Britain after Two World Wars There was a country once called “the empire on which the sun never sets”‚ and it used to be the most powerful countries in the world. It’s the Britain. Britain plays an extremely important role of the world in the modern history. It used to take the lead carrying out Bourgeois Revolution and have the original Industrial Revolution. After two world wars‚ especially the World War II‚ this old-fashion empire gradually goes downhill. Finally and eventually‚ it has
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The American and French Revolution The American and French Revolutions are two of the greatest revolutions that occurred in the mid 1700’s through the late 1700’s. The American Revolution was a huge turning point in American history‚ and the French Revolution was one of the most important events in the history of the world. The American Revolution started in 1775 and ended in 1783. The French revolution started 1789 and ended 1799. The American Revolution and the French Revolution were both caused
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Britain and Japan are two nations that are thousands of miles away from each other‚ so they are not often seen as similar‚ but in reality they have many similarities. Both Britain and Japan are islands secluded from their continent‚ but their location was key to their success with industrialization and imperialism. Britain was known as the origin place for the Industrialization and Japan shocked the world with its rise to power. Both learned how to use their geography to their advantage. Critical
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FACTORS FOR SLOWDOWN OF INDIAN ECONOMY‚SUGGESTIONS FOR ITS IMPROVEMENT Economic growth of a nation is measured by the value of goods and services produced within a country which is also known as GDP growth.The GDP contributions of the various sectors of the economy are Services-57 % Agriculture -17% Industry-27%.The growth in services sector is led by the IT-ITES industry.Which contributes nearly 8% of the GDP.The total revenue of the IT-ITES sector is around 100 billion $.Nearly 70bilion dolars
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there have been many such events dealing with economic struggles‚ colonization‚ mass sickness‚ etc. All these events were very important but none were as important as a war. In the 1700’s the Europeans entered a series of conflicts and one of these conflicts was the Seven Year War. The war was fought for the control of the various colonies throughout North America. All the events that led to the war‚ happened during the war and the effects of the war‚ played a very influential role in shaping the
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World War I is recognized as one of the harshest and most devastating wars in the world’s history. There are a few reasons why this horrendous war began. Tensions arose between two nations of the great alliance—Germany and Great Britain. If a nation in the Central Powers or Triple Entente declared war on another‚ all the other members would also declare war. Therefore‚ the tensions between Great Britain and Germany would prove to be dangerous. James Stevens explains that “Great Britain has long been
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comes to social‚ health care‚ and immigration policy. In order to fully understand these policy areas in the two countries you must comprehend their history and their political systems. France and the United Kingdoms histories and political systems are what shape their policies into what they are today. Health care policy a. The French sickness funds are primarily funded by the earmarked taxes and the payroll taxes‚ while the British Nationalized health care system funding mostly comes out of the
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Why the British Should Have Won the War How did the British lose the Revolutionary War? They had more‚ and better‚ everything. Such as better soldiers and better training. This would surely give them and advantage. Also the greater amount of supplies should help. But in the end they still lost‚ it could have been for a few‚ good‚ reasons. These reasons are minuscule compared to the power of the British military. The British should have won the Revolutionary War because they had a far superior army
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England did not take interest in colonizing America. These ideas soon as a consequence of the religious reformation that took place under king Henry VII’s reign. As England broke away from the Roman Catholic Church‚ changes in religious affirmation soon ensued with Protestantism as the main religion. In the coming years‚ England led a war against the neighboring Catholics of Ireland which then led to a war‚ and victory‚ against its Catholic ally: Spain. Thanks to the Black Legend‚ the political strife
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The Conflict between Great Britain and the North American colonies were more economic based rather than political and social. With the examples including the stamp act‚ it clearly shows it was ran by the economical differences due to the fact that the stamp act imbalances drove the colonies to protest and even start boycotting the British goods. With the quartering acts‚ politically‚ it aroused the colonists because it was so unfair. What it did was that‚ parliament enacted them
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