... by the Irish people, thus giving Sin Fein the mandate to implement significant change in Ireland. The British initially responded by ignoring the Dail, with Prime Minister Lloyd George believing it would simply collapse. However by 1919, the Dail began to be seen as a challenge and a threat to British authority ... support. This resulted in the members of Sinn Fein being forced to operate the Dail in secret and underground. The RIC succeeded in arresting large numbers of members of the Dail, using informers to help identify who these people were. Sinn Fein realised it needed a military ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... impact was seen in the cutting of the British lifelines as was done in the First World War. The German submarines also recorded large numbers of victories in United States waters. The German submarines were controlling the wars in the Oceans until the allied forces began to attack back ... German Navy's first line of business was to limit the British resources. The first attack in engaging this campaign came not more than ten hours after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlains announcement that the war had begun (Pitt, 8). The first victory that came to the German U-boats was over the Briti...

• Word Count: 1770
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• Grade Level: High School

... ) had become renowned as the ablest and most imposing cricket player ever. "W.G." became as much a household name as had "W.E.G.," William Ewart Gladstone, the four-time Liberal Prime Minister." Another big thing people did for entertainment was listening to music on things such as musical boxes or go see it performed live. Hearing live music performed was ... more time was spent on the vocal part of music with a little bit of instrumental here and there (both weren't combined until later on in time.) "A preponderance of vocal numbers had first appeared at concerts focused, nationalisti...

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... that war would an effect on the foreign trade and the foreign exchanges. In August 1914 almost everyone expected that the war would be over quickly, including Herbert Asquith the prime minister. He adopted the slogan Business as Usual'. He wanted to convince the British people that the war could be fought without disturbing life in Britain. Initially most people expected ... normal' rate of income tax was raised, by steps. At the same time, prices and wages were rising to about double the pre war level by 1918 and the total numbers liable to income tax rose from 1.2 million in 1913-14 t...

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