History of the British Islands The study of the British Islands helps us to understand the foundations on which our society is built on. The present life of the British Islands is the result of the accumulated past; and if we understand the past‚ we can understand ourselves and also determinate our future. The History and Culture of England helps us to answer questions that ask for the remains of the past‚ such us: Who built a dolmen? Who built a hill-fort? What was a castle? Etc. Therefore
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any court of law within the British colonies and plantations in America‚ a stamp duty of three pence.” (British‚ parliament). The Stamp Act was created and enforced upon the colonies by the British Parliament on March 22‚ 1765. After fighting in the North America’s alongside the Colonists and in various other locations globally‚ the British racked up a healthy sum of debt‚ around 177 million pounds (“Tax history Project”). In an effort to pay off such debt‚ the British parliament issued various acts
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British Cinema History Emergent British Cinema 1880-1900 Modern cinema is generally regarded as descending from the work of the French Lumière brothers in 1892‚ and their show first came to London in 1896. However‚ the first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park in 1889 by William Friese Greene‚ a British inventor‚ who patented the process in 1890. The film is the first known instance of a projected moving image. At the end of the 19th America had started to experiment
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revolution depended on the overseas trade. During the industrial revolution‚some of the major developing industries ‚like textiles and coal‚grew even more by selling their products abroad. The technological innovations of the late 18th century made the British goods cheaper‚ ’ ’attracting ’ ’ export markets‚and soon Britain became the new commercial capital and the ’ ’international industry ’ ’ of Europe because of its exports. However‚ it seems that this flourishing of trade did not contribute substantially
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Company History: British Airways PLC is the largest international airline in the world. It is based at Heathrow Airport in London‚ the busiest international airport in the world‚ and has a global flight network through such partners as USAir in the United States‚ Qantas in Australia‚ and TAT European Airlines in France. Via its own operations and those of its alliance partners‚ British Airways serves 95 million passengers a year using 441 airports in 86 countries and more than 1‚000 planes. British
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History of British Newspapers Britain’s press can trace its history back more than 300 years‚ to the time of William of Orange. Berrow’s Worcester Journal‚ which started life as the Worcester Postman in 1690 and was published regularly from 1709‚ is believed to be the oldest surviving English newspaper. William Caxton had introduced the first English printing press in 1476 and‚ by the early 16th century‚ the first ’news papers’ were seen in Britain. They were‚ however‚ slow to evolve‚ with the
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British empire did all developments for his interests only.This was a time when world was moving towards industrialization‚they crushed the Indian rural economy and forcefully developed a market for British products.The wealthy power of UK Pound is stands on the looted Indian wealth. They divided India in seven parts and left a wound named Pakistan in body of India.Actually they benefited from India. Advances in transportation. India benefited as it made roads‚ tunnels railways‚ ship yards and
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Václav Sláma Colin Steele Clark‚ M.A. Introduction to British history 6th January 2012 The reign and religious changes of Henry VIII.‚ Mary I. and Elizabeth I. Up until the 16th century‚ belief in God wasn’t such a problematic issue as it was after. Most of Europe was Roman Catholic and the Pope was the head of Catholic („universal“) church. But in 1517‚ all of that began to change. A German monk by the name of Martin Luther started a great movement‚ that eventually led to events‚ such as
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British History In A Nutshell Britain: situated near the continent; coast easily accessible; fertile coun-try; temperate climate; mineral resources -> several invasions about 800 BC Celts (related to the Celts in Gaul) 55 " 54 BC Julius Caesar landed twice; wanted to frighten them 43 AD Roman conquest began -> peace and order until about 410; roads‚ walls (e.g. Hadrian’s Wall 123)‚ forts‚ cities (place names ending in "chester")‚ baths‚ theatres‚ ... 410 " 430 withdrawal of legions; Angles‚ Saxons
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The British Empire was the largest the world had known. It was said “the sun never sets on the British Empire‚” as it was so large it covered all time zones. Britain had a small population and army so governing was done by inflicting a devastating military defeat on the conquered nation. The defeat was so great that would be no future resistance. It had the desired effect of scaring the locals into doing anything they could to maintain Britain’s favor. This kept the peace. Part of this would
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