KEY DATES IN BRITISH HISTORY ROMAN BRITAIN ( 55BC- AD 440) 55-54 BC Caesar lands in Britain THE ANGLO_SAXON AGE (440- 1066) THE MIDDLE-AGES 1066 The battle of Hastings : the Normans conquer England – William the Conqueror 1215 The Magna Carta is imposed upon King John by the barons .( voir dans les fiches sciences po « les textes fondamentaux du Royaume Uni ») The beginning of the Black Death and the plague epidemic 1339 Hundred Years ‘War (till 1453) 1381 The Peasants’Revolt
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A royal salute to the Commonwealth Peter Oborne Peter Oborne is British journalist and a political commentator, who also is known for his hard-hitting comments on the hypocrisy of the politicians of today. He has written the article “A royal salute to the Commonwealth” written in 2011. In the article, he expresses his opinion about the Commonwealth. The article is a debate about the Commonwealth, and whether it should be brought to an end or not. In the text, Peter Oborne is praising the
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scramble. The main factors are Strategic, The individuals in the field, humanitarian issues and properly the most important factor; economics. Economics could be described as the main reason for British interests in Africa to begin with but also remaining an important factor throughout this period. The British involvement in Africa was down to economic reasons; this is clear throughout the time period as most events which take place in Africa can be linked back to economy. One of the most important
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What started as the French and Indian War soon widened and spread into Europe becoming known also as the 7 Years War. It all began when the British government sent troops in to defend the colonists. Many problems arose when the colonist became enraged with imposed taxes and their unrepresented position in parliament. The results of the war were long lasting later leading to the start of the Revolutionary War. The French and Indian War had great economic, political and ideological effects on the
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The British Colonization in Indian Introduction East India Company, also known as The Honorable East India Company, British East India Company, was a joint-stock company established by the British. On Dec. 31th, 1600, the company was chartered by the Queen Elizabeth as the Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies (Chaudhuri, 2006). The charter in fact gave East India Company a monopoly right for twelve years. During its rule in India, the company not only owned
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which would further raise the anxieties of the Muslim League. In January 1946, the British MPs made a small visit to India without announcing there conclusions, but in private some stated that Pakistan must be conceded to avoid Muslim unrest. Viceroy Wavell was keenly interested in making practical preparations for the eventual unpleasantness of announcing the actual boundary lines. This shows that some of the British leaders did foreshadow the horrific consequences of the partition but they went
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martial spirit and solidarity with US”. If a population in a country isn’t able to speak foreign languages then they’re forced to stay in the same culture and therefore are their employability chiefly limited. Will Hutton really want to tell the British inhabitants that it’s not just important to be able to handle another language, it’s also really nice to know it because there’s a lot of advantages an example is in text two, where pupils are on an excursion to try out their English on tourists,
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arguing that it was their duty to edify and civilize African inhabitants. Many government officials thought in colonizing the continent because they felt that it was necessary to maintain their global influence. For example, Benjamin Disraeli, the British prime minister at the time, read aloud a speech to the House of Commons in 1876 supporting the seizure of the Suez Canal saying that it would “strengthen the empire.” (Document 2) Since Disraeli was a prime minister he would be speaking in favor of
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ORIGINAL POST 1 – Conditions Faced by Slaves I believe one of the strongest aspects of the film lay in its depiction and explanation of the conditions faced by slaves on the transatlantic ships of the 18th century. The former victim of the slave trade, Olaudah Equiano, gave a horrifying account of the four by four feet compartments in which the salves were forced to stay for weeks. The mention of the blood, feces, and vomit were enough to acquaint us with the realities of the slave trade. This makes
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but highly regulated by the government after WWII as well. These policies were expected to allow for Britain to regain their thrown as the best economy but would ultimately prove to be much less than what was to be expected. The policies of the British government after WWII created problems that were not perceived in the new system. One problem was the inefficiency of work. High taxes and poverty relief programs caused workers to be less productive by providing an incentive to not work since they
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