British English

Introduction Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan, was born on 17 October 1817 in Delhi and died on 27 March 1898. He earned reputation as a distinguished scholar. He cared about Muslims community in India since the British colonists started religious racism and isolated Muslims from educational curricula. He expected that if we remained without a policy that protects our rights and country they will be destroyed. He had a clear vision about education and how to keep a balance between modern education and the…

the box. George Orwell, also known as Eric Blair, is an English novelist who enlists in the English police force in 1922. Orwell’s time as a policeman in Burma shows him the British empire in a different light. It is what prompted him to write the stories,” The Hanging” and “Shooting an Elephant”. In “The Hanging”, a tiny Indian man is being hung. The events leading up to his hanging shows the reader the injustice and ruthlessness of the English policemen. The story “Shooting an Elephant” tells…

Great Britain desired to abandon its British North American colonies, since Great Britain was faring well on its own. To do so, Great Britain encouraged the BNA colonies to unite as a British dependency through confederation. Yet, Canada as a young nation saw Britain’s encouragement as a prospective idea towards its nation-building and independence. With confederation, Canada achieved greater self-reliance while remaining loyal to the British Empire. British patriotism was preeminent in Canada,…

invasion. The ultimate responsibility for launching, devising and failing the overthrow of the Protestant English regime was placed on King Philip II. After the disappointing failure in his launch of the Spanish Armada, people back at home blamed him for disregarding professional advice given to him by his captains. Professional advice included how to design his ships in order to counterattack the British ships, where to establish his bases so that Sir Francis Drake could not determine the…

independence, however, they were still under bondage from the British rule because they insisted that America pay for the War. In doing this, the English decided to put a series of Navigation Acts on colonial trade as a mechanism for strengthening their profits and regulating goods. As a result, these Acts caused the new colonies discontent, which later led to rebellion. Despite shifts of power between the colonists and the English; America had evolved into an independent self-governing…

To summarize the English colonists came to the American colony with the mindset of staying unlike the Spanish, Dutch and French who came to the American colonies to find gold or make a quick buck and go back to their home country. The English also came for religious freedom so they could worship the way they wanted to. The English came in large numbers for a better life and to get away from crowded conditions in London. Last but not least, the English formed a better alliance with the native…

During the 17th to 18th century, The British Empire had global influence with its colonies; one of these colonies was the British colonies in America. Britain had imposed many different mercantilist policies upon the colonists to stimulate its own economy, and had ranging effects on the colonists, from minor nuisances to outraging policies that sparked physical violence. The mercantilist policies had taxed colonists, dictated what they could trade, and controlled with whom they could trade; this…

In the past hundreds years, the British colonized over 100 countries including South Africa. Did this leave any positive impact on the colonized country? The colonization of South Africa began long time ago in the sixteenth century. With around one hundred and seventy years of colonization, the British changed South Africa so much that it brought a bad impact to the South African people ("British Takes Control of the Cape”). These negative impacts could cost the South African people’s social…

through the diverse array of ethnic cultures, such as the Portuguese, English, French, and Irish that eventually came to develop settlements in the 17th century. In migratory fishing patterns, permanent settlements were very difficult to establish due to harsh weather and a lack of resources. In this manner, the French tended to dominate the northern and southern parts of the island, and the British…

The Thirteen Colonies were a group of British Colonies on the east coast of North America. It was founded in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and declared independence in 1776 and formed the United States. The English were the ones who founded the first permanent settlement in America in 1607. Colonization of North America began in 1607, it began in Jamestown, Virginia. This colony was named after King James I, who was the English king. Many of the colonists who settled in the New…