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    Zara S. Steiner and Keith Neilson. Britain and the Origins of the First World War. Second Edition. First published 2003 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York. 341 pages. Hardcover, $65.33, ISBN 0-333-73466-I. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Britain, What Will You Do? After reading thoroughly, readers may find it is a well-made and thoroughly thought out book. This text clarifies Britain’s feelings about going into what would

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    The industrial revolution started with Britain. In Britain manufacturing was mainly done in homes using basic tools, and machines. Since Britain had the main sources, it was politically stable, and it was leading the colonial power, which meant that it could serve as a source for raw material, and as a marketplace for manufacturing goods. As the demand for British goods increased, people needed efficient and fast methods of production. This lead to the rise of technology, and factories. Soon other

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    Were the colonists’ rights really violated enough to justify a revolt against Britain? Colonists came to America for a new beginning and more freedoms. When they revolted they stopped receiving British imports protection, and we had created the Magna Carta to give them government rights. There was absolutely no reason for the colonists to revolt against Britain. After the Colonies revolted, Colonists’ lost British protection and imports. In the History Alive! Textbook, it states, “The Continental

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    to revolt against Great Britain, but some of the more major causes of the American revolution were ‘ the banning of arms ’, the very unpopular Stamp Act, the Declaratory Act, and the Boston Tea & Port Acts. Another unpopular Act enforced on the colonies, by His Majesty of Great Britain, was the now-famous Stamp Act. The Stamp Act was a set of laws created by the King and parliament, saying that the American colonists had to pay more taxes than the people in Great Britain were paying, as a way to

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    history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States”(The Declaration of Independence). The American Colonies wanted to break away from Britain and they did this by using a waging war. The colonists thought of the King of Britain as an unfit ruler who made poor decisions. Many of the colonists wanted to break away from the King of Britain because they believed the King and

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    Britain and Spain shared similar motivations for colonization, but their colonies were vastly different in many aspects due to differences in their own government and policies. Both countries created colonies to increase their wealth and expand their economies, but religious freedom played a factor in British colonization. The fundamental differences between the two countries led to a difference in the way the colonies of each country interacted with its government. The relationship of British and

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    crucifixion, drowning, beating to death, burning alive, and impalement. Following what Hammurabi had already established the leader of Britain Henry VIII carried on; he adds the form of beheading individuals. By the 1700s, Britain was making all types of crimes punishable under death penalty laws. Which was increasing the number of deaths daily throughout Britain, however, many juries would not convict the person who committed the crime if they felt it was not that serious. This made changes that

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    During 1714 George Lockhart memoirs were published which blamed over 30 Scottish people of accepting bribes from Queen Anne during the Union Treaty negotiations between both England and Scotland in 1706. Robert Burns then later immortalised these events in his poem “such a parcel of rogues in a nation” which claimed that Scotland had been “bought and sold for English gold”. This outtake has persisted so much that it was used for the subject of Christopher Whitley’s seminal work during 1994. This

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    Inequalities Of Health In Britain Today In Britain today, inequalities of health are common among many different groups of people. Recent comparisons have shown that Britain is in the middle of comparable Western countries in relation to inequalities of health. Class has a huge influence on health. There is a large gap in how healthy those in lower class groups are compared to those in higher class groups, and many people believe that this gap is widening. For

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    As a travel writer and photographer, technology has helped me greatly in the past ten years. The main way it has changed my life is by making it totally portable, both in terms of equipment and in terms of location. Ten years ago I had a desktop computer and even had an early Blackberry smartphone. But I was still tethered to my desktop in terms of really being able to work and access my data and content. Portability Ten years ago I was able to answer email from my Blackberry, but now I can

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