Directed labour was also introduced, and this included the implementation of the Patriotic Auxillary Service Law, under which men aged 17-60 were liable to be called for labour service. ... A consequence of this was that Britain was able to gain an advantage and this is exemplified in its production and use of tanks near the end of the war, a leading factor in the nation's eventual victory. ... Rationing began in 1916 under the War Food Office, however regulations were taken to extremes, with 258 laws in existance to control the supply and distribution of supplies. ...

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Under British rule, the colonists were denied these simple rights and were forced to coincide with the Parliamentary laws. ... Another such act was the Tea Act, which essentially gave the near bankrupt British East India Company a monopoly in the trade of tea (www.thedeclarationofindependence.com). ... The colonist were not represented in the English Parliament thus having no say in any of the acts and laws passed that impacted their lives. ...

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He used this method on a local scale with campaigns in Champeran, Kaira and Ahmedabad, but also on a larger, national scale with campaigns against the Rowlatt laws, non co-operation and the salt Satyagraha. ... He was unsure how to go about with his next campaign, and eventually came upon a conclusion of breaking the salt laws. ... The salt march was a near perfect form of Satyagraha, because it fitted almost all the Satyagraha rules. ...

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British officials would pass out laws and acts for colonies, and send their governors in the colonies to have the control over the future states. ... Dutch were also present having some territory near the colonies. ... As it is said above when the colonists got the Virginian Charter, colonies got the chance to get their own government, their own laws, and their own rules. ...

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The totem - the animal or plant - by behaving in some unexpected way before a mans waking eyes or in a dream, warns him if danger is near, strengthens him when he is sick and turns his mind towards absent relations in trouble ~Customs: Rituals to are very important to the culture. ... The British Empire was able to take advantage of Australias natural resources to rapidly develop its agricultural and manufacturing industries and to make a major contribution to the British effort in World Wars I and II. ( ~Education: Through stories and rituals, children learn the unwritten laws of the lan...

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This meant the end of the republic was near since a large contingent of miners and adventurers rushed there eager to find this precious metal. ... It also allowed the afrikaner language to be used at schools and at the Law Courts. ...

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