1. THE BRITISH MONARCHY IS AN OUTDATED GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURE THAT HAS NO PLACE IN THE MODERN WORLD A monarchy is political system based upon the undivided sovereignty or rule of a single person. The term applies to states in which supreme authority is vested in the monarch‚ an individual ruler who functions as the head of state and who achieves his position through heredity. Succession usually passes from father to son or follows other arrangements within the family or the monarchical dynasty
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British Colonialism The British adopted contradictory policies in ruling their newly acquired Cape Colony in the first three decades of the nineteenth century. Having seized the Cape from the VOC in 1795‚ the British returned the colony to the Dutch government in 1803 when peace had been concluded with the French. In 1806‚ however‚ with the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars‚ the British again took the Cape in order to protect the sea route to their Asian empire. Like the VOC before them‚ the British
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Why was the Supreme Court built in 2010 and how effective has it been at upholding civil liberties? The Supreme Court was introduced in 2010 as a replacement for the House of Lords as the top law court of justice in the UK‚ Wales and Northern Ireland. This court has cost approximately 59 million pounds to build and was officially open on 1st October 2009. The enactment of the Supreme Court came about under the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (The Supreme Court [Online]‚ 2010) and currently stands
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TS_history1 15/9/05 12:35 pm Page 12 TIMESAVER BRITISH HISTORY HIGHLIGHTS Kings and queens Crazy* kings 1 King Henry VIII had six wives. Do you know their names? Read the text to find out. Henry VIII (1491-1547‚ King from 1509) c a d f b e Henry and his six wives When Henry VIII became king he was 18. He danced and sang well. Everyone loved him. But he needed a son. His first wife - Catherine of Aragon - was Spanish. Catherine and Henry had a daughter‚ Mary. Henry
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conditions of the Channel Islanders under German occupation are compared to those of the citizens living on mainland Britain. British negligence is primarily addressed before the invasion of the Channel Islands‚ during occupation‚ and after recapture of the Islands. Diary entries are mostly used to identify the
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Does the composition of the judiciary adequately represent British society today? The key purpose of this essay is to explore and critically analyse the current composition of the British judiciary as it stands today. Using statistics‚ reports and articles this paper will attempt to illuminate the subject‚ and in turn‚ explain why the judiciary seems to be a force of older‚ white males‚ yet has an apparent absence of women and ethnic minorities amongst the higher positions of the courts system
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Theme: British food Done by: Mirvaliyev A. Cheked by: Valitova M. Tashkent 2012 Bibliography 1. Weber‚ Robert E. England ’s Heritage Food and Cooking.‚ 1988. 2. Walter‚ Our Favourite Recipes‚ Inc.‚ 1988. 3. Wikipedia.com Content 1. British Cuisine 2. A brief history 3. Today 4. Regional Specialities 5. Pies‚ Puddings‚ Buns and Cakes 6. The Great British Breakfast
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In this essay‚ I will be focusing on how music was revolutionized because of The Beatles. The Beatles became so successful through their style of music. The band never copied a style of music from previous bands or artists. The music that the Beatles played made the recognisable and distinct to their listeners. Their songs never focused on one topic‚ usually being about love‚ they wrote their songs with a wide variety of topics (1). The Beatles were a rock group formed in Liverpool‚ England in 1960
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BRITISH ABOLITIONISTS BY FREDD JONES APRIL 6‚ 2013 BRITISH ABOLITIONISTS In 1807‚ the British slave trade was abolished by parliament. Two hundred years later‚ Hollywood commemorated the event with the movie Amazing Grace. Like many historians‚ Hollywood told the story as if William Wilberforce was a one-man crew.1 In reality‚ there were thousands of heroes to this story‚ on both sides of the Atlantic. Slavery was a necessary evil in the minds of British and American
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important to me is 9-11. That was crazy. On September 11‚ 2001‚ Osama Bin Laden was the stupid mastermind behind this attack. He had his men hijack 4 commercial planes‚ two of which crashed into the Twin Towers. The other two were planned for the Pentagon and the White House. They both failed for the Pentagon and White House. Some of the people on board of the plane put a stop to the hijackers and made them crash into a field. This event was the 3rd most important to me. It was important because this
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