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    abandon their status as subjects of a ruler in order to achieve the concept of a nation. “Liberty, Equality and Brotherhood” became the slogan and idea of liberalism. This idea that grew tremendously throughout the century was influenced by the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars (1789-1814). Countries such as France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Austria, Turkey, Czech Republic, Poland and many more were affected by the political unrest that sparked nationalism. Composers such as Bedrich…

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    At that point, it also increased the country's wealth and would gain freedom from Britain. Many factors concerning the Canadian confederation like the grand trunk railway system, protecting factories from different colonies raiding them and the American civil war. But as we know it everything was well planned and was executed perfectly we are proud to live in a country where independence was gained by…

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    A stigma that was attached to English culture during the late eighteenth century is that to be considered entirely English you needed to be free of racial and cultural others. The preservation of the necessary boundaries between the colonised racial and the national self solely relied on the aspect of historical Englishness. Attached to every culture there are always particular stereotypes and being English is no different. Actions such as tea drinking and wearing silk garments were commodities…

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    First off, some really big issues was how the colonist had a high tax cost but they had low currency. Consequently, the colonist would have no money after taxes which is why so many colonist started to protest against the government. the government were not able to pay the soldiers because the colonist wouldn’t pay their taxes. Furthermore, the colonist were even able to refuse anything the government asked them to do. However, the main reason the colonist didn’t pay their taxes was because they…

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    post-colonial authors was to find and re-establish their lost national identity, history and literature, and to define their relationship with the land and language of their former masters. Khaled Hosseini is also a post-colonial writer. He is an Afghan-American writer. He was born in 1965 in Kabul, the city of Afghanistan. The father of Khaled Hosseini was a an ambassador in Afghan Foreign Ministry and his mother was a teacher of Persian and History at a high school in Kabul. The Foreign…

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    The Bengal Famine

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    The 18th century marked the demolition of the Mughal sphere of influence and the rise of the British East India Company. By expanding its trade enterprise into the Indian subcontinent, The Company, hoped to both fund the administrative costs of its day-to-day operations and generate sizeable profits (John 21). After some initial difficulty, the Mughal emperor, Jahangir, allowed the Company to trade in 1612. Two decades after this agreement, the first trading port was established in Bengal. As…

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    Introduction The true meaning of the American dream is nonexistent, everyone will define it differently. “The charm of anticipated success” that is the American dream according to Alexis de Tocqueville, a French political thinker and historian. Jim Cullen states in his book The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea that Shaped a Nation “The Pilgrims may not have actually talked about the American dream, but they would have understood the idea: after all, they lived it as people who imagined…

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    Fashion Impact On Society

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    Impact on Clothing: Indian Fabrics were treated as exotic and the British fell in love with cotton and indigo. These Indian textiles influenced British tastes before the Raj. But once the British started ruling, everything changed, a new culture emerged and so did a new cultural identity. There was a stark difference in the dressing sensibilities of the British and Indians. After looking at the clothing attires of British people, Indians started looking down upon themselves, they thought that…

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    A public nuisance meddles with the general population as a class, not just one individual or a gathering of residents. No common cure exists for a private native hurt by an open annoyance, regardless of the fact that his or her mischief was more prominent than the damage endured by others; a criminal charge is the elite cure. Case Example: Tate & Lyle v Greater London Council [1983] 2 AC 509 Tate & Lyle operated a sugar refinery on the bank of the river Thames. They had a jetty from which raw…

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    The American dream is a keystone of our country’s identity. At the core of our nation are the principles of freedom, honor, intelligence, and dignity. Many consider America to be the greatest nation in the world because of our prodigious sense of justice and dedication to preserving liberty across the globe. We consider ourselves paragons of independence, a nation of brave young men and women who are leaders, warriors, and academics. This is why Will McAvoy's spontaneous speech “Why America…

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