Essays on British Monarchy

The death of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022 had a significant practical and emotional impact on the world. Being the longest-reigning queen in British history, Elizabeth II maintained a unique position of influence and admiration not only in the United Kingdom but also globally. In this essay, we will look at how Queen Elizabeth II’s death affected the world in several spheres, namely, the future of the monarchy, international relations, economy, and sentiment.

Queen Elizabeth Death: 2022 Marked the End of an Era

When did Queen Elizabeth die? The monarch died on September 8, 2022, at Balmoral Castle in Scotland at the age of 96. This marked the end ...

Indigenous tribes have always honored life including nature; conserving natural resources for the long-term benefit of humanity (Talbot 273). With the present global capitalism, natural resources are under threat as a result of over-commercialization. Communities that guarded the sacredness of nature are also being controlled with the aim of making them extinct (Talbot 281). Over time, governments have gained control of the indigenous populations and their lands to gain commercially (Cosmic Vision News 1). The massive destruction of the environment and exploitation of natural resources through mining, pollution negatively affecting a specific ethnic group way of living constitutes an ...

The British monarchy should be abolished:

The Royals interfere in politics behind closed doors which is not good for democracy . The monarchy entrenches elitism and the class system. The king or queen only acts as a head of state but he/she does not have any political power. He/she only signs the legislation but does not decide re. the passing of laws.

The king or queen is not an elected head of state.

The cost of maintaining the monarchy is exorbitant, costing approximately £33.3 million in 2013. The lifestyle of the monarchy is very expensive to maintain and the ordinary taxpayer pays for it. The monarchy is outdated, still promoting gender inequality as evidenced by the rule ...

Causes of the Revolution

The American Revolution occurred between 1765 and 1783 after the colonists within the thirteen American colonies declined the British aristocracy and monarchical rule. Beginning 1765, the American colonists refused to acknowledge the power of the British parliament to tax the American colonists while the latter did not have colonial representatives in the governments. The following years were marred by protests as American patriots sought to ventilate their disapproval of the authority of the British monarchy and aristocracy over the thirteen American colonies. Religion played an important role in ushering the revolution as the Christian revivalists in the Great Awakening ...

Thomas Paine’s ‘Common Sense’ is a unique treatise in the history of the United States. Published in the year 1776, ‘Common Sense’ gives an account of the colonial situation of America under the British rule. In the book, Paine discusses about the reasons for American independence from the British, and differentiates the American society from the government. He describes the society as a constructive that consists of people. He states the very purpose of the government as protecting its citizens from all frailties . The assessment of the government depends on its accomplishment of goals. Paine expects the American colonies to ...

Literature

Thesis Statement Thomas Jefferson’s Query XIV Laws is quite different from Phyllis Wheatley’s Poems, in that, while both of them targeted slavery and its abolishment, Jefferson’s views are expressed by a person from the outside, while Phyllis’ views are personal. While Jefferson makes comparisons to show that slavery in America was not as bad, Phyllis makes a direct appeal to abolish slavery. President of the United States, President Barak Obama, in one of his speeches said that he thought the need of the hour for all Americans, black or white, was to shun their differences and ...

Analysis of the change in perception of the American colonists from loyal English subjects to independent Americans

First of all, it is important to realize that the pilgrims and European immigrants arrived in the North America with the aim of obtaining religious freedom. The British Monarchy at the time constrained the religious freedoms of its people. However, the English identity of the immigrants still remained despite the fact that the colonists were in a new territory. This is evident by the fact that the British Monarchy did not consider the colonists as being sovereign. The British Monarch believed that its mandate and jurisdiction ran beyond the borders of England ( Foner 49). This concept is manifest based on ...

The historical context of the trial and eventual execution of Mary, queen of Scots is of quite significant for those who take interest in English history and particularly for them who want to know about what happened in the discourse of history when the Holy Roman Catholic Church split into two divergent branches i.e., Catholic and Protestant. At that time, i.e. in 1543, Henry VIII of England decided to set up the Anglican Church and to break the religious ties with the Catholic Church. Rather than to call the English Church as both Catholic and Protestant, it was defined ...

Historians have for a long time strived to challenge early assertions that nations like the United States were established on the fundamental basis of individual rights and freedoms. Though the fore fathers of the United States enshrined individual rights and freedoms in both the articles of Confederation and the US constitution, the fact remains that the original notion of freedom was Paradox. Edmund Morgan in his article, Slavery and freedom: The American Paradox alludes to the lifestyles that were led by American forefathers. In specific, Morgan explains that George Washington and Thomas Jefferson are regarded as being American heroes who ...

What is Pan-Arabism? In what ways has Pan-Arabism expressed itself in the Middle East? Why has Pan-Arabism failed to produce Arab Unity?

The term Pan-Arabism refers to the concept of the al-Umma al-‘Arabiyya or the Arab nation. The term was first conceptualized in the late 19th century when the call for Arab Unity was requested upon the establishment of several secret societies in Lebanon and Syria, urging the revolt against Turkish rule of the Arab region. It was constantly expressed by Arab nationalist in several periods such as in the First World War, wherein various Arab nationalist groups demanded the creation of an independent Arab nation once they revolt against the Ottoman rule; the West’s approval of the Zionist ...

1. VIEW FROM ABOVE

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The narration starts with a trip on the atmosphere of Bolivia towards Brazil. At Beni, a Bolivian Province, snow and water can be seen covering the whole land surface flowing towards the northern rivers which form some of the tributaries of the Amazon. Countless islands of forests can be seen some of which form almost perfect circles. History has it that before 1491, America was almost untouched. Apart from the Beni’s inhabitants being involved in the building of several infrastructures, they also trapped fish in the seasonally flooded grassland. Beni’s future is uncertain as there are proposals that ...