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inhabitants of Australia, nevertheless this continent has been visited by many people: This country was first discovered by the portuguese in the early 16 century. Moreover, various Europeans nations explored this continent: the Dutch in 17 century, a French exploration led by « Bougainville » from 1766 and 1769 . Endeed in the 18 century James Cook discovered the « Main Land » and declared this continent was British . Unfortunatly, this country was too far away from England and go there by boat will take

come to think about it, I might just be an average student studying at university. Among those other students there is nothing special about me. All of us go to the same lessons, we have a similar social background and we pretty much share the same ideas. Despite those similarities each of us is different. Those differences can be explained by our past, our memories. How come I am this person today? Which memories do I use to be the human being that I am? To begin with I believe that it would be

COMPARATIVE LAW Short Answer Questions Why was the first American Government a Confederation? What were the flaws of this government? Americans feared a strong centralized government due to their experience with Great Britain. They didn’t want to re-experience the suppression of an imperial law system which wasn’t able to resolve problems posed in the colonies. They also felt no loyalty to a government which wasn’t taking into account their own codes. The following declaration “Parliament had

France and 70 miles from the south coast of England. Although Guernsey is geographically much closer to France than the UK, it is loyal to the British crown. This loyalty can be traced back to Norman times when the Channel Islands first became part of the English realm and forms the basis of the island’s constitution. Today the island is self-governing and enjoys the same level of independence it has had since first becoming associated with England. Guernsey’s ability to look after its own fiscal

The olympic games of London 2012 I - Presentation of London Introduction: London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It is the UK's largest and most populous metropolitan area and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Geographic situation: London is situated in the south east of England at nearly forty five kilometres of the sea. Geography : It’s cut into thirty three districts like Westminster city. The greater London urban area has a superficy

First of all, Sex Pistols is an English punk music group, created in 1975 in London. This group was formed of Johnny Rotten (singer), Steve Jonas (guitarist), Paul Cook (drummer) and of Glen Matlock (bassist), but this last was replaced by Sid Vicious in 1977. Their career was only for three years where they did four singles and one album called Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s Sex Pistols. In this album, we can find one of their famous song : “God save the queen”. This song was done the 27th of

Pluralism This chapter deals with pluralism a very important aspect of British life and culture. A pluralistic society (sty) is a form of society in which members of minorities are recognized has having the right to retain their specific identity to hold their own believes and to maintain their own traditions. This is associated with a tolerant due and the recognition that diversity multiculturalism, a multi ethnic society is more positive than a closed one. This has very concrete implication

Scotland, England and Wales Southern Ireland is an independent country. Something different from the UK. NI is also known as Ulster composed from 6 counties they are part of the UK GB = Scotland, England and Wales To be English is different to be Scottish. Shetlands and Scillies Jersey and Guernsey depends on Britain but they are independent Islands - POPULATION of the UK : Roughly as in France 60 million people (63). There is a census in Britain. Every 10 years there is 2001 the last

first assembly of this kind was the witan or grand council which we find in Saxon England during the reign of king offal in the VIII century. By the 10th century, the Witan were much bigger and more formal and had the power to issue laws and charters. In the Witan? New king were chosen and official business was discussed. It was composed of nobles, bishops, and many men of influence in their own areas and by the reign of Athelstan generally considered the 1st monarch of all England from 924 to 939

In Tudor England groups of strolling players toured the country performing plays. These plays were performed in barns and in the courtyards of inns. One of the most popular subjects of these plays was the story of Robin Hood. The English government did not approve of strolling players as it was worried that plays on subjects such as Robin Hood would encourage the people to become rebellious. Another fear was that strolling players were responsible for spreading diseases such as the plague. In 1572