Britain was equipped thoroughly for the Crimea war in 1854‚ in evident to Source 2 stating “Britain‚ the most industrially developed of all European states”. This is exhibited by the amount of factory and mine workers within Britain. Half of the population in Britain lived in the country side (agriculture) providing various natural resources such as steel and good use of coal production to benefit and improve the British army in terms of weaponry‚ artillery etc. Britain was a vast‚ powerful empire
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The first Great Awakening was a religious movement among the colonies in the 1730’s and the 1740’s. The movement was needed because of the substantial decrease in the amount of members in the church. The Puritans had "lost its grip" on society. When the New Massachusetts law of 1691 allowed colonial Americans to worship freely and the right to vote‚ colonist were overwhelmed that they discarded what might be in store for them in the future. The Puritans lost faith developing a taste for material
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WHAT WAS THE CONTRIBUTION OF TANKS TOWARDS WINNING THE FIRST WORLD WAR FOR BRITAIN? Tank used in World War One today are a very controversial topic today as now we can see that they were used for mainly two different topics; which are for propaganda (spreading information‚ ideas or opinions (through films‚ posters etc.) to change public opinion with the intention of benefitting the organizations or people distributing the information -Source: Mr. Pearson) and also military use. We could say that
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Was Britain a better place by 1900? This essay covers the years 1750 to 1900. During this period‚ lasting and sustainable changes took place. It was a period in British history when great industrial towns and cities appeared‚ vaccinations meant life expectancy was risen and people where linked by roads‚ canals and trains‚ that not only went through the cities‚ but the countryside too. In the 1900 people where better fed and sewage systems where emplaced and the police were enforced. However some
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How democratic was Britain by 1914? Britain was a democracy to a certain extent by 1914. By "a democracy" we mean that there should be several certain features present. These features consist of universal adult suffrage‚ equal constituencies‚ every adult being able to stand as a candidate‚ a secret ballot‚ regular elections‚ a choice of political parties and freedom of speech/press. There is a debate over when exactly Britain actually became a representative liberal democracy. This essay will show
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history of each country of the world‚ it is found heroes for the actions or decisions they took during difficult times in their nations. Some of them had won wars‚ had fought against invaders or just defended their people. In Mexico‚ for example‚ Benito Juarez became one of the truly great men for Mexicans‚ during his term as president; he successfully defended his nation against the French monarchist under Emperor Maximilian I. The same situation was in England with Alfred “The Great”‚ who became king
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King Alfred is one of the most significant rulers history‚ but what was it that made Alfred so great? There are a number of great things that Alfred did during his rule‚ but the most important would be his emphasis on education and his brilliant military organization. Having an educated population is extremely important when running a country‚ and Alfred knew this. People who are educated are valuable in society because they can make more informed decisions which leads to the growth of a society
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After about a year in the war Great Britain decided it was time to elect a more aggressive Prime Minister. In May of 1940 Winston Churchill replaced Neville Chamberlain as Prime Minister. That same month a large German offense forced British troops into one of the largest retreats in history‚ it was called the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk. During July through October in 1940‚ the English people suffered through the Battle of Britain. Extremely destructive German bombs rained down for
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After King Georges war and French and Indian war‚ Britain became a superpower. Has defeated French and Spanish and in return received the largest portion of North American colonies‚ but also had the largest amount of debt after these wars. Because of the debt that was accumulated‚ Britain had since started to control the colonies overseas‚ and imposed several economic acts on the colonies. Great Britain and her North American colonies were economic in origin rather than rooted in political and social
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War started 1th September 1939 and was one of the most horrible events in the whole world. All countries‚ combining all their forces‚ fought against Germany and did not allow it to set up supremacy. Fortunately‚ May 9th 1945 was the day of capitulation of Germany and the victory over it‚ but‚ finally‚ the war ended up only 2th September 1945. Since that time people have been celebrating the victory over Germany during 67 years. Russia and Great Britain gave a great contribution into the victory. But
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