... themselves, exploited their then still undeveloped resources, and enslaved the African people, thus furthering their own commercial interests and expanding their kingdoms. Even after the de-colonization of Africa, the boundaries of the newly born states drawn with no regard to tribal lands and the European and American companies that own the majority of Africa's most resourceful land, are reminders that ... the enlightenment that Kipling wished to be aggrandised to all primitive' nations. In other words: Progress in the means of railroads across continents, telegraph lines over deep sea...

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... to the Western democracies, which paid a heavy price for their victory in World War I. Although, the United States suffered comparatively minor financial losses, huge war debts threatened the economic and political stability of Great Britain and France. The United States emerged from World War I in better shape than its Allies did. No battles were fought on American soil, and because of ... money was owed. The action of the war had shattered Europe. Governments were almost bankrupt, and revolution threatened much of Eastern Europe. The old aristocratic political order was dead. A new Eu...

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... Parliament to speak up for their fellow people. This was known as 'Gerrymandering', the process by which constituency boundaries were redrawn to favour the Protestant population. The Unionists controlled the Catholic areas, this was a huge disadvantage to the Catholic people, they had no political power. Catholics were not given job opportunities, if a Protestant and a Catholic applied for the same job, no matter ... ...

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