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    Early British North American colonies Jamestown‚ Virginia was founded in 1609 by the Plymouth group. Their goals were to create a town that had livestock‚ crops‚ homes & land for the settlers. At first there was death from the diseases‚ then when their immune systems built up there become order‚ governed by Sir Thomas Gates and Sir Thomas Dale. They organized workers‚ disciplined and sentenced offenders‚ and gave incentives to workers like ownership of land in trade for work for the company

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    Is China a Neo-mercantilist nation? Definition: neo-mecantilism Neo-mercantilism is a policy regime that encourages exports‚ discourages imports‚ controls capital movement‚ and centralizes currency decisions in the hands of a central government. The objective of neo-mercantilist policies is to increase the level of foreign reserves held by the government‚ allowing more effective monetary policy and fiscal policy. This is generally believe to come at the cost of lower standards of living than an

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    The 20th century of Tyne and Wear region was the time period of gold. It was famous because of the coal making‚ shipbuilding‚ and iron industry. Those heavy industries brought a fast economic growth and urbanization. The boom period of the 1950s saw unemployment levels as low as three percent (Robinson‚ 1988). However‚ this golden period came to an end due to the globalization‚ cheaper imports of oil and competition from foreign companies. Between 1950 and 1970 over one hundred coal mines were closed

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    Canadian economy benefited from the U.S economy‚ U.S needed Canada’s natural resources. In 1913‚ Canadian newspaper printmaking was less than 20% of U.S. production‚ but by 1925 it had beaten the last. By 1939‚ it was 3.5 times as large. Newsprint production‚ which was less than 300‚000 tons in 1913‚ it reached more than 3‚600‚000 tons by 1937. Most of Canada’s economy benefited from the trade especially from the U.S and Canadians wanted the trade

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    people‚ and power or rule‚ so democracy basically means the rule of the people. Democracy originates from Ancient Athens‚ that’s where people would get together to discuss their opinions and concerns with each other and the rulers. Before a new law was passed out they would vote on it‚ but not all the people were allowed to vote. If you’re a women‚ child‚ slave or didn’t own land you were not allowed to vote‚ we call that a flood

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    Trade was the most important factor in the growth of the British Empire. Do you agree? One of the main factors of the growth of the British Empire is trade. The other main factors are: rivalries with other European countries‚ the spread of Christianity and the desire to colonise. All of these factors are important‚ but I think that the main one is trade. Trade earned a lot of money‚ and the East India Company had a lot to do with this. Some of the money which was made from

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    states on Malay Peninsula and Singapore was named as British Malaya which was British’s territories. During occupation of British in British Malaya‚ British government placed all the states under 3 different administrative system‚ which is Straits Settlement‚ the Federated Malay States and Un-federated Malay States. Strait Settlement been founded in 1826 when after British secured Singapore from Dutch through a treaty called “Anglo-Dutch Treaty 1824”. British unified Singapore‚ Penang and Melaka

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    States History Essay “Geography was the primary factor in shaping the development of the British colonies in North America.” I agree with this statement because geography did play an important role in the making of the British colonies. In all areas‚ the geography influenced the way people lived‚ what they ate‚ the types of homes they lived in‚ the jobs they held and the farming conditions for the better‚ and in some areas‚ for the worse. The New England colonies‚ consisting of Maine‚ New Hampshire

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    The purpose of this project is explore how information systems helps organisations to make decisions at different levels to achieve set objectives and strategic advantages over competitors .The team carried out research and debate on various companies‚ and agreed to focus on British Airways. Through literature we found out‚ that BA is amongst the busiest premium international airlines worldwide‚ BA operates mainly from Heathrow‚ London city and Gatwick airports and flies over 35million people to

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    were thirteen original colonies in the North American region. The first English colonies settled off the coast of the Atlantic and started expanding west. The colonies have been placed into three regions the New England colonies‚ Middle colonies‚ and the Southern colonies. New England colonies consisted of (New Hampshire‚ Rode Island‚ Connecticut‚ and Massachusetts). The Middle colonies consisted of (New York‚ Pennsylvania‚ New Jersey‚ and Delaware). The Southern colonies consisted of (The Carolinas

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