He could not, however, resist the great opportunity offered to him in 1912 to unite the two parts of Nigeria into one vast state. The south and north showed wide contrasts in their original character and in their traditions of British rule. It was an immense task to unify their administrati...
even in the cause of peace) led him in 1886 to reject Gladstone’s lead in proposing IrishHome Rule. Bright announced that he was not prepared to see power given to Irish nationalists who had made a mockery of parliamentary government. Bright was greatly admired and venerated inold age, bu...
May, who has travelled to Quebec for the G7 meeting said in media interviews: "The border between Northern Ireland and Ireland matters. It matters to people who live on both sides of that border, it matters to the United Kingdom because we want to ensure that we're delivering a Brexit ...
The Stuarts were the first royal family to rule over both England and Scotland.British Monarchy History: Power and the Constitution The United Kingdom is a union between England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. In order to understand the British monarchy, one must begin by understanding ...
Tony Blair was Labour’s longest-serving Prime Minister, and his administration spearheaded the Northern Ireland peace process. The Good Friday Accord, signed on Good Friday, April 10, 1998, contributed to ending a period of war in the region known as the Troubles. ...
All meals were ration free. The only rule was that you could only have one serving of either meat, game, poultry, fish, eggs, or cheese. You couldn’t have two from that list at the same meal. They were also relatively inexpensive. The set maximum price allowed was 9d, though even ...
of the Church of England 1536-42 Union with Wales 1558-1603 Reign of Queen Elizabeth I Civil War and Revolution (1603-1714)1603 James VI of Scotland becomes James I of England uniting the two kingdoms 1642-49 Civil War 1649-60 Interregnum: Republic under the rule of Oliver Cromwell
See also: Company rule in India and British Raj The East India Company drove the expansion of the British Empire in Asia. The company's army had first joined forces with the Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War, and the two continued to co-operate in arenas outside India: the eviction...
Asia and Oceania. The aims of the Commonwealth include the promotion of democracy, human rights, good governance, the rule of law, individual liberty, egalitarianism, free trade, multilateralism, and world peace. The 2.5 billion people in the member states account for almost a third of the wor...
The British rule in India became known as "The Raj," which was derived from the Sanskrit termrajameaning king. The term did not have official meaning until after 1858, but it was in popular usage many years before that. Incidentally, a number of other terms came into English usage during ...