British English

The early colonies had grown weary of the mistreatment received from an English king on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. Relations between the two did not improve, which led to the colonies’ decision to sever ties with England. In the Declaration of Independence, the colonies laid out many of the negative dealings they had with the king of England. After an American victory against the British to secure independence, the Founding Fathers drafted a document to ensure the rights of citizens…

has oppressed many Burmese. In Orwell?s case, the coolie killed by the elephant represents the invasion of Burma by the British. Just as no one can predict the next victim of the elephant, also no one can predict the next victim of the British. The murder of coolie gives Orwell a justifiable reason to kill the elephant. Orwell does not want himself to be considered as British, but he does not want to be thought the fool either. George Orwell makes his decision to shoot the elephant appear to be…

Why did the colonists break away from English rule? In 1756, a war broke out in Europe that would eventually transform into a global conflict. The Seven Years War would last until 1763. The war began when Prussia’s Fredrick II invaded a base in Saxony, one of Austria’s allies, to prevent what he thought was an attack on him. This caused a strong coalition against Prussia. Since George II was elector of Hanover, he had to aid Prussia by fighting the French attacks on Germany. This caused the…

supplier of agricultural goods to both sides meant that the position of the United States had to be decided according to the British. One of the first actions that outraged the Americans was the 1807 Orders in Council which required any country maintaining neutrality in the conflict would need a special license from England before trade with France could be re-established. The British were attempting to limit the amount of American goods that could reach the French, monopolize trade with the…

brought up their children to cherish the white man’s civilization. The perspective of “Weep Not Child” is from a teacher. Ngugi knew how important it was to have a good role model for the children since he was one himself, and he was able to expose the British teacher as an unfair person. The type of racist mentality was not fair to the kids, and they were exposed to it because of colonization by Britain. These kids that received an education were actually somewhat luckier than most. In “Colony…

United States . After concluding a great amount of research, the ultimate decision for this essay's thesis is that the Acadians of Nova Scotia did not deserve to be expelled from their homeland. The reason being that they were treated unfairly by the English government at that time. On top of this unfair treatment, they had jumped to conclusions about their loyalty…

have the same right as British citizens, the American Colonists began to question the authority of their mother country. This lead to relationship changes between the Colonies and Great Britain, inevitably leading to the revolution. The French and Indian war was very expensive and England wanted the American Colonists to pay for it. To do this several…

The first one is the unique dialect called “New York City English”. Some vowels of New York City English are different from General Americans. For example, the /ɔ/ vowel sound is tensed. Also, New Yorkers drop r sound after vowels. The reason is New York was under the British colony in the 1700s so they got the British pronunciation. In addition, New Yorkers pronounce vowels /ɔːr/ and /ɔər/ with a tongue movement upward. New York City English has unique words and slang. For instance, the word…

In 1763 British imperial power in North America was at its apogee. Subsequently, many problems arose by the Indian revolts in the Ohio Valley when colonists saw the west as their proper domain for settlement and trade.The English government immediately on acting on this proclaimed the area west of the Alleghenies closed to inhabitance with the issuing of the Royal Proclamation. This had offended many colonials who looked forward to exploring these regions, which was followed by further…

The colonies were left alone for a long period of time by the British. This treatment of salutary neglect toward the colonies allowed the colonies to take things into their own hands and to take control of things. During this time, the colonies set up their own government. This lead them to have a self government and the control of their own religion. This was both good and bad, the colonies had a self government, but the British did not like the idea of this. Due to this political structure of…