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the Fox-North coalition out of power. Pitt also had many successes financially, never having trouble in passing his budgets between 1783 and 1993. So how did Pitt manage to gain such a stronghold on British Politics in this key decade of British history? Even though by this decade the

and his party. As Pitt had proved during his years in office, he was an astute, clever character. He had brought political and economic stability to the country and also resolved the India issue which no other ministry (including the Fox-North) had been able to achieve. After the edict of Fraternty was issued in 1792, Pitt recognised the true threat posed by the French Revolution on Britain and set about with aims to surpress radicalism and maintain peace and order within

Eric Hagadorn Ruth Martin British Literature 8/1/2017 The Last Kingdom book review The Last Kingdom is the first of nine novels in Cornwell’s Saxon Stories, which centre on the life of the fictional narrator Uhtred, this book is about Uhtred's origin story. Uhtred is a Northumbrian Saxon nobleman’s son from Bebbanburg, Bamburgh Castle who was orphaned as a child, he was captured and raised by the Danish warlord who killed his father. Bernard Cornwell is also famous for his The Grail Quest and Richard

another, and share many differences as well. What all three stories have in common are they’re in the 1800’s in the southern part of the United States where slavery is still legal. The main characters in each story, Solomon from “12 Years a Slave”, Frederick Douglass from The Narrative, and Uncle Tom from Uncle Tom’s Cabin, had nice master that treated them with respect; they each had an experience with another master that acquired a “very high reputation for breaking … slaves … [,] a ‘nigger-breaker’

When Frederick Douglass published his book, many read it and had their own ideas from the themes he referred to. One thing that was related to the theme of his book was how he said religious slaveholders were the cruelest to slaves. Religious slaveholders used the bible to prove that slavery was right. They quoted from the bible, Colossians 3:22, slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything you do. Try to please them all the time, not just when they are watching you. Serve them sincerely because

Another call went out across Europe for another Crusade. Emperor Frederick Barbarossa of Germany, King Phillip II of France, and King Richard I of England stepped forward. After much fighting, Richard the Lionheart and Saladin have created a peace treaty. According to this treaty, The Muslim Empire may keep control of Jerusalem but Christian pilgrims had the right to visit the city. The Crusaders also keep control of their lands north of Jaffa. After Pope Innocent III called for a new Crusade in 1198

individuals. Lords and vassals came up with feudalism; it was never a consistent structure. The lords would give land to their vassals in return for the vassals promise to fight. Most of the army had been foot soldiers until the Asians introduced the stirrup, and with that; knights were born and they used coats of mail and lances. This was costly and lengthy because the men had to train. Lords also had to give land to all of the vassal’s family, making land the most excellent gift a lord could grant

spoken out against slavery, could slavery have been abolished without war? It is possible, but it must be noted that the Civil War began in hopes of preserving the Union, not abolishing slavery. However, slavery was the biggest problem dividing the North and South. It is possible that had slavery ended before the Civil War, the other problems dividing the nation could have been worked out peacefully. Therefore, the church failed in fulfilling its "moral obligation" to society. This began long before

to invade the crusader states to make sure that they are still in control. As the European Lords invaded the Crusader states, the importance and roles of the knights increased rapidly. Post 4

Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2. Lord North- Also known as Frederick North, Lord North was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782. While he repealed the Townshend Acts, Lord North usually went along with King George III's repressive policies towards the colonies despite his personal opinion of considering them wrong. North led Great Britain through most of the American War of Independence but his leadership and actions contributed