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    Dudrova Julia‚ group 507 Essay The British Monarchy Today The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy. This means that it has a monarch as its Head of State. The monarch reigns with the support of Parliament. The powers of the monarch are not defined precisely. Everything today is done in the Queen’s name. It is her government‚ her armed forces‚ her low courts and so on. She appoints all the Ministers‚ including the Prime Minister. Everything is done however on the council of the elected

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    The British colonial government in Lagos did not have local support to abolish domestic slavery because it would upset and cause conflict with the individuals of power in Lagos. Rather‚ the British used a variety of terms to describe slavery‚ for example “[they] insisted that ‘domestic’ slavery in Africa was ‘benign’ or ‘mild’‚ and that slaves should be regarded as ‘servants‚’ ‘serfs’ or ‘family retainers‚’ rather than downtrodden beasts of burden.” The British feared that upsetting the regional

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    British Rule in India

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    India was one of the richest countries till the time of British rule in the early 17th Century . Britain developed India for its own benifit they build road for themself not for Indian people . on April 13‚ 1919 (which happened to be ’Baisakhi’ one of Punjab’s largest religious festivals) fifty British Indian Army soldiers‚ under the command of Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer‚ opened fire on an unarmed gathering of innocent men‚ women and children without any reason and killed nearly 4000 people

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    Although originally control rest into the hands of the British East India Company‚ the home government eventually took command themselves. Ultimately‚ controlling India’s economy benefitted Britain financially and India both politically and economically. However‚ foreign influence resulted in Britain taking control over India’s government‚ creating unrest between the British and the Indians. Once Britain extended their authority into India‚ the British took total control over the Indian government. By

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    From the 1600’s up until the early 1700’s‚ the British Colonies were in a state of salutary neglect. Thereafter‚ the British executed the Navigation Acts‚ though loosely enforced‚ they were created in order to regulate trade between the Colonies and the mother country. The relationship between Britain and it’s colonies was a civil one up until it was greatly reformed with the events of the French and Indian War. The war significantly affected the economic‚ political‚ and economic relationship between

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    A debate on the British monarchy Good evening‚ everybody. Today I am going to bring in the debate on should the British Monarchy be demolished or not. I will talk on both sides and would like everyone to pay attention so that you all can be part of this discussion. The British monarchy can be discussed in Britain as well and if it did have a vote the result outcome would be equal and would have a stronger and more interesting debate. In UK the power of the queen is not much as a head of state

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    Zach Ashworth March 22‚ 2013 Dr. Pavletich English 1302 The British Love Affair With Tea It has been said that the British people ruled an empire so vast that “the sun never set on the British flag.” The British Empire ruled land on every continent and until the late 20th century was the worlds leading superpower. This rise in power and dominance of the world was fueled and directed by the British Empires need to supply its people with a cheap source of tea. During the late 18th century

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    The British Monarchy has had a large influence on Canada since European exploration of the Americas began in the late 15th century. However‚ over the last few decades there has been increasing debates over the relevance of the British monarchy in modern day Canada. Over the past few decades there has been a shift from monarchy to constitutional monarchy; this means the the King and Queen no longer have executive power to do what they please‚ the power now falls to an elected parliament (Citation)

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    British Imperial Policies

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    British imperial policies‚ such as taxes and laws‚ had a large impact on the strength of colonial resistance against British rule and the colonists commitment to their republican because they believed these policies were unjust. This resistance and commitment eventually led to America’s decision in becoming independent. Colonial resistance against british rule was strengthened as british imperial policies were more strictly enforced proceeding the end of Salutary Neglect by Lord George Grenville

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    transportation for the travel. Document 2 How is British imperialism both positive and negative for India? The British were able to provide a politically peaceful and orders place. They helped them materially. The negative parts were that‚ the British/Europeans always took up the higher places in every department of government and they lived off the Indians work. Document 3 What benefits did India gain during British imperialism? British imperialism provided many benefits towards India one

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