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    the leader of the pro-Brexit party UKIP‚ caused a heated discussion when he warned that the men‚ rumoured refugees‚ who carried out sexual assaults on hundreds of women in Cologne could gain the right to travel to Britain in the near future. He told an audience in Westminster “I do not want those young men who were outside Cologne train station to have one of these (EU passports) in a few short years and to be able to come to our country‚”. The Remain campaign also used fear as a weapon of persuasion

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    What if… What if American colonists lost the American Revolution and Great Britain won? If American colonists lost I believe more people would die or put on trial for defying the king. I think the king will send more soldiers to fight for him and to kill the leaders and anyone who defied him. We would have the country that we have today. If Great Britain won we might still be under the rule of a monarch. Although the American colonists lost the American Revolution I believe they would try again

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    ‘for the people‚ of the people and by the people’‚ was necessary in Britain‚ as Aristotle once said‚ ‘man is by nature a political animal’. Franchise is the right to be able to vote and in 1830‚ only one out of ten adult males could vote; by 1832 it was a privilege of the landed elite and by 1928 it was a right of all eligible adults (over the age of 21). By 1928‚ Britain was almost democratic but not entirely so. Before 1850‚ Britain had a rule of aristocracy‚ there was great political influence from

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    Why Do People Want More

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    Why Do Always People Want More? Throughout the history of time and even mythological stories and fairy tales‚ people have always seemed to want more than want they have. They have never been able to satisfy their unlimited wants for money‚ power‚ or even just materialistic items. This greediness has and always will be the downfall of many wealthy and powerful individuals. No matter how advanced we are in society‚ people will always find a way to question what they have and not appreciate what they

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    Battle of Britain For residents of Southern England‚ 1940 was a horrific year. “ Citizens of London lived through the Blitz ” as the British Royal Air force (RAF) did their best to defend their country (Wawro‚ par. 1). The “ Germans had defeated France‚ Poland‚ and Czechoslovakia leaving the United Kingdom as the only country in their way of winning the war in Western Europe ” (Wawro par. 1). The Battle of Britain began on “July 10‚ 1940” (Wawro par. 1). This Battle was “an air conflict or

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    most certainly give me the chance to be very open minded to the whole world. I understand that languages can be very difficult to learn‚ however‚ that is exactly what I want. I want to know how my mother felt when she moved to the United States without having any knowledge of the language‚ how much she had to struggle‚ and what she did to seek for help. I hope to come back home and tells others about my experiences while study abroad. I intend to impact other students to also consider study abroad as

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    Did the British Empire improve people’s lives in Africa? I will start off by defining the terms of this essay. ‘Improve’‚ in this context‚ means the African people’s lives developing and the standard of living getting better. The British Empire in Africa was vast. It included lands in North Africa‚ such as Egypt‚ much of West Africa‚ and huge territories in Southern and East Africa. British rule had a huge impact on the lives of millions of Africans. Before the British rule in Africa‚ African

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    The Roman and Han Empires both had their differences and similarities. However their similarities out-weighed their differences by a large amount. Their governments‚ economies‚ traditions‚ even their ways of agriculture made them very similar but at the same time very different. A couple of things that made them similar are The Han and the Roman Empires was two of the most powerful empires to rule their respective parts of the world‚ however they both declined and failed. Another thing was that agriculture

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    Britain in the 19th and 20th centuries saw a decline in child labour and the introduction of compulsory schooling for children in Britain. I intend to discuss the relationship between these two processes and the impact they had on both adults and children’s lives. I will also discuss the changes in views of childhood that accompanied and followed these developments. Pre-industrial Britain saw many children engaged in various types of manual employment; in agriculture‚ the mills‚ factories‚ pits

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    The Roman Empire were the largest and longest-lasting empires that were ever made by the western world. Rome inspired many countries and civilization with their art‚ literature‚ and architecture. The Roman Empire took and change the best features of cultures it conquered‚ places like Egypt‚ Greece‚ and‚ Asia. While they did take things from other civilizations‚ the roman empire made great contributions to language‚ law‚ and architecture. Rome’s origins came from a tribe of Iron Age called Latins

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