... Holidays: Birthday of Queen ELIZABETH II, celebrated on the second Saturday in June (1926) Significant Dates: November 14, 1991: Indictments Issued for Pan Am flight 103 The United Kingdom issued indictments against two Libyans for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in December 1989. February 7, 1991: Attack On No. 10 Downing St. During the morning of ... ) claimed the attack. February 14, 1989: Death Decree On Salman Rushdie Khomeini announced a death decree on _Satanic Verses_ author Salman Rushdie, an Indian national resident in the United Kingdom. March 19, 1988: Soldiers Murdered at F...

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... powerhouse was in danger of being out spent. The Reichstag found it nearly impossible for an effective leader to pass a bill for sufficient increase to their military spending. The United Kingdom had the biggest navy in the world; the German aim was to build a fleet that would be two thirds the size of the British navy. The threat of a British blockade ... with Germany's 29.  Although the naval race as such was abandoned by the Germans before the war broke out, it had been one of the chief factors in the United Kingdom joining the Triple Entente, and therefore important in the format...

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... he name many more benefits in less depth. In the reasons and benefits swift gives some well calculated figures that appear to be facts. The number of souls in the kingdom being usually reckoned one million and a half, of these I calculate there be about two hundred thousand couples whose wives are breeders; from which number I subtract thirty thousand couples who are ... able to maintain their own children, although I apprehend there cannot be so many under the present distress of the kingdom; but this being granted, there will remain an hundred and twenty thousand children of poor pare...

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... between the 1. Feudal king; 2. Feudal nobility; 3. Catholic Church; 4. Townspeople. In this arena the Feudal kings were limited in power and had to balance each of the power centers within their kingdom. The Kings gained the upper hand over their independent feudal lords, the independent walled towns, and the independent power of bishops, abbots, and the pope within their ... kingdom. Each absolute king looked to expand his power, both internally and externally. Kingdoms and provinces acquired fixed borders thus resulting in emergence of State System. Aggressive behavior by one king .....

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... Cape Colony and in the confluence of the Vaal and Orange rivers, thus making the British more and more interested in these regions. Hence, new conflicts arose between the United Kingdom and the two small Boer republics. In 1879 the British army attacked the Zulu reign and suffered a great disaster in Isandhlwana, but Zululand was eventually incorporated to Natal. The Boer ... . Right afterwards, as the British paid no heed to Kruger's demands, Transvasaal and the Orange Free State formed an alliance and in October 12, 1899 declared war against the United Kingdom. The Boer troops were suc...

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... ones. New laws that Britain makes will no longer affect Canada unless chosen to be a part of. As stated in the statute:" No Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom passed after the commencement of this Act shall extend or be deemed to extend." This is very important to Canada's independence because Canada can now decide for itself what ... ...

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... larger during the Victorian Era. More children survived infancy and Queen Victoria's multiple children inspired families to produce more, leading to a rapid population growth. Industrialism started to reach the United Kingdom at this time and changed the way many Europeans lived. There was a shift to more modern, urban economy, which meant less people owning land. More and more people were moving ... ...

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... during the same period) he remarked: "Though I am a Chingala [Sinhala-Sri Lankan] by blood I am a Portuguese in my ways and affections. This is the chief reason for losing my Kingdom, my treasures, the Queen my wife, my son, and all that I possessed." He later wrote "I have no confidence in my own people." (3) Paul E. Peiris, a noted historian and ... ...

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... should be a repeal of the Stamp Act and why it was unjust for colonists. The first reason being "inherent rights and liberties of his natural born subjects within the kingdom of Great Britain" meaning that the people of America shall be granted the same rights of those in the country ruling them. Another reason was that "no taxes ... ...

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... North America, but due to certain casualties Britain was forced to stop the privileged treatment of free trade. These casualties were because of increase trade, population growth in the United Kingdom and potato famine in Ireland, that all led to reduction of duties and low-priced products. This loss from Britain reduced Canada to economic depression. The industries that were hit ... ...

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... as independent states equal to Britain. Because of this turn-around, the Statute of Westminster recognized them as independent countries, "within the British Empire, equal in status" to the United Kingdom. As we can all see the British were loosing control over their huge empire. By this time, the rest of the British Empire consisted for the most part of colonies ... ...

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... in the history of mankind so far. World War One, then entitled the Great War, set off as a result of a disagreement between the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Serbia. To the outsider, the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914, appeared to be the cause of the events that led to a European and, ultimately ... ...

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... intermediary regime between peace and war, "armed peace-. Two main alliances were created between European countries: the Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy) and the Triple Entente (France, Russia, United Kingdom). August 1st, 1914, the war was officially declared in response to the assassination of the Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand. The war lasted 4 years and ended on November 11th, 1918, with ... ...

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... additional taxable capacity left among the poor, so that all the addition had to come from the pockets of the rich. Expenditure grew at a vast greater rate ( £mn): United Kingdom Financial Year Revenue Expenditure Surplus or Deficit 1913-14 198.2 197.5 0.7 1914-15 226.7 560.5 -333.8 1915-16 336.8 1,559.20 -1,222.40 1916-17 573.4 2,198.10 -1,624.70 ... ...

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... difference between the colonies and England in that the former sought total English control over the continent to oust France while the latter simply wanted a balance of power throughout its kingdom. Also, he notes the improvements in military cooperation were visible too and could have been advantageous for completely removing the French from the continent. But incompetence at home and abroad ... ...

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... made South Africa a pariah because of its racial policies. The nation was forced to leave the Commonwealth, an alliance of former British colonies, in 1961. In 1985, both the United Kingdom and the United States imposed restrictions on trade. Nelson Mandela White South African yielded to world pressure and domestic violence in 1990 by repealing most of the apartheid laws. Three ... ...

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... colonies tended to become even richer, creating a greater class divide which, according to Marx, is always a key element to revolution and change. But even beyond the class rift, the Untied Kingdom could not financially support its many colonies anymore. The Second World War had great repercussions on England. During the War the UK lost it's over sea's markets and liquidated a large ... ...

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