13 RELIGION The vast majority of people in Britain do not regularly attend religious services. Most people’s everyday language is no longer enriched by their knowledge of the Bible and the English Book of Common Prayer. It is significant that the most well-loved English translation of the Bible‚ known as the King James Bible‚ was written in the early seventeenth century and that no later translation has achieved similar status. Most people in Britain cannot strictly be described as religious. However
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Britain between the wars In 1929‚ the Wall Street Crash plunged the USA into economic depression. The Americans stopped imports of goods. This created a depression across the rest of the world. Unemployment in Britain‚ especially in industries like coal‚ iron‚ steel‚ shipbuilding. These industries had not modernized after the war and had been badly affected by competition from other countries. It left a terrible effect on the British economy. When the war ended‚ they found that other countries had
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services. In 1994‚ more than $100 billion was spent on long-term care in the US in 1994‚ 72% of which went to nursing home care (Binstock‚ Cluff‚ & Mering‚ 1996). It was not until recently‚ however‚ that long-term care of the elderly received attention from the government and the health care sector. Throughout most of American history‚ the long term care of the elderly has been considered a responsibility of family households‚ especially a daughter of the person‚ rather than the society and its health
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accurate is it to describe relations between the Mother Country and the American Colonies as peaceful and harmonious in the years 1740-63? During the years of 1740-63 the relations between Britain and the American colonies was to some extent mainly peaceful and harmonious. The economic growth gained by Britain as a result of trading and becoming a supplier changed the way the colonists perceived the British as now they were actually helping them. Even though the British never planned to treat the
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The first train was invented by a man called George Stephenson. This was important to the industrial revolution. Steam locomotives were first developed in Britain and dominated railway transportation until the middle of the 20th century. One impact of the railway was the speed of travel which was greatly improved by railways. For example until the advent of the railways‚ no one had travelled faster than a horse can manage at full gallop and within a few short years of the first major line opening
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people questioned whether dictatorship was a good idea. 2. “All nations should be free from the power of other nations.” 3. Keeping colonies had a high cost. It wasn’t worth it. 4. Colonized people pressed harder for freedom. Ex: British-held India II. A Movement Toward Independence A. The Indian’s strive to freedom intensifies. 1. British had power over India for 2 centuries. 2. Britain drafted Indians into WWII in 1939 without the consent of the the colony’s representatives
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I- Author As we study the book of Haggai‚ We discover that Haggai was a minor prophet in the Bible according to the Bible whose name means “festive or festival of the LORD”‚ was the first post –exile prophet. About 50‚000 Jews had come back from Babylon after 70 years of captivity. The task before this people was (of the temple‚ and the reviving) the rebuilding of the wall and city of Jerusalem‚ the restoration of the temple‚ and reviving of its religious activities. He is called “Jehovah’s
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Imperialism of Britain and the United States: Empire by Obligation When one hears the term imperialism‚ the first thing that usually comes to mind is the vast British Empire‚ expanding all around the world‚ spreading culture‚ beliefs and ideas. Or perhaps the United States of America‚ plunging ever deeper into the vast continent‚ opening up land for settlement by its people. England is known for its military involvement in the countries it colonized; openly using military force on all those
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Before America became an independent country we lived under the rule of Britain. Britain was not always as bad as the colonists made it seem. Britain did things like not make the colonists pay taxes during the french and Indian War. It was not till after the war when Britain was in debt and started making the colonists pay taxes that there was a problem. This was the initial start of the American Revolution. After the revolution America became independent and started writing government documents
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Not to Be Dispirited In many ways it appears that the Constitution of the United States was meant to abnegate the spirit of the Declaration of Independence. However‚ if one follows the history of our nation’s founding from the first colony to the ratification of the Constitution it is possible to see that the new form of government prescribed therein serves to protect the human rights that were proclaimed as the rights of all men in the Declaration. Recognizing permits a view of the Constitution
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