Ethel Wales

More than one hundred and fifty years following the first settlement in Jamestown, a total of thirteen colonies had emerged, each with successful economic and political societies. While these colonies had each established their own forms of local government, they remained loyal to the British Empire, and considered themselves to be British subjects. It wasn’t until the culmination of the Seven Year’s War in 1763, that loyalty to the British Empire among the colonists started to diminish, which ultimately

People in positions of power influence society by making them believe what they are their saying because they are seen as a bigger influence than the other people who aren’t in position of power. In the two passages, the two authors are in a higher position than everyone else, such as, in the speech, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” the person telling the speech, John Edwards was the priest of the church. In the speech, “Speech to the Virginia Convention” the person speaking was Patrick Henry

M1 – Explain in detail the responsibilities of the different levels of government in the UK The central government is responsible for the health and safety of people, they provide health and safety by maintaining and improving the quality of the environment. The government also has the power to make laws for the entire country, in contrast with local governments. However, the Prime Minister (David Cameron) is head of the UK government so he’s responsible for all of the policy and decisions he

Prior to 1776 in the newly colonized Americas, numerous European countries were working to build up civilizations and expand their empires. The relationship between these colonies and Britain may be seen as a good and bad one depending on one’s perspective. However, this relationship was overall a good one and Charles Inglis’ The True Interest of America Impartially Stated supports this. The reason this relationship between the colonies and Britain was a good one was because it strengthened relations

Since 1970 Scotland has held two referendums which have each time given them a little more independence and/or power. On September 18th 2014 they had a third hoping this time to break away from Great Britain and become its own country. Anyone who is a Scottish citizen living in Scotland 16 and older could vote to make Scotland a free country. Originally Scotland had a very weak economy around 20 years ago but it has slowly strengthened every year since then. This has made people who are anti-independence

THOMAS HUNTER COOK ‘HUNTER’ KERR was born in Ayr on the 7th of February 1899. His family lived at the Goods Station Home on Green Street Lane. Following the deaths of his father in 1904 and moth-er in 1908, Hunter – as he came to be called – and his elder brother, Jock, travelled to Australia to live with their relatives there. At the end of 1908, Hunter and Jock boarded the steamship Runic in Liverpool and departed on the 19th of December. At the time, Hunter was nine and his brother 16. After

Patrick Henry was a man whom was a great man. He convinces us to fight the British. He uses rhetorical devices such as Ethos, Pathos, and Logos. Patrick Henry was known as "The Orator of Liberty". He was a American colonist, and he wrote speeches to inform the British colonies about war. Henry did not like how the British was treating us. Britain wanted to go to for no reason at all. They just wanted to take over us. Henry convinced us to fight them back with all we had, and so we did. But we won

Patrick Henry's Essay In the speech of the Virginia convention, Patrick Henry convinces colonists to fight Britain through the use of several main rhetorical devices: Pathos, Diction, Allusion, and Rhetorical Questions. Patrick Henry, a Virginia militia Colonel, with his militia troops faced down Lord Dunmore, forcing the British Government in the famous "Gunpowder Affair" to return the large quantity of gunpowder which had been set aside for the Virginia militia by the colonial legislature. Patrick

Patrick Henry’s used many persuasive techniques to make people question their ideas, want to fight for what they have, and to give him and all those colonists of america liberty against Britain. One of the persuasive devices used to persuade those in the convention room to take action was rhetorical questions. An example of this is, “Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation?” He uses this to show that peace could not be made with Britain by word of mouth, and stresses

In support of arming the Virginia militia to fight the British, leading advocate of American independence, Patrick Henry argues that his countrymen have to declare war against the British. To strengthen both the logic and persuasiveness, Patrick Henry deftly employs rhetorical questions, parallelism, and powerful diction. Henry makes subtle yet effective use of rhetorical questioning to persuade his audience that war is the path that leads to freedom. He asks the audience to wonder if they are