By 1770, those thirteen colonies had an in- creasingly Anglicized population of three million, ap- proximately half that of Britain. Though subject to Brit- ish taxation, they were given no representation in the Parliament of Great Britain. Independence and expansion On April 2, 1513, Spanish...
So, I went out to Walworth again, and yet again, and yet again, and I saw him by appointment in the City several times, but never held any communication with him on the subject in or near Little Britain. The upshot was, that we found a worthy young merchant or shipping-broker, not ...
Britain declared war on Germany on 3rd September, 1939. 英国于1939年9月3日对德国正式宣战。 The chairman declared the meeting closed. 主席宣布会议结束。 7. choice n.选择 常用结构: make a choice/choices做出选择 at one’s own choice出于自己的选择 by choice任意地;随意地 have no choice b...
The purple line is the ratio of the non-domestic electricity price to the gas price. (I’ve used the non-domestic price to avoid price caps distorting the truth). This tells us that up to 2013 a kWh of electricity was about four times the cost of a kWh of gas. That’s not surpris...
Episode III: The Return of the Great Departed Soul is the third episode of The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve. After a science experiment at the long-awaited Great Exhibition goes awry, leading to a man's death, Ryunosuke Naruhodo is allowed to act as a d
Banks in Britain recently found themselves having to pay a large number of people who were persuaded to spend money and buy insurance policies they didn’t need. Many wasted their money on investments which were not for them. Few have the patience to read the small print. The British say‘...
Boston's Faneuil Hall, rich in American history, is the "cradle of liberty" where Samuel Adams and others protested Great Britain's taxation without representation. The red brick building was designed in 1742 as a marketplace and meeting hall, and financed by Peter Faneuil, the son of French...
Birmingham, the second largest city in Great Britain, is geographically and in importance the centre of Industrial England. It has a population of more than a million, and within an outer radius of twelve miles nearly five millions. Some idea of the expansion of the City may be gleaned ...
Churchill’s Island— Free— WWII propaganda film chronicling the defense of Great Britain. Won the very first Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject. (1941) City Symphonies— Free— Watch “city symphonies” filmed in the 1920s. Th...
某人[某事物]结盟, 联盟或联姻: Britain has allied itself with other western powers for trade and defence. 英国与其他西方强国结成了贸易及防御 联盟. allied / 5AlaId, also 5AlaId; `Al9aId/ adj ~ (to sth) connected; similar 有关联的; 类似的: a union ...