not rebel on the invasion of the Japanese ‚ this was insulting to the statue of British power. And then following in 1942 was the fall of Singapore‚ Burma and Tobruk in Africa. Even though all these colonies were restored after the War‚ the fall of them did have a huge impact on the Empire. Most significantly was the fall of Singapore‚ as according to Churchill “it was the worst humiliation of the British army ever.” Such event taking place gave a new image of Britain; it made her look weak‚ and
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Britain dealt with numerous threats to its interests in Egypt and Iraq throughout the interwar period. A growing problem for British rule was the rise of nationalism‚ which impacted foreign policy as Britain sought to preserve its position. British interests in Iraq and Egypt included the security of the Suez Canal‚ oil reserves‚ easy access to India‚ as well as potential military bases. By retaliating violently to rebellion and making concessions to the nationalists‚ Britain was able to protect
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British sense of humour "Britain is known for its humour as France is known for its food and wine". If people who are living outside the United Kingdom are asked to characterise British humour‚ many of them will probably mention the jokes of one of the Monty Python series or maybe quotes from Fawlty Towers. Of all the characteristics‚ good and bad‚ for which the English are known in the outside world‚ their sense of humour is one of the best-known. One significant element in the British
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The First War of Indian Independence or the The Sepoy Rebellion). Shatranj Ke Khilari‚ The Chess Players (Hindi‚ 1977) is set in 19th century India on the eve of the Indian rebellion of 1857. It deals with the politics of colonial expansion by the British East India Company. Shaheed (Hindi‚ 1965) The film is set in 1916 and based on the life of Bhagat Singh who joins the freedom fighting movement.
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The British colonial government in Lagos did not have local support to abolish domestic slavery because it would upset and cause conflict with the individuals of power in Lagos. Rather‚ the British used a variety of terms to describe slavery‚ for example “[they] insisted that ‘domestic’ slavery in Africa was ‘benign’ or ‘mild’‚ and that slaves should be regarded as ‘servants‚’ ‘serfs’ or ‘family retainers‚’ rather than downtrodden beasts of burden.” The British feared that upsetting the regional
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‘”The Champions of the Game‚” British “imperialist” were unquestionably the shrewdness of them all. . Their military more advanced and powerful than others: their technology advanced‚ and they were astute. When ‘colonizing” a word play for taking over the populations they “found‚” and claiming them as a part of the British empie. with imperialistic methods. Not just any country could be colonized formerly or informally” they must have something the British wanted to seize‚ riches‚ resources or
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A debate on the British monarchy Good evening‚ everybody. Today I am going to bring in the debate on should the British Monarchy be demolished or not. I will talk on both sides and would like everyone to pay attention so that you all can be part of this discussion. The British monarchy can be discussed in Britain as well and if it did have a vote the result outcome would be equal and would have a stronger and more interesting debate. In UK the power of the queen is not much as a head of state
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Is there a problem of Inequality in British schools? The educational system is one of the most influential institutions in society as it provides young people with a vast amount of knowledge‚ attitudes and skills. These are acquired formally through set lessons or informally through the ‘hidden curriculum’ which provides the unofficial and unplanned consequences of school experience. Social Inequality is one of the major preoccupations of sociology. The relationship between inequality and education
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economies and like ways of treating the indigenous population. Once they established land in the new world‚ each country was able to find a new source of wealth‚ either from precious metals or from building necessities such as lumber. Seemingly‚ the British and Spanish colonies were some of the strongest and most productive colonies in history. Despite the similarities in the Spanish and English colonies‚ the two countries had different motives for establishing colonies in the new world. The main
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Essay by Svistunova E.‚ 0-7-6 Subject: Intercultural communication Some people believe that British public schools are a relic of the past. Are they likely to die out or is there anything that will make them survive ages? The most important thing in the process of education is to define the main objectives of education. At first sight we could think that the main aim of the education is to impart as much knowledge as possible to students in different domains. However it is a rather perfunctory
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