Unit 1: The English Speaking world Flashcards
a) What is the meaning of the term dominion in this context of the Commonwealth?
Dominions are the self-governing states of the Commonwealth that are quasi-sovereign.
b) What is the role of the Commonwealth and of Britain in the Commonwealth nowadays?
-70 per cent of Britains state-to-state development aid continues to go to Commonwealth state.
-organization serves as useful consultative mechanism for members
-equa values of democracy, human rights, rule of law
-significance in foreign and economic policies is gently subsiding
a) Who is Britannia?
She is the impersonation of GB.
Watch the following picture and read Suemedha Soods “Australias Penal Colony Roots” and “Victorian Crimes and Punishment” in order to find out the following information:
a) First and last fleets of convicts
-1788 Australia was founded as a penal colony.
-for 80 years, convicts were sent there
b) Origin of convicts
-England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
c) How the life of a convict was different from a slave’s
-they mostly did useless tasks like going on the treadmill or turning a crank.
Read the following excerpts from the New England Charter and try to answer the following questions:
a) Where does the authority of the King come from?
He comes from Great Britain
b) What is the purpose of the New England charter?
It was used to found new colonies on the Coast of North America, between the degrees 34 and 45
c) How does the king justify this appropriation of the land with the New England Charter?
-He argues that the indigenous people destroy the land, and they are “barbaric”, causing plagues and slaughters between their own people
-The land is empty and belongs to no one. “Deserts
-there is no legal document that proves that this land belongs to anyone
-He will give the indigenous people religion (he argues that all this is done with the will of God)
a) How did Australians follow the wedding?
They followed closely, all the flags and other articles related to GB were sold out
