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    going to war with Great Britain and finally gain our independence. Within the room, I felt the passion of the people as Patrick Henry read his speech, but I also felt the anger of the ones who disagreed with the speech. As the speech was being read, I looked around and saw all the people in the room staring at Patrick Henry and witnessed the expressions upon people’s faces. I felt the speech move and persuade me to choose whether I think we should go to war with Great Britain. At the end of…

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    GREAT BRITAIN 1851-Recently there has been an exhibition in London to showcase many different technologies, artistries and new gadgets. All the workers were happy to come see their great establishments while paying really cheap train ticket to get there. Trains were invented after the great invention of steam power by James Watt. Steam power has brought different types of transportation for citizens such as trains, steamboats etc. Steam powered engines are inexpensive and have…

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    couldn’t do it because of the population growth resulted in more people from the countryside being freed up to work for wages in the new cities and eventually increased demand for products such as clothing. Coal and Iron deposits were plentiful in Great Britain and proved essential to the development of all new machines made of iron or steel and powered by coal such as the steam powered machinery in textile factories, and the locomotive. World Trade gradually increased in the centuries before…

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    William stepped onto the floor. He paused at a bulletin board to read Christian-themed literature, and dates for upcoming Christian Coalition meetings and events. He turned and walked down a hallway lined with whitewashed doors to a single room at the end of the hall. He knocked softly. While he waited, he read from a whiteboard on the door. The whiteboard was headed Resident Assistant, Mary Malfronte - Floor Rules. At the bottom of the list of rules, Mary had written in neat block lettering -…

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    Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. led the charge of civil rights despite disagreeing with the basic factors of method and intention. Malcolm X’s famous speech The Ballot or The Bullet remains integral to his methods for attaining his goals. King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail communicates his intentions as well as his celebrated methods of civil disobedience. Malcolm X and King often critiqued the other in their work either in speeches or in writing; in his speech, Malcolm X calls attention to…

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    Hierarchy In Britain

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    society within other societies (9). They sought to use hierarchy to create a sense of belonging and importance within those they took over. Doing so allowed them greater political control, even if through the local elite. This occurred because Britain saw their new colonies as either being “backwards,” but they wanted to encourage the feelings of a “traditional and organic” order to continue to be their new colonies’ status quo (12). However, imposed hierarchy and Britain’s sole…

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    1.The documentary differs from the textbook in the sense that is provides more information about the personal aspect of his life and the flaws that James II made during his reign as the king of England. Also, it gives us an in-depth understanding of what actually lead to the downfall of James II and caused the ‘Glorious revolution’. Dutch conquest of England in year 1688 had profound implications not just England but the entire world. William of Orange who conquered England in 1688 brought in a…

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    then there was Great Britain which was the mother country. There was a debate between Great Britain and the thirteen colonies on whether or not Great Britain's Parliament could make laws for the thirteen colonies. Great Britain believes without any further questions that they should be able to do so. The thirteen colonies know that they belong to Great Britain. They weren't really trying to make such a dispute out of the whole situation. "We all think ourselves happy under Great Britain".…

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    also provided them with education. Since the bulk of the child population of Britain worked in factories and mines, over time Britain became more educated and an environment which encouraged innovation and involvement in the country’s industrialization was created. The fruits of this enlightenment…

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    Japan and Great Britain are both island nations with limited natural resources. As a result, Japan and Great Britain both had to use imperialism to grow their industries at home. For example, William Beasley, Japanese Imperialism, 1987 states that "[t]o some Japanese, the most important national security objective was the unselfish one – to establish a special relationship with China, strengthening the region to allow it to turn back the tide of western imperialism." (Document 8) Although Japan…

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