British poems

We’ve all heard about killing a mockingbird; a horrible thing. What about shooting an elephant? In Shooting an Elephant, by George Orwell, the main character is a police officer from Great Britain during the Imperialism Era. Stationed in Burma, the main character is hated by nearly everyone. On a seemingly normal day, an untamed elephant was reported running rampant through Burma. In an effort to track down the elephant, the officer finds the latest victim of the elephant, mauled beyond…

In the Man Eaters of Tsavo the British go to extend their country’s power and influence through diplomacy, trying to show off their nation’s superrealism to help increase the nation’s status. The original idea was to go help spread religion, and gain resources but the British judge the uncivilized people. Only because England felt it was their job to civilize the rest of the world. Thus, causing Patterson to reflect British attitudes not only upon the uncivilized Africans but the landscape, wild…

In the Broadway musical Hamilton, based on the life of Alexander Hamilton, a conversation between Eliza Schuyler and her sister Angelica discuss the impending revolution. When Eliza expresses her concern about the violence of war, Angelica responds with how new ideas will rise from it. Conflicts create change, and a country that is just getting its start while in the midst of a war is sure to garner some interesting changes socially. Though the colonist carried some beliefs into this new…

1) Daniel Dulaney first outlines that that all British subject have a right to representation, if they are being taxed. He also discusses that the British government believes that the colonists have virtual representation. He states that if the representation is virtual it does not exist at all. After establishing this foundation for his argument, he asks “[w]hether the commons of Great Britain are virtually the representatives the commons of America or not.” This is the question he argues…

In the start of the book, researcher John Ralston Saul uncovers 3 setting up myths. Saul fights that the notable "peace, demand, and incredible government" that to the extent anybody knows describes Canada is a contorting of the country's genuine nature. Every last document before the BNA Act, he points out, used the articulation "peace, welfare, and incredible government," demonstrating that the flourishing of its citizenry was focal. He moreover fights that Canada is a Métis nation,…

The Panama Canal is an international waterway that links together Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. The concept of a canal through such mountainous views was thought of back in the 1500s, the canal would serve as a potential shortcut.The Panama Canal links over 160 countries worldwide. Ultimately, the Panama Canal was built to decrease the distance ships would have to take to pass between the Atlantic and Pacific ocean. The 50-mile-stretch was built for an easy mode of transportation for shipping…

even a glint in RZA’s eye; The United States were neither united nor were they states. They were simply 13 colonies that wanted nothing to do with each other. The only thing they really had in common was location and a distaste for the acts of the British. These acts, the Stamp Act, The Quartering Act and The Quebec Act to name a few, were inhibiting the success of the…

was admitted to the bar in 1767. Two years later, in 1769, he was elected to the state of Virginia in the House of Representatives. Thomas Jefferson was one of the leaders in the independence movement against the British. In his 1774 essay published 'A Summary View of the Rights of British America' he spoke up for independence of the Americans. He argued that the first settlers were independent and free individuals and not emissaries of the English Crown and that they now have the right to…

The amistad movie is a movie about a ship with African slaves. Slaves were sold into Cuba to the U.S., Cinque, an African leader, leads all the other slaves and takes over the ship. The author is called Steven Spielberg. He is a very famous Hollywood author and director. The main characters are John Quincy Adams, Joseph Cinque, Martin Van Buren, Queen Isabella II of Spain and Roger Baldwin. John Quincy Adams was the ex president on that time. He was the 6th president of the United States. He…

The root causes for the American Revolution was when Great Britain started to place Acts such as the Sugar Act of 1764, The Revenue Act of 1764, and the Stamp Act of 1765 to enforce higher taxes and/or fines to make the colonists help pay for the own debt due to the Seven Years’ War. The Sugar Act of 1764 was to lower taxes on molasses imported in North America from the French West Indies. On the other hand it was established to end widespread of smuggling by the colonial merchant but due to…