...Dossier #6 TRADITION AND MODERNITY “The sun never sets on the British Empire. "This famous quote is often used to show the large number of territories that Britain had all over the world during the seventeenth to the middle of the twentieth century. By extension, this also shows the scope of its influencel. The first of this set of three documents is the opening speech to the 2012 Olympic Games given by Academy Award winner film director Danny Boyles under whose direction the whole programme fell. At first sight Boyle’s text seem somewhat unrelated to the Olympics as it seems rather like a tribute to Britain and we get the impression that he was on a mission of patriotism lauding Britain as a great country. However, to put this speech into perspective it may be worthwhile to bear in mind the fact that, as mandated by the Olympic Charter, the formal ceremonial opening of this international sporting event is combined with an artistic spectacle to showcase the host nation’s culture. We can therefore understand the relevance of the contents of this opening speech. In fact, the different sections of the ceremony were designed to reflect aspects of British history and culture. Document 2 is the 2006 logo of the British Conservatist party. The previous logo of a torch which was used from 1983 until then was abandoned because of its negative association with the party under Margaret Thatcher. The torch emblem logo having been introduced in the Iron Lady’s eighties heyday, David...
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...their political connection to Great Britain. Back in 1763 the Royal proclamation reserved all the western territory. There are a few acts have been done by the British to benefit boots their country, tea act, sugar act, currency act, Stamp Act, Proclamation act, Quartering Act, Declaratory Act, Townshend Revenue Act. The first act Molasses were replaced in 1733 when the new rule has been active from the British to import the rum, and tax or molasses from non-English areas, and that with the Sugar act of 1764, when the British for a new law by the Parliament of Great Britain hat was designed to raise revenue from the American colonists in the 13 Colonies. The purpose of the Sugar act is to reduce the tax rate on the molasses and collect the taxes, and regulate the trade for the Non-Birtish to control the trade in the New England and the middle colonies. Moreover, the British taxed more for the foreign by wines, coffee, cambric...
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...the United States and Great Britain from November through December of 1861. What started the crisis was a order to arrest to confederate envoys whose names were James Murray Mason and John Slidell , which were sailing to Europe aboard a British mail ship. The British was beyond upset to hear that, and they said that seizure of a neutral ship by the U.S. Navy was a violation of international law. President Abraham Lincoln was the president at the time, and he administrates office releases the envoy and called a conflict with Britain. The Trent affair became very close to causing a war between the two countries. Gladly war was avoided which in the end really did help both Great Britain and the United States out, and put the two countries in a better place. Now it said said the Captain Wilkes...
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...people’s lives more than anything else. Great Britain’s healthcare system is tricky. The question I struggle with is do I want government intrusion on all aspect of our lives, including healthcare. I believe everyone has the right to healthcare in this country. It comes with a price. Great Britain represents all that is good and bad with a centralized single-payer health care system. Health care spending is fairly low. Long waitlists for treatments are horrendous, and rationing pervades the system. Patients have the choice of providers with little access to specialists. Under Great Britain’s healthcare everyone is covered. Great Britain has a single-payer system funded by general revenues. With this centralized system, avoiding deficits is difficult. Great Britain’s deficit in 2006 was 700 million pounds despite healthcare spending increases over 43 billion pounds in 5 years. They pay through government taxation that is protected under the National Health Services (NHS). The people who are a part of the NHS bear the benefits while the people who opt out of the NHS will receive the burdens. You can’t defect from enrolling or you’re not covered. That being said, only 11.5% of the people opt out of the NHS. Private health insurance replicates the coverage provided by the NHS, but gives patients access to higher quality care and reduced waiting times. The general mission of Great Britain is to live and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Great Britain’s way of healthcare would fall...
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...works best for us. Well this scenario is a reflection of how the American way of life came to be. Throughout history there have been documents, which help us understand the formation of what our government has come to be and where this strong rooted American Spirit has evolved. Common Sense by Thomas Paine, The Declaration of Independence and Give me liberty or give me death by Patrick Henry are all very similar in purpose and meaning. They all stress the need to break away from the Parent ruler of Great Britain. There strong influential words were needed at a time when the colonists were indecisive and unsure of whether they had the capabilities to break away but even more concerning was the fact that they would be on their own. For years the colonists fought for the right to have an opinion in their affairs but their voices went unheard. They were seen as children, which had to be told what to do rather than adults who actually were capable of standing on their own. It was as if the British government crippled there progress by making the Americans feel dependent on them for everything. Thomas Paine expressed this idea best when he stated " We may as well assert that because a child has thrived upon milk, that it is never meant to have meat, or that the first twenty years of our lives is to become a...
