HISTORY ASSESSMENT- WHY DID BRITAIN CHANGE THE WAY IT WAS RULED IN 1832? As the early 19th century progressed‚ Great Britain desperately needed a turning point as the gap between the rich and the poor advanced. At this time a lot of the middle or lower class members opinion did not seem to matter therefore were not taken into account. The rich seemed to have a firm hold on making decisions and rules that a lot of the time did not involve or affect their lives but as the decades went on‚ the poor
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Interest in Great Britain Great Britain is rich in world-famous places. Certainly among them there are famous university cities Oxford and Cambridge‚ Shakespeare’s birthplace — Stratford-upon-Avon‚ towns of Cardiff‚ Edinburgh and Glasgow. Stratford-upon-Avon is a small town. Its chief points of interest are associated with Shakespeare‚ the greatest English poet and playwright. Shakespeare was buried in the church at Stratford on the banks of the Avon. The Royal Shakespeare Theatre was opened in
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Section 3: 7. Britain was unable to keep industrial secrets away from other nations because entrepreneurs traveled around the world and they carry their ideas from other countries with them. That spread the word all across the Europe as well as the world‚ so ideas couldn’t stay in one place. Britain’s location‚ financial prosperity‚ abundant natural resources set the stage for industrialization. The industrial revolution that began in Britain spread to other countries as well as to the United
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In this essay I will try to explain the reason for Britains victory in the battle of Britain. I will look at tactics‚ pilots‚ leadership‚ technology and weapons to help me explain this. The first and most important reason for the victory of the battle of britain was the technology used. Radar was a very important device only used by the british in the battle. Radar was used to detect enemy invation from up to 100 miles away. This enabled british fighter planes‚ the Hurricanes and the Spitfires
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America is a great country. There are people‚ there’s order‚ and there’s even a military to protect us. This military is made up of warriors and brave men and women that are ready to fight when our country needs them‚ but they aren’t just born like that. For a long time the government had a small military because not many men and women were brave enough to fight. The government needed a solution‚ so they researched for years to try and find a way to make braver kids in America. The answer was violent
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transition from analogue to digital transmission technology is now expanding this capacity enormously. The Internet is providing‚ increasingly‚ an additional medium for information‚ entertainment and communication. Television and Radio Broadcasting in Britain has traditionally been based on the principle that it is a public service accountable to people. While retaining the essential public service element‚ it now also embraces the principles of competition and choice: • the BBC (British Broadcasting
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Was Alexander the Great “great”? The evidence suggests that Alexander the Great was legitimately great because he conquered many countries and he was inspirational. Alexander was great because he conquered a country in the years 333BC‚ 332BC‚ 331BC‚ 331BC‚ 330BC‚ 327BC‚ 324BC and 323BC. This demonstrates that he was great because he used tactics that would defeat enemies. An example of a tactic he used is phalanx. Phalanx means “a body of Macedonian infantry drawn up in close order with
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gift giving tradition that originated in 19th Century England during the reign of Queen Victoria. It is celebrated on December 26th the day after Christmas and is a national holiday in the UK and other parts of the world. Boxing Days original purpose was for the gentry and business people to give gifts on the day after Christmas to their servants and others who provided service to their homes or business. There were also boxes placed in churches where people would put in items to be handed out to those
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2007 saw the first ever election victory for the pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP) in the Scottish Parliament elections. They formed a minority government with plans to hold a referendum before 2011 to seek a mandate "to negotiate with the Government of the United Kingdom to achieve independence for Scotland."[135] Most opinion polls show minority support for independence‚ although support varies depending on the nature of the question. The response of the unionist parties was to establish
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caused Great Britain and France to give up their colonies. Something to point out is that while Great Britain did not peacefully give up their colonies‚ they did not make a hard stand to keep them. In a way‚ the British had come to accept the loss of their empire as something that was inevitable. On top of this‚ there were several groups within Great Britain‚ in particular‚ the leaders of the Labour Party‚ that had for a long time been critical of colonialism. On the other hand‚ France was very determined
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