From the 18th century, there was a marked contrast between the status of the white colonies of the British Empire and colonies with non-white populations. ... The British rule in most of the colonies has left a huge impact. First of all, English is the most spoken language on the planet with nearly half a billion speakers. Secondly, the English parliamentary system is adopted by many of the ex-colonies' governments. Thirdly, many countries have the same religion as Great Britain and fourthly, British architecture is still maintained in many cities that used to be under British control. ...

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Like all wars, there was a price to pay; this one left the British government with a great debt so Parliament turned their attention to the lucrative colonies and began passing acts that increased the colonies taxes and prohibited the settlement beyond the Appalachian Mountains with the Royal Proclamation of 1763. Discontent was growing among the colonists and Britain seemed to only fuel the fire by passing even more acts, such as the Stamp Act in 1765, which was a tax paid for every piece of printed paper used by the colonists; the Townshend Act in 1767, which basically gave governors, judges...

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On the one hand, the political and cultural links between the UK and former colonies encouraged migration to Britain. ... New Commonwealth immigrants formed numerousethnic groups based on common language, religion and race. ... Some groups have to resort to a second language, such as English, in order to integrate. The Asian community is further divided by several religions, values, cultural practices and castes, as well as by the the political tensions found in the politics of the Indian subcontinent. ...

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Despite, difficulties, problems finding in this area immigration continued widely in Britain because of it appeal as a place of security and opportunity after the World War II,and by that time Britain became a country of immigration following the large scale of immigration from its former and current colonies. ... The English channel is thought to have been created between 450,000 and 180,000years ago by two catastrophic glacial lake outburst floods caused by breaching of Weald-Artois Anticline, a ridge which held back a large proglacial lake, now submerged under the north sea, Around 10,000ye...

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