... far-flung battle line Beneath whose awful hand we hold Dominion over palm and pine Lord God of Host, be with us yet, Lest we forget "lest we forget! (1-6) Loss of control of the Empire's territories is Kipling's fear. The contentment that England is in at the time does not settle well with Kipling as he fears that the Empire ... Man's Burden-, gives a racist image of the writer. This excerpt describes the lower class of citizens under England's rule and the poor quality of their lives: The ports ye shall not enter, The roads ye shall not tread, Go make them with your living, And mark th...

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... and more economically prosperous. The whole idea of mercantilism was about to be crushed, due to this idea, of self-autonomy with respect to colonial economics. "Ye that oppose independence now, ye know not what ye do, ye are opening a door to eternal tyranny....". This statement made by Thomas Paine shows the foreshadowing, of what colonists would do. The British are trying to prevent ... ...

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... postures that failed during the Revolution. They dramatically revised their miliary way of thinking after the revolution, which was later displayed in their future battles against neighboring France. With the loss of the American colonies, India became the main trading partner with the British Empire which proved to be favorable for both countries. The acquisition of India and the ... loss of America helped to stregthen the class system in Britain by making middle-class radicalism unpatriotic. This led the British Empire to become a unifying force throughout all of Europe, in ... post...

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... much of the blame for the failure at Gallipoli as he should have recognised that naval gunfire alone would not reduce or capture Turkish force and merely led to the loss of both lives, and the vital element of surprise needed for victory in any war. The Russian government is also to blame because of their rejection of Greek troops when ... the Greek government offered them. So the first attempt was solely naval, ending with the loss of at least three battleships and only serving to alert the Turks to the current situation. Kitchener, the minister of war also much be blamed for the failu...

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... please the crowd and do its bidding. Orwell must not let his personal feelings get in the way of what the natives want. He cannot think of the owner's financial loss either. He feels he has no choice but to give in to the natives. This is just another consequence and result of the flawed system called Imperialism. Orwell ... 's loss of individuality shows the vast void between its utopian ideals and its actuality. From George Orwell's essay "Shooting an Elephant," it's easy to see just how flawed and ... ...

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... took charge of London in 1066. To him London truly impressed him. Later in 1949 the United Kingdom became part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The country suffered a great loss to its capital after the Blitz raids from German Aircraft. After WWII, the Allied Powers stripped Germany of its power and helped Italy regain control of itself. When Europe was ... Minister Thatcher arguing with the EU was finally outvoted in the late 1980. Terrorists attacks by both the IRA and the Protestant Paramilitary groups continued throughout 1993 resulting in a considerable loss of life and p...

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... and after World War I (1914-1918), resistance movements increased around the world. Many colonial people could try all they wanted, but "civilization" was impossible to achieve or meant they would loss their cultural traditions. But World War II (1931-1945) sped up the de-colonization process by weakening many European powers and Japan. The Cold War and the Suez Crisis (1956 ... the West. In the West, everything is becoming the same (McDonalds), while as the world becomes more like the West, cultures are forced to adapt to the change or even loss of their cultural identity. The focus on...

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... is the reason that the British have such a large empire. He is asking God to not turn his back on the British. In the third stanza, Kipling is describing the loss of British power; which at that time was in its navy. "Far-called, our navies melt away" in that line he tells the ... loss of British power. Kipling states that if Britain becomes arrogant, and allows the lust for power to encompass them, and they forget their duty, all their power will be lost, ... ...

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... world stating that the colonies of Britain were now an independent nation of their own. And when it all came down to it, Pennsylvania was the deciding factor. All the weight was on the shoulders of one man. Mr. Wilson of Pennsylvania had to decide whether or not the colonies would become independent from Britain. In the end, after all the ... ...

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... helmet, wire cutters, field dressing, entrenching tool, greatcoat, two sandbags, rolled ground sheet, water bottle, haversack, mess tin, towel, shaving kit, extra socks, message book and preserved food rations. The weight of the equipment made it difficult to move very fast across No Man's Land. ...

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... were being forced to travel further and further away from home. Expansion into the Middle East and other far away places forced soldiers to travel across water, which meant the loss of their caste for those born into the Brahmin caste (The Indian Mutiny). The final major cause of the Sepoy Mutiny was economical. The same tools that were supposed to ... ...

