Essays on British Empire

The vast growth of American economics during the period between 1790s-1890s can be attributed to the American industrial revolution, this had a monumental impact on how we Americans live today; whether it would be if one were to go to the grocery store to buy commodities or if a person were to work a job...

The word fashion isn’t explicitly mentioned anywhere in Henry V, however it can be defined by the manner of doing something; the way a particular character may act in the play and their developments throughout. Henry V in particular is a great example to define the way in which characters react and overcome events, essentially...

The Beginnings of the Industrial Revolution The industrial revolution is where instead of making things by hand. People made factories to pay people to make items faster than they would have if they did it by hand. The industrial revolution first happened in Britain around 1760. That’s how they became such big global powers. But...

Imperialism is when a nation extends its rule over foreign nations. In India, imperialism had started around 1509. The Indians had been imperialized by Portugal before took over. Over a hundred years later, around 1612, had imperialized. They had wanted to take control over India, and they wanted them to be as one group. The...

Racism is an ideology based on the superiority of races. Today’s racism lost this idea of ”superiority” but it seems that it is linked to people’s fear and anxiety towards those who are different from them and that they don’t understand. This fear results in them not being able to accept those differences and despise...

history is more evolutionary than revolutionary Evolution and revolution being very similar, I will properly define what is an evolution and the differences it has with a revolution. An evolution is a global movement that changes the way things are and does so step by step, whereas a revolution can be led by a small...

Throughout Shakespeare’s speech (written in Iambic pentameter), Richard III was shown as a hunchbacked, war loving person. He hated peace because he felt very out of place; ‘grim-visaged war hath smooth’d his wrinkled front.’ Everyone looked normal and not deformed except for him. In Shakespeare’s time, it was thought that if you were disabled and...

Introduction In my essay of cinema history, I will be using “The Bells Go Down” (1943), as my chosen text. For this assignment, I will be studying and analysing this text in relation to the period that this film was created, the boundaries and limits that were set on this text, as well as acknowledging...

The Industrial Revolution was a period of time when there was a rapid change in the development of people and technology. This happened throughout the 17th-18th Century. People worked every day to support their lives and their family so they could survive, they had kids of all ages working in these horrific It is agreed...

Occurring in Britain between 1760-1840, the Industrial Revolution was considered to be one of the major turning points of society worldwide. The development of the Second Agricultural revolution was believed to be the major cause of this. It was a significant period of development required to take place as the agricultural work fields were supposedly...