... mile wide, which they christened Fort St. George (later Madras). In 1661 they picked up another site when, for a paltry annual rent of 10, King Charles II handed over a barren island called Bombay, which had been part of his dowry from Catherine of Braganza. A generation later, after some skirmishes, the company gained permission to set up shop in a stinking mudflat in ... and Orientalism, that would compete for preeminence throughout the raj. The company was in control of much of India; now it had to decide whether to treat the place as treasure chest, military base, branch office or i...

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... allegiance was to be a significant contributing factor to the divisions that caused the civil war. The second major issue in the Treaty that caused divisions was the partition of the island into North and South with the north-eastern six counties remaining part of the United Kingdom. In the eyes of the British government partition had already been established in the ... ...

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... finally dispatched troops to the American mainland. A longtime supporter of the American cause, Lafayette persuaded King Louis XVI to send General Comte de Rochambeau and 5,500 men to Newport, Rhode Island. There, they threatened the British forces holding New York City (Henretta 173) this proved to be a great distraction to the British government. Meanwhile General George Washington put General Nathanael Greene ... ...

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... in each book, but the opposite use of the analogy gives it a philosophical depth on two different levels. Paine's analogy says that if a group of people are left on an island, the emergence of a law making institution representing them will soon emerge to regulate their issues. Otis on the other hand takes it to the other extreme by saying that a man ... ...

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... Army (PIRA) has been a thorn in the sides of the British for many years. Since 1972, England has had to worry about the PIRA extending it tactics to the main island of Great Britain more extensively. Great Britain has a long history of conflict with the IRA. The IRA was originally created in 1916 by Michael Collins from the remains of rebel ... ...

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... the legislatures because they represented the hovering transatlantic authority of England. Proprietors administrating Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania chose the governors there. Lastly, governors were elected democratically in Connecticut and Rhode Island because they were allowed to govern themselves. By this time, two-house legislative bodies were being used by almost every colony. The lower house was elected by voters and the ... ...

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