The first train was invented by a man called George Stephenson. This was important to the industrial revolution. Steam locomotives were first developed in Britain and dominated railway transportation until the middle of the 20th century. One impact of the railway was the speed of travel which was greatly improved by railways. For example until the advent of the railways‚ no one had travelled faster than a horse can manage at full gallop and within a few short years of the first major line opening
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people‚ which may seem unusual. Salaries are high‚ but all prices in Britain are relatively high too. An ordinary working man of young age after graduation and without much experience simply can’t keep money for building a family. So‚ a person is busy with building of a career all twenties‚ and a marriage may be delayed. Though‚ there is higher level of public services like cleaning‚ transport system or medical services in Britain‚ and people everywhere are much more polite. As for Russia‚ among
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innondé * Pours : deverser * Taps : robinet * Whopping : énorme * Howls : hurler * Rests : réside * Tickling : chatouiller * Tast bud : papilles * Demands : exigences Which factors contributed to the flop of Dasani in Britain ? First of all‚ let us introduce Dasani. Dasani is a brand bottled water which was launched by The Coca Cola in the UK but got drenched in British criticism . Why ? Its because of the fact that Dasani ‘s pure still water is a filtered version
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Homosexuality has been around for hundreds of years and exists in many species of animals including humans‚ but why are humans the only species that seem to reject the idea? Homosexuality goes back as far as the B.C.s and was widely accepted‚ then over the years some parts of humanity have evolved into hating others around them based on sexual orientation. People could be worrying about war and murder‚ yet they choose to argue over topics involving who a man or woman happens to love. Why do people
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Post-1945 History Invention of the Internet - Research Paper The invention of the Internet is one of the more significant events of our century. It changed the way we do business around the world‚ it changed the way we communicate‚ and it changed the way we educate and entertain ourselves. Some may bunch the invention of Internet with the overall technology advancement of our recent history‚ but I believe it stands on its own when it comes to significance it makes in our daily lives and variety
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Stephanie Carrasco 1950 * Credit Cards were introduced‚ affected society & are still used to this day by many people who have become dependent on them * Korean War Began affected the United States because of its unsuccessfulness‚ it cost many lives and billions of dollars‚ stopped communism 1951 * Truman Signs Peace Treaty With Japan ended World War II‚ U.S had more influence over pacific rim 1952 * Seat Belts for Cars introduced prevented more accidents
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History Homework Year 11 Mr Thomas Why Did the Women’s Rights Movement Emerge in the USA During the ’50s and ’60s? During the 1950’s and 1960’s‚ there were campaigns for rights widespread across the USA - namely the Civil Rights movement as led by Martin Luther King. Eventually‚ co-operation between King and the Supreme Court had been reached. Consequently‚ women whom aimed to bring about Women’s Rights felt confident and motivated towards escalating their cause in order to bring about change
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This is a brilliant work of the historical digging job that exposes the foundation of modern Britain in the (shameful or disgraceful acts or situations) of empire. Dirks shows that opposite to the(related to the rule of kings and queens) (people with strong opinions) then as now‚ the(shameful or disgraceful acts or situations) of victorious capture‚ violence‚ and bad mistreatment were at its center‚ not its unplanned sideshow. (making people act like decent people) the "native" necessarily involved
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Censorship in Britain during World War 1 "The first casualty of War is Truth" Introduction: The importance of the press in the British culture dates long before the era of broadcasted media it goes back to the time when newspapers were first introduced in the 15 century. Newspaper circulated in every corner of the country and citizens had access to either a national or local daily newspaper‚ and even in small country villages pages from the local newspaper would
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“To what extent was the Federal Government responsible for improving the status of black people in the USA in the years 1945 - 1964?” Most People would presume that the Federal Government of the USA would have done the most for Civil Rights‚ as they are in charge and run all of the States in America. However this is wrong as most of the Presidents did not pass Civil Rights Acts straight away‚ in fact it took them at least a year into the Presidency to even attempt to pass an act through
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