies When the Americas were founded many European nations were trying to establish colonies. There were many failures but eventually they succeeded. Rich Europeans such as the British had no idea how to work the land‚ so they needed someone to do it for them. Although the British essentially were iffy about slavery‚ they slowly began getting rid of indentured servants‚ installing slavery‚ and then making slavery the major labor force system. In 1606 British merchants

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    American English is now different from its British mother and we could say it is more than another dialect due to its importance nowadays. At the beginning of its history‚ after the American emancipation‚ there were two opposite attitudes towards the language: those who wanted to eradicate any legacy from the colonization and did not want a British model for their language and those who felt language loyalty towards mother- English. But finally‚ as in many British colonies‚ linguistic emancipation

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    How and why did the AmericanBritish and Soviet governments react to the Cuban Missile Crisis? This investigation will analyze the extent of the AmericanBritish and Soviet’s governments’ involvement in the Cuban missile crisis. This topic is important since any noticeable difference may give people a better perspective on world politics and how history is affected by who records said history. Britain’s role in the crisis is also usually not covered‚ so evaluating their influences may also be

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