create the largest and most powerful on the globe. Napoleon and Alexander the Great had two of the most controlling empires ever created‚ and Great Britain’s in the early 1800’s was another of the best. During this time‚ many empires started expanding to make greater and more commanding kingdoms. Great Britain greatly grew in the 19th century. India‚ Asia and parts of Africa joined with them to help expand their territory. Britain used an imperialistic government‚ which was made to take over other areas
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Great Britain Household Worker Trips up Britain’s Immigration Minister By: JENNY ANDERSON The British immigration minister has resigned after revealing that his house cleaner of six years was living in the country illegally. A man name Mr. Harper‚ who had been leading a restriction on illegal immigration in Britain‚ was an important part of a “go home” campaign. Immigration is the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country. Immigration is an increasingly fractious issue in
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Why were the major cities of Britain bombed by the Germans in 1940-41? There were many reasons why the major cities of Britain were bombed by the Germans in 1940-41. The main reason was‚ on the night of August 24th 1940‚ a German bomber accidentally dropped a bomb on London. The British were furious at this. In revenge Britain attacked Germanys capital city‚ Berlin‚ for four days! This outraged Hitler‚ as he boasted to many of his people that Germanys capital city would never get bombed. The difference
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The Battle of Britain: a Turning Point in WWII A substantial turning point in World War II‚ the Battle of Britain encompassed a German aerial attack on England. An Allied victory‚ this battle marked the first successful attempt at European resistance against Nazi Germany. The German air force was defeated and with the United States entering the war‚ an allied victory became tangible. Through reviewing key aspects of the pre-battle era‚ the battle itself‚ and the aftermath of the battle‚ its role
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As a result of France’s swift defeat in World War Two‚ Britain was alone in the war from the 22nd June 1940 until June 1941‚ when Germany invaded Russia at the start of Operation Barbarossa. Whilst alone‚ the months from July to September 1940 were seen as the climax of British military resistance; the Battle of Britain. Had the Royal Air Force not been able to stave off the Luftwaffe’s attacks‚ the consequences could have been severe‚ not just because of the likely Nazi invasion with Operation Sealion
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Early inhabitants of Britain: The Celts: A series of invasions began about the year 1000 B.C. And continued until the opening of the Christian era. The Celts invaded Britain and dominated the native peoples‚ merging with then but firmly establishing their own language and civilization. They brought to Britain a renewed interest in agriculture together with the age of iron. The last Celtic invaders were the tribes of the Belgae‚ who settled in south-eastern Britain. Their advanced agriculture‚
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SCC UK Summary Tentamen 1 Chapter 1 Great Britain and Ireland Why is Great Britain called “Great” Britain? They put the word “Great” in front of Britain to distinguish it from a smaller area in France called “Brittany” •Geographically➔ Lying off the north-west coast of Europe there are two large islands and hundred of smaller ones. Largest one➔ Great Britain. Second large one➔ Ireland. No name for the both of them together. •Politically➔ Two states‚ one of them governs Ireland and the
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In this assignment task i will evaluate a the visit Britain campaign‚ i will talk about the advantages and disadvantages of the campaign and evaluate if the campaign was worth it. The visit Britain campaign was designed to promote Great Britain abroad in this campaign it consisted of many great things you can do whilst in Great Britain. This is a multimillion pound campaign which the government have decided to invest in order to boost up the UK economy. In the TV advertisement‚ it showed alot
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shaping their identity we see today. For this statement I´m starting off with just looking at Australia‚ and further on I will bring in some other countries so we can compare them together to either see the statement true or wrong. The Aboriginals is a great part of Australian history‚ but do people all over the world really know they lived in Australia before the British came? Are they apart of Australia’s identity today? Only one-way to find out‚ research‚ and that is what I´m going to do. To take a
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there skeletons‚ their weapons. The Iberians used stone weapons and tools. During the period from the 6th to the 3rd century BC‚ a people called Celts‚ spread across Europe from the East to the West. During the iron age the Celtic tribes invaded Britain. Celtic tribes called the Picts and the Scots inhabited the north of the country. The Britons a powerful Celtic tribe held most of the country and gave the name to the islands and to the country later. The Iberians were weak to fight back the attacks
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