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...DBQ: What were the Underlying Causes of World War I? World War I was the first devastating war the world ever saw. From July 28, 1914, to November 11, 1918, over 17 million people died and 20 million more were wounded. The two main alliances that fought each other were called the allied powers and the central powers. The allied powers consisted of France, Great Britain, Russia, and America. While the central power consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Ottoman Empire. Both the allied powers and central powers devoured each other. But, for what cost and why did this happen? There are 4 major reasons why World War I happened. Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism and Nationalism these 4 are the major causes for World War I. First, as Europe advanced their technology and economy because of Industrial revolution; they also increased their military power and the spendings. In the analysis Richard Overy created in 1999, it shows that money spent on Army and Navy from 1890 to 1914 increased greatly. Germany especially had a huge amount of growth when it came to Military.The spendings increased because of the concept people had back then. Like Emile Zola in 1891 said: “We must eat and be eaten so that World may live”. Prince Bernhard von Bulow of Germany also said “In the coming...
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...writes of the imminent war and the other of the beauties of globalization. Though this world would be very different without globalization, some parts of globalization are very unnecessary and can cause many problems for the world as a whole. Amartya Sen views globalization as a great thing. She refers to it as “global Westernization,” that globalization is a gift from Western civilizations to bring the countries up to a higher living standard, as well as make their political system better. Besides this, a lot of the things we have, we wouldn't without globalization. Robinson on the other hand, has a completely different view; that globalization is going to ruin the world as we know it. He believes globalization will, if it hasn't already, start a new world war. One that will really be a global war that involves all people from all around the world. “Globalization is often seen as global Westernization.”[i] Sen starts out her argument with this sentence, which can be easily agreed, as the Western civilizations are seen as the dominate civilizations. She goes on to say, “Those who take an upbeat view of globalization see it as a marvelous contribution of Western civilization to the world... And now the great achievements of the West are spreading to the world.”[ii] However, this can be seen as both good and bad. Since the...
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...One of the reasons that the colonists decided to break from Great Britain was because they believed that they were not given certain political rights that every person should be given. Another reason that the colonists decided to break from Great Britain was because they felt that Parliament was denying them of basic economic rights such as putting restrictions on trade and imposing unfair taxes upon them. Finally, another main reason that the colonists decided to break from Great Britain was because they believed that they were not being given the respect that they deserve by the people of Great Britain, especially the aristocrats and members of Parliament. For a long period of time Great Britain did not pay much attention to their colonies in America. This was due to the fact that Great Britain was in the midst of a civil war and then later on the French and Indian war. They devoted most of their time, effort, and money into the wars so they did not have a lot of time, people, or money left to govern the colonies and keep them under their control. The distance across the Atlantic Ocean and the size of America also made it difficult for the British to control due to the amount of time it took to travel and get messages back and forth. This period of time when Great Britain did not enforce much control is known as the Period of Salutary Neglect. During this period the colonists began to learn to govern themselves. They had many economic and political freedoms that they otherwise...
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...Jay's Treaty is officially called: "Treaty of Amity Commerce, between His Britannic Majesty: and the United States of America". On November 19, 1974 the treaty was signed. It settled the unresolved issues that remained after the Revolutionary War. The treaty was unpopular with the American citizens, but it accomplished the goal of keeping peace between America and Britain and kept U.S. neutrality. Tension was high between Britain and the U.S. after the Revolutionary War because of three things. British exports flooded the U.S. while American exports stayed blocked by British tariffs and trade restrictions. Soldiers from Britain still occupied the northern forts they had agreed to vacate. And the biggest issue was the British seizure of naval...
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...War Helped Cause the American Revolutionary War The French and Indian war was one of the biggest contributing factors to the American Revolutionary War. How, one might ask? It provided us with the needed moral and spirit to have feelings of resentment against the British. It gave us the needed circumstances to take action against Great Britain, and gave us our greatest ally in the Revolutionary War against what was considered the most powerful empire at the time. Without these factors, among others, it is very possible that America could have lost the war against the British. The first reason is that, The British’s debt from the French and Indian War caused the British to start paying closer attention to the American Colonies, or more accurately they started to pay attention to the American colonies’ taxable resources. Before the war Great Britain hardly payed any attention to the American colonies, but with the debt of the war greatly...