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... like wildfire, appearing to be unstoppable force taking over battle by battle. Churchill understood the situation exploding all around him. The British were out numbered, and still reeling from the loss of the Belgian army, and the impending surrender of France to Germany. Which would leave the island country alone in a time of such dark war. A storm was coming in. Giving ... ...

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... appointed commander Sir Arthur William Currie. Britain and France had tried taking Vimy Ridge before the Canadians and none of them had succeeded. The Canadians had won, but not without a loss of 10,000 injured and dead men. This was a big step to Canadian independence. Vimy Ridge had given Canadians a chance to feel Canadian pride and not British-Canadian pride because ... ...

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... . Cabeza de Vaca illustrates a somber tone when he wrote "We lost only those the barge took down; but the survivors escaped as naked as they were born, with the loss of everything we had...our bodies so emaciated we could easily count every bone and looked the very picture of death" (77). La Relacion gave readers insight into the ... ...

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... not withstand the simultaneous attack of both states. Great Britain joined World War II too and again came out victorious but lost some colonies from which Singapore was the greatest loss. After World War II, Great Britain could no longer afford the expense of administering one quarter of the world's population and thus, .independence was declared in India, Pakistan, Ceylon (Sri ... ...

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... Canadians, and to the rest of the world that we deserve to be independent. The battle of Vimy Ridge will forever be imprinted on the minds of Canadians as a great loss, but more importantly a great victory. "For the Canadian troops who fought at Vimy, it was one of those rare moments of truth "for the first time they recognized who ... ...

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The nation of Australia, authoritatively proclaimed on the 1st of January 1901, would experience a loss of 7,594 servicemen (State Library of Victoria ERGO, 2014) before the country began to see itself as unique and irreplaceable. The legend of the Anzac surfaced from the catastrophic arrival ... ...

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... landing without a shot fired. Had this not been the case, and the San Carlos area been properly defended, it could have caused disaster for the taskforce and ultimately led to a loss of momentum, early withdrawal and failure. Another major, and arguably essential, factor was the simple fact that we were able to and did make full use of the RN. In ... ...

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... in her honor such as, the Queen Victoria Building, in Sydney. Victoria was loved and respected by her subjects, and Australian society at the time was affected greatly by the loss of their beloved Queen. An example of the affection and grief felt by the Australian people is apparent in the following poem, written by J D Horne of Castlemaine, Victoria. "Who can ... ...

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... . As Canada headed into the second world war Mackenzie further implemented unemployment insurance. In 1940 this social insurance program was built to insure specific groups of workers against temporary income loss arising from unemployment. Not only did this act benefit workers, but because employment was at its peak and demand for benefits was low, investments indirectly helped finance the war. Mackenzie ... ...

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... politicians like Calhan, Clay and others to turn the popular prejudice against Great Britain to their own political advantage. These reasons all unjust and unfair reasons for war. There was a loss of over 100,000 lives and thousands of millions of dollars, all fro a war of land and power. What truly came of this war? Nothing!! The main reason for this ... ...

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... . (Doc 6) The number of slaves delivered by French ships increased from approximately 5,000 in 1713 to 37,000 in 1792. (Doc 11) The abolition of slavery would result in the loss of the French colonies and the ruin of commerce. The colonies brought an annual of 200 million livres and without the slave trade five million French citizens would be without ... ...

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... with Japan in the Far East and Italy in the Mediterranean, they couldn't fight a war on another front, as their army wasn't strong enough and it would result in a greater loss of life. The British government also thought that Britain wasn't out of recession after the Wall Street crash of 1929 and couldn't afford another war. This wasn't actually true as ... ...

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... and his fiancée. So he moves to another town, where he fails to establish any human relations, but does grow an interest in gold which he counts everyday, its loss is replaced by a small girl, he then realises that gold is not the only thing that matters. George Elliot is in fact a woman who is sort of writing from her ... ...

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... a climacteric point where Britain's economic performance in output and productivity took a turn for the worse. Pollard says that the economic failure noted by many historians could mean 2 things, either the loss of momentum in the British economy, with a slowing down of both growth and development, or the relative rise of other economies which could catch up and move ahead through technical ... ...

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