... feeling that it would be difficult for an Indian Hindu to avoid being partisan during the tense negotiations for independence.Indeed, Mountbatten's Private Secretary, George Abell, wrote to Mountbatten saying that, though Menon was an old friend of his and had many fine qualities, he is now perceived as being close ... confessed to him that when he first put up the idea at staff level only to have it turned down, he almost burst into tears. George Abell had been the first to admit that Mountbatten's vision and good sense in bringing V.P. right into the policy-making fold had been perhaps...

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... of their connection with the empire' (Cunliffe-Lister, May, 1935, Colonial Office 323/1338/5302/1). This was proved with the tremendous success of the first Royal Christmas broadcast when King George V spoke to both his home and overseas subjects in 1932. The Empire service was meant for white populations under British rule and the few indigenous people who had the educational ... parts of the Empire) and the repeated projection on the minds of listeners overseas of British culture and ideas and the world-wide transmission of broadcasts by His Majesty King George V at Christmas and of t...

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... great political effect. He championed the grievances of the men at the front and urged a more vigorous military policy. Churchill soon won the respect of renowned British leader David Loyd George who took Churchill into his confidence and began discuss with him "every aspect of the war and many of his secret hopes and fears."(Gilbert 66) His speeches helped him ... return to the British government. In July of 1917, Lloyd George, the Prime Minister, made Churchill Minister of Munitions. When given this position, Churchill began to urge the development of modern weapons such as tanks, mac...

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... . By 1639, English traders were established on the east coast, too, leasing for 600 a year a harborless beach just five miles long and one 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 ... impeachment charges in effect blaming him for everything that had gone wrong in India. After a spectacular, protracted trial he was acquitted. Lord Cornwallis, the patrician soldier who had surrendered to George Washington at York...

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... and women died of disease. Some accounts dictate that woman whose husbands were active in the guerrilla attacks was given less food and more harsh treatment. Politicians such as Lloyd George denounced the carnage in South Africa. The Boer War proved to be controversial between leading political parties in England. In an effort to support British involvement in the Boer war ... the Transvaal. Many Liberal MPs and citizens, outraged by the massive deaths of women and children administered in concentration camps, fervently attacked the conservatives imperialist ideas and diplomacy. David L...

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... . Not only providing an idyllic depiction of independent America, the language used also suggests a need for persuasion. The relentless list of anti-royal complaints, repetitively beginning He ' completely belittles King George III, as a leader, and proves him a disinterested and wholly inadequate statesman for such a great establishment as America: A prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant ... fight in order to achieve this description of independence, but gives a much more spiteful, bitter tone than the initial talk of remorse. This, combined with t...

• Word Count: 3113
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• Grade Level: Graduate

... even had established development companies to sell lands to settlers and trade with the Indians. Immeasurable economic loss in the Colonies was foreseeable if the Act took effect. For instance, George Washington would have lost some 30,000 acres of land had the Revolution not occurred.xx These land speculators, in which the most prominent men in the Colonies were involved ... ...

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... on its longer, north-south axis, and occupies an area of 209,331km2 (80,823 sq. mi) excluding all the smaller surrounding islands of archipelago. The North Channel, Irish seas George's channel and Celtic sea separate the island from the island of Ireland to its west. The island is physically connected with continental Europe via the channel tunnel, the longest undersea ... ...

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... of Europe now under the Nazi yoke." However, Roosevelt made his intentions with the Charter clear and five months after Churchill's speech at the Commons, he marked the anniversary of George Washington's birthday with a broadcast including the explanation that: We of the United Nations are agreed on certain broad principles in the kind of peace we seek. The Atlantic Charter applies ... ...

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... century. Slavery in the North While slavery was primarily a southern institution, fifteen percent of slaves lived in the North. When English merchants became involved in the slave trade, Quakers-particularly George Fox were horrified at seeing the mistreatment of the slaves. He suggested that owners treat slaves better and at the same time, release them after a certain number of years. In ... ...

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... the middle of the 19th century with many small companies involved in the palm oil and coco industries in 1879 these small companies were merged together through the leadership of George Goldie producing The Royal Niger Company. As other European powers began to encroach in on the area controlled by The Royal Niger Company Goldie requested favors from the imperial government ... ...

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... century. Slavery in the North While slavery was primarily a southern institution, fifteen percent of slaves lived in the North. When English merchants became involved in the slave trade, Quakers-particularly George Fox were horrified at seeing the mistreatment of the slaves. He suggested that owners treat slaves better and at the same time, release them after a certain number of years. In ... ...

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... the middle of the 19th century with many small companies involved in the palm oil and coco industries in 1879 these small companies were merged together through the leadership of George Goldie producing The Royal Niger Company. As other European powers began to encroach in on the area controlled by The Royal Niger Company Goldie requested favors from the imperial government ... ...

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... the situation until the early months of 1900. In January there was a tremendous influx and regrouping of British military and a change of leadership as Field Marshall Frederick Roberts replaced General George White, who was put in charge of the forces in Natal, and Horatio Herbert Kitchener became Roberts' chief of staff. With their increasing numbers and better understanding of the tactics ... ...

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... dedication and desire to fight, the colonists would prevail in one of the greatest accomplishments in American history. The American generals clearly were the reason for the American victory. General George Washington was responsible for the first American victory at the Battle of Trenton, which was a huge win for the Americans" because of their low morale. After this win, Americans" knew ... ...

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... exists, but with greater awareness there is greater opportunity for changes to occur. In contemporary times, much criticism has been placed upon Rudyard Kipling for his support of British Imperialism; George Orwell went so far as to call him the "prophet of British Imperialism during its expansionist phase." To be sure, a considerable portion of Kipling's works were written in celebration and ... ...

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... lifestyles began to cause tension, and would soon get the ball rolling toward abolition. Opposition to slavery developed more rapidly in the North, but some Southerners, including such leaders as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, spoke out against slavery. However, the high profits that resulted from slavery had far greater influence than did any moral arguments. Even the many Southerners who ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School