Throughout the history of England, many conflicts have arisen over the rightful heir to the throne. The most infamous of these conflicts centered on the controversy of a female heir. ... William II was a man after his father's image. ... In 1120, Henry I lost his only legitimate son in an accident on the high seas. ... Henry V died in 1125 leaving the Empress Matilda a twenty-three year old widow without any children. ...

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Economics and society factored in the conflict, as well, with the hardness of the taxes and the settler's need for a fair leader. First of all, the conflict was partially economic because the colonies were full of natural resources and King George was interested in the money that he could get from them. ... Not only did the colonists hate the unfair taxes, they hated being ruled by a tyrant far across the sea, where they could not be represented and effectively protest his unjustness. The whole system of ruling them was flawed because one man made the decisions. ...

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Only one man has the insight and the genius to portray this regime for what it was, a failed experiment of fatally flawed dogma. ... To truly understand the role that these two books, 1984, and Animal Farm played in our society, we must first understand the man that wrote them. ... Eric also has a sister, Marjorie, who was five years older then Eric. ... It seems that his influences in the manner were quite strange for the time, as stated, When he finished at Eton, Eric signed on with the Burmese police, partly because his father had influence at the Colonial Office, partly because he ...

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• Grade Level: High School