11) Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, 2d Viscount. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth
Edition. 2001
..., 1769-1822, British statesman, b. Ireland. Entering the Irish Parliament in 1790 and the British Parliament in 1794, he was acting chief secretary for Ireland at...
12) 1935, Aug. 2. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...1935, Aug. 2 The GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ACT passed by the British parliament. Burma and Aden were separated from India. British India was divided into 11 provinces,...
13) Treaty with Great Britain. 1909-14. American Historical Documents,
1000-1904. The Harvard Classics
... [Less than five months after the surrender of Cornwallis, the British Parliament passed an act to enable the king to make peace till July 1783. In the end of November,...
14) Canada Act. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...also called the Constitutional Act of 1982, which made Canada a fully sovereign state. The British Parliament approved it on Mar. 25, 1982, and Queen Elizabeth II...
15) Boston Tea Party. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Boston Tea Party, 1773. In the contest between British Parliament and the American colonists before the Revolution, Parliament, when repealing the Townshend Acts,...
16) Aug. 24. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...Poland, arbitration, or conciliation. Poland agreed to conciliation by a third party. 1 The British parliament met in special session and voted the government practically...
17) Westminster, Statute of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Westminster, Statute of, 1931, in British imperial history, an act of the British Parliament that gave formal recognition to the autonomy of the dominions of the...
18) 16151. Devlin, Bernadette. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...NUMBER:16151 QUOTATION:Basically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I've allowed the people to sacrifice me at the top and...
19) 1716. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...the Shannon navigable by improving drainage. 1 1720, April 7 Declaratory Act established British Parliament's supremacy and made the English House of Lords rather...
20) M'Carthy, Justin. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...historian, politician, and novelist. After a long career in journalism, he entered the British Parliament in 1879, advocating home rule for Ireland. He was at first...
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