North America is a historical melting pot of cultures and identities. South America is has great landscapes with snow covered mountains year around‚ thick forests‚ mesmerizing waterfalls and one of the world’s spectacular mountain ranges. In my paper I will be discussing the regions of North America and South America. In the following paragraphs I will compare and contrast the physical features of the two regions‚ which include the location of each region and their proximity to bodies of water
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The British Empire was a collection of colonies which were ruled by Britain in the late 16th to 18th century. The empire had expanded to extremes by the 18th century making them filthy rich and powerful.By 1924 the British Empire was at its peak‚ with it owning 14million square miles of land and having a 450million population. The empire used two main tactics to achieve this; trade and conflict. Both of these methods caused serious problems in the colonies they had fought hard to maintain. Many of
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infrastructure of the British Indian Army. In whichever war they have been presented‚ victory was always theirs. Apart from conflicts‚ the army has also been an active participant in the United Nations Peacekeeping missions. The British army was a critical force for the dominance of the British Empire‚ both in India and across the world. In World War I and II‚ the Indian Army has served. They have fought in Europe‚ Africa and the Middle East and won glory for the British Empire. They have served in
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The 13 colonies were created for two main reasons‚ religion and economic gain. Religion was a very important issue to the British colonies. Nevertheless‚ it was not the main reason the British were so eager to colonize America. Their main concern was glorifying the British Empire through economic gain. The British were very concerned about making money off the colonies. The primary reason for the colonies was to earn money. The most important goal for the British of settling the Americas was to
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Once emerging as one of the strongest world powers‚ America soon plummeted down in a steady‚ spiraling decline. The United States used to be seen as an invincible‚ riveting country. Constantly attracting immigrants‚ ensuring a booming economy‚ and creating a new era of unity‚ America quickly became a steadfast melting pot for all. After its peak‚ decline soon followed behind nation wide. The main factors of this decay was the uneven distribution of wealth‚ outsourcing of jobs‚ and the lack of balance
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how two different cultures view and carry out gender‚ specifically related to how their culture previously developed ideas of gender. In order to look specifically at how gender roles are a creation of culture I will contrast women’s soccer in North America versus Europe‚ and how the roles of females are created differently within each culture. This framework allows me to divulge into the much deeper issues of what influences gender practice‚ how it is performed and how ideas of gender are culturally
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hard in colonial America in the 17th & 18th centuries. There were 13 colonies all with different purposes. Many colonists came to America to flee religious persecution in England or to find work in the colonies. By 1750 more than one million people were living in the thirteen colonies. It seems that the colonies were finally progressing from disease and feudal warfare with the Native Americans. The colonies also were beginning to show diverse groups of people. Many came to America due to war in their
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Trade was the most important factor in the growth of the British Empire. Do you agree? One of the main factors of the growth of the British Empire is trade. The other main factors are: rivalries with other European countries‚ the spread of Christianity and the desire to colonise. All of these factors are important‚ but I think that the main one is trade. Trade earned a lot of money‚ and the East India Company had a lot to do with this. Some of the money which was made from
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Revolution A centrifugal force in history is an event that might results in the fragmentation of an empire. An example of this was the reign of King George III. His desire to keep a strict rule over the colonies could not keep the colonists loyal. They pushed back. There were three main centrifugal forces that led to the fragmentation of the British Empire in North America. The distance of the colonies from Britain created independence that was hard to overcome. Those willing to colonize the new world
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North Carolina is described as an unstable and tumultuous place. It seems to have been since the 1600’s. North Carolina was against high taxes and the Internal Revenue Services. How the government put taxes on the land where the North Carolinians worked so hard to keep their land up. This all occurred when King Charles ll was in office. In the late 1600’s in England the tumultuous political royalist had continued to assist King Charles ll in giving the land to eight of his Proprietors. During
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