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    The Ways the British Government Attempted to Hide the Effects of the Blitz from the People For the British civilians bearing the home front of the Blitz was both a frightening and surreal experience. In Britain, most people expect to be told the truth, and newspapers and radios are allowed to speak the facts. However once the country was at war it all changed, and the British people had to accept that the Government who took control of the media was for the good of the

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    opposing viewpoints. The root of discrimination comes from the division between us and them which was the main cause of discrimination in the Merchant of Venice 4 Similarly, in the eighteen hundreds when Britain started to colonize India, India was still behind on the modernization, and Britain felt the urge to obey the White Man's burden and try to civilize

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    Even though Britain would have been less advanced, positive changes occurred after the roman invasion because it caused improvements in culture and religion and it caused improvements in language and writing. The Briton’s before the Romans were people who lived simply. In the first century of BC, the Celts ruled Britain. Britain was barely populated with less than a million people in 1400 BC. The Beaker people who originated from Spain brought metalworking skills.The Beakers made gold, copper

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    children. In his speech he proposed resolutions to prepare the Virginia Colony for war and gave the speech to support those resolutions. His reasons for the speech were to convince the colonist, to try and maintain peace, to persuade war against Britain, and to show that he would be a good president. Patrick Henry’s speech was very effective regarding the Virginia Convention using ethos, pathos, and logos. Patrick Henry uses a loud, respectful tone to show that he was serious using ethos. He

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    Blitz” would try to cripple London into submission. The Battle of Britain would take place during the time of these raids. London would be bombed countless times by the Nazi’s hoping for a surrender. London fearing of invasion by the Nazi’s would move a great deal of artwork and, children out of the city's museums and to other locations for protection. London would preserve and defeat the Nazi’s proving they could never invade Britain. London would rebuild from the ruins. Architects and planners saw

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    resilience will become a favorable trait to exhibit in this psychological war. Churchill had to change this negative view of him. Before Great Britain became an active player in World War II, the newly appointed Prime Minister had to turn the public opinion to his favor. Churchill knowingly lunged into this unfortunate period of time and the rest of Great Britain had all eyes on him to see what he would do. On May 13, 1940, Churchill delivered his famously eloquent I have nothing to offer but blood,

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    Distinguishing Profound Religious Poems: British Literature Britain is a small island north of Europe and during the early centuries it was part of the Roman Empire. However, the Germanic invaders known as Anglos and Saxons started conquering the southeastern lands of Britain. Consequently, during the early Middle Ages works of British literature were starting to be published. As such literature represents one way to learn about the culture of Britain. For Example, Beowulf and “The Dream of the Rood” describes

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    Iron Age Celts of the 1st Century Homes: Brythonic Celts is the name given to the Celts who occupied Britain during the Iron Age, and they were a people fragmented and separated into several different tribes all across Britain. Each Tribe had its own king that lead and governed them, as opposed to being one, single united body. Tribes of Celts would often protect themselves in cases of battle against enemies in something known as a Hill Fort, which was, of course, situated on top of a hill - they

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    were the Iceni, Trinovantes 'and others' (Boudicca Against Rome by Ian Andrews 23). Boudicca 'gathered together an army of about 120,000 men' (The Romans discover Britain 9.26). Catus Decianus was unaware of all this even though it was happening right in front of him. When Suetonius, the new governor of Britain, was attacking Mona, Boudicca thought it was a perfect opportunity to start the rebellion because Suetonius was out of the way. In 61 AD the rebellion started

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    Queen Boudicca Failure

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    on the island of Britain who led her people to a revolution against the Roman empire’s occupation of the country around 60 AD. Although her revolution ultimately failed, Queen Boudicca was the greatest resistance fighter in European history because she proved women could effectively fight with and lead men at a time when women carried no respect, she joined together many tribes of people to achieve a result, and she ended up posing a significant threat to Roman control over Britain. Queen Boudicca

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