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...finished his presidency, Republicans too almost all the appointive offices (Goldfield 224). Jefferson decided to reverse foreign policies in order to stop Napoleon from making a treaty with Spain which posed as a threat. Jefferson had a deal with Napoleon, which helped expand the size of the United States. Furthermore, it opened up another frontier for slaveholders south of the Mississippi Valley (Goldfield 226). b. How did their policies differ from those of the Federalists who came before them? Federalists wanted people to be in large public debt. Federalists tried to have a grip on federal offices; however Republicans managed to take over. Then the Federalists passed the Judiciary Act of 1801 (Goldfield 224). John Marshall, who was a Federalist, created a precedent of judicial reviews in the Marbury v. Madison case. c. What factors accounted for the Federalists’ inability to regain national power after they lost the election of 1800? Hamilton and his fellow Federalists wanted people to be in a large debt. They failed to keep hold of federal offices when Republicans simply used their Republican principles (Goldfield 224). Federalists attempted to keep up the Judiciary Act of 1801 they passed but Republicans fought back, making them frustrated. 2. d. Why were the Republicans so intent on expanding the boundaries of the United States? Republicans basically wanted to possess land and gain more control. We can understand this by how Jefferson’s main...
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...Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria- Hungary, Italy) This was a military alliance between the nations Germany, Austria- Hungary and Italy. These nations made an agreement to support each other in a time of war, this mainly to protect the nations in which 2 border major powers. There were strong relations between the nations as Germany and Austria-Hungary both spoke German. 1887- Reinsurance Treaty- The Reinsurance Treaty of June 18, 1887 was an attempt by German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck to continue to ally with Russia after the League of the Three Emperors had broken down but this treaty would ensure the protection of Germany. 1887- Mediterranean Agreements- Great Britain signed a series of treaties with nations allied to Germany to remain the “status-quo” in the Mediterranean Sea. It was a way to prevent a Russian expansion into the Balkans and protect Italian Interests from the French. 1889- GB contemplating joining the triple Alliance- In order to protect imperial interests of Great Britain they contemplated joining the triple alliance. 1894- Franco- Russian Alliance- Diplomatic isolation in France meant that France and Russia allied; Germany could never have anticipated such a treaty due to the ideological differences between Republican France and Tsarist Russia. This meant France was no longer isolated and ratified political events and military convention in 1892. The view of Bismarck was that it was a “nightmare of coalitions” as it meant the possibility...
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...conflict in human history.” The largest armed conflict in human history is World War II. World War II was a world war with many countries taking part in it but the main countries who fought in the war were the United States, Germany, Japan, Italy, France, and Great Britain. The main six countries who fought in the war did not all enter the war at the same time. All the countries suffered many losses during and after the war. And finally, World War II was a terrible war that led to many deaths. Germany started World War II in 1939 when they had invaded Poland. Great Britain had earlier said they would support Poland if Germany attacked them.(World War II History Info) Germany ignored them, so Great Britain declared war on Germany. On September of 1940,...
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...significant was national resentment of foreign interference in bringing about the collapse of the Qing dynasty 1911-1912? I believe that national resentment was extremely significant in bringing about the collapse of the Qing dynasty. Despite this however I believe that it was not the only factor in the fall of the dynasty. I believe that other reason such as the failure to reform, and the unequal treaties were also vital reasons for the failure of the Qing dynasty. I believe that the fall of the Qing dynasty started with ‘the unequal treaties.’ It's hard to get by when the country you need goods from does not really need to trade goods with you. This is what happened with Great Britain and the Qing Dynasty. There was a high demand for China's tea in Great Britain but a low demand for Britain's goods in China. Great Britain was in debt with China and they had to do something to get out. As a result, they turned to selling silver to make the imbalance better. China couldn’t care less about Great Britain's silver so Great Britain was still behinds in payments. When selling silver did not work they began selling opium. China's people became quickly addicted to the drug and traded silver, originally from Great Britain to get opium. Opium was illegal and China wanted the trade of opium to stop. China tried to make new restrictions against foreign merchants and ships and Great Britain did not like this idea and fought back resulting in the Opium War. Of course Britain came out on...
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...Why did the colonists break away from English rule? by 1774, the year leading up to the Revolutionary War, so trouble was brewing in america england's congress had be passing new laws which was being placed on the colonists in america. a law that they had passed was the sugar act in 1764, and then the following year the passed the stamp act, and a lot more laws. the colonists did not like the act. great britain as call but i think it needs a new name because it's not great , they were passing all these laws because of the french and indian war which ended in 176 as sean here this picture. Most of the colonists did not want to become a independent country. They supported britain's laws, they even supported them after the wars they started. Others did not care...
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