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THE LOSS OF THE AMERICAN COLONIES George III took the throne in 1760, his reign is one of the longest in English history, he restored the authority of the Crown and he dismissed the Prime Minister, so the Parliament was dominated by the Ki ...

The making of the nation Prehistoric inhabitants: the dark-haired iberians 700BC->the celts arrived from germany. They were organized into tribes, worshipped the natural elements and had the Druids. 55BC: Julius Caesar invaded Britai ...

The making of the nations Celts: The first inhabitant of the England were the dark-haired Iberians. After they arrived from the German the Celts who were organized on a tribal society and they lived on fishing, hunting and agriculture. The ...

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE PLOT: Bassanio, a noble but poor Venetian, ask his friend Antonio, a rich merchant, for 3.000 ducats; but Antonio, as he spent all this money for his ships which are now in the sea, borrows the necessary to help Bassa ...

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE By William Shakespeare PLOT Bassanio asks Antonio, a Venetian merchant, some money to court Portia, a wealthy heiress who lives in the city of Belmont. Antonio agrees, but is ...

The Merchant of Venice (an Early Festive Comedy) In a street of Venice, the merchant Antonio laments that he is sad but knows not why. His friends, Solanio and Salerio try to cheer him up, to no avail. More friends, Lorenzo and Gratiano also tr ...

The microprocessor A microprocessor is an elettronic device which can perform a range of basic logical function (and, or, addiction subtraction). The device contains all necessary computational ad control circuitry and memory and features ...

THE MIDDLE AGES THE NORMAN CONQUEST: 1) The Normans belonged to the stock of Scandinavian peoples, whose development was mainly due to the use of the large iron axe. About 700 A.D. they spread along the coast of Norway and began ...

The context The Middle ages 449       Angles, Saxons and Jutes start the conquest of Britain which was at the time inhabited by Celtic tribe ...

THE MODERN AGE   The age of anxiety The twenty century was marked by great transformations. It was two world wars that modified the world and man and it developed science, communication and psychology. Men believe that all human mise ...

THE MODERN AGE 1901 1945 After Queen Victorias death, Edward VII (1901-1910) come to the throne and a general election proclaimed the victory for the Liberal Party which introduced new reforms, for exemple the achievement of free school ...

The Norman conquest William, duke of Normandy, defeated Harold of Wessex near Hastings in 1066. During his kingdom William had to resist many rebellions. The Norman conquest introduced a centralized form of feudal system into E ...

The Norman conquest After the death of Edward the confessor, William, duke of Normandy, claimed the throne of England. Harold of Wessex then reaffirmed his own right to the throne, but in 1066, William attacked and defeated him, near Hastin ...

The Norman Conquest On 1066 William The Conqueror (1066-1087) was crowned in Westminster Abbey. With the Norman , the feudal system was introduced into England and barons and knights acquired great importance. William I twenty yea ...

NOVEL In 18th century in England arrived a new genere called Novel(it is different to romanzo, roman,romancio). The word novel has a Latin origin(novus) and told new and original, not traditional, stories. The firs graet writers were Defo ...

Chapter I The twentieth century was a century marked by the expansion of industries and by the World Wars, cause of mens loss in reliability for his securities and capabilities. This may be reflected in mens works ...

The Victorian Age The adjective Victorian is conveniently used to indicate the literature of a period which extends from the decline of Romanticism to the beginning of the cultural renaissance known as Modernism. However, these limit ...

THE OLD HEMINGWAY AND THE SEA Santiago, the main character of The Old Man and the Sea, speaking about the sea, says: 'He always thought of the sea as 'la mar,' which is what people call her in Spanish when they love her. Sometim ...

THE PASSIVE   La struttura completa della forma passiva si presenta cos: SOGGETTO + BE + PARTICIPIO PASSATO + COMPL. DAGENTE. A lot of accidents are caused by alcohol abuse. Are we being followed? The UFO was seen by ...

THE PASSIVE   La struttura completa della forma passiva si presenta cos: SOGGETTO + BE + PARTICIPIO PASSATO + COMPL. DAGENTE. A lot of accidents are caused by alcohol abuse. Are we being followed? The UFO was seen by ...