Most Black legislators were small holders or merchants who held economic and social views diametrically opposed to the interests of the small, wealthy English planter class.

English, Scottish, and Irish merchants settled in the city.

When the demand began to increase rapidly, the English merchants began to kidnap young children and deport them to distant parts of the world, very much against their will.

The English merchants holding plantations in the warm southern parts of America then resorted rather quickly to the slavery of Native Americans and imported Africans in order to cultivate their plantations and sell raw material ( particularly cotton and tobacco ) in Europe.

The English merchants involved in colonization amassed fortunes equal to those of great aristocratic landowners in England, and their money, which fuelled the rise of the middle class, permanently altered the balance of political power.

Jayawikarta is thought to have made trading connections with the English merchants, rivals of the Dutch, by allowing them to build houses directly across from the Dutch buildings in 1615.

Several times the Liberian government borrowed money from English banks on severe terms, and even from local German merchants.

These gifts were intended to cement relations between the two countries, building on the trade agreement signed in 1581 that gave English merchants priority in the Ottoman region.

Most slave ships that transported slaves from Calabar were English, and around 85 % of these ships being from Bristol and Liverpool merchants.

In the summer of 1786, the Empress Catherine, in the context of tense negotiations on a renewed treaty of commerce, had emphasised her control over this vital commodity by asking the merchants who supplied it to restrict sales to English buyers: “ the Empress has contrary to Custom speculated on this Commodity ”, complained the author of a subsequent memorandum to the Home Secretary.

Similar rebuffs awaited him elsewhere, and he travelled with Robert Parker to the Netherlands, helped by English merchants who wished him to controvert the supporters of the English church in Leiden.

* February – English merchants of the East India Company complain that the great troubles and wars in Japan since their arrival have put them to much pains and charges.

The Swedes sought to expand their influence by creating an agricultural ( tobacco ) and fur-trading colony to bypass French and English merchants.

* A group of English merchants gains the right to trade in Ottoman territory in return for supplying the sultan with iron, steel, brass and tin for his war with Persia.

* Edward, heir to the throne of England, seizes £ 10, 000 which had been deposited to the trust of the knights Templars in London by foreign merchants and English magnates.

In 1675, Iversen claimed St. John and placed two men there ; in 1684, Governor Esmit granted it to two English merchants from Barbados but their men were chased off the island by two British sloops sent by Governor Stapleton of the British Leeward Islands.

Astute English merchants and even ordinary subjects would save the good shillings from pure silver and circulate the bad ones ; hence, the bad money would be used whenever possible, and the good coinage would be saved and disappear from circulation.

The individual chosen by the Estates could not be the same person who came to the English throne, unless England granted full freedom of trade to Scottish merchants.

In 1703, the Estates passed a bill that declared that their selection for Queen Anne's successor would not be the same individual as the successor to the English throne, unless England granted full freedom of trade to Scottish merchants in England and its colonies.

Holbein's commissions in the early stages of his second English period included portraits of Lutheran merchants of the Hanseatic League.

Later he visited leading mercantile centres in the Low Countries, living among the English merchants and developing an important network of contacts while learning several languages.

His alliance with Louis of France and his intention to declare war on Burgundy was contrary to the interests of the merchants, as it threatened English trade with Flanders and the Netherlands.

His trade policies, which aimed to expand and protect markets for English commerce, pleased local merchants, who were also won over by the young Yorkist king's personality.

And the on their parts have been and are too much elated with the advantages they supposed they should derive from the restoration of their old Privileges & customs, & indulged themselves in a way of thinking & talking that gave very just offence, as well to their own People as to the English merchants.

Comparisons have been made between Doublespeak and Orwell's descriptions on political speech from his essays Politics and the English Language in which " unscrupulous politicians, advertisers, religionists, and other doublespeakers of whatever stripe continue to abuse language for manipulative purposes ".

This suited the desires of several English politicians who intended to depose James.

The correspondence between William and the English politicians was, at first, sent by ordinary post to genuine addresses in either country and then distributed.

In 2009 Al-Fayed revealed that he was a supporter of Scottish independence from the United Kingdom, announcing to the Scots that " It's time for you to waken up and detach yourselves from the English and their terrible politicians ... whatever help is needed for Scotland to regain its independence, I will provide it ... when you Scots regain your freedom, I am ready to be your

Roosevelt's 1901 saying " Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick " is still quoted by politicians and columnists in different countries — not only in English but also in translation to various other languages.

In the years since the Conquest, politicians and other leaders have used William and the events of his reign to illustrate political events throughout English history.

Reacting to the excesses of the revolution, English politicians became steadfastly opposed to any major political change.

Seeing him as a friend, and often having maintained secret contacts with him for years, many English politicians began to negotiate an armed invasion of England.

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Against the grain of Indian politicians of the time, Gandhi wore Indian-style clothes and emphasised the use of one's mother tongue or any Indian language as opposed to English — the lingua franca of India's intellectuals.

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He was originally supposed to receive 500 English pounds a year, but economy-frightened politicians reduced his payment to 500 Continental dollars.

Though De Witt tended to believe the repeated diplomatic assurances by the French and English that they had no invasion in mind, many Dutch politicians and military men interpreted the French diplomatic activities in the German principalities, the preparing of the English Navy and the raising of large armies as sure signs of an imminent war.

In early July, Charles had decided to secure his share of the booty and sent Lord Arlington, one of the few English politicians privy to the Treaty of Dover, together with the Duke of Buckingham to the Republic to convey his peace conditions.

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Category: Assassinated English politicians

Category: Assassinated English politicians

Category: English politicians

Category: English politicians

Category: Assassinated English politicians

Category: English politicians

Category: Assassinated English politicians

In Plattsburgh, for example, there is no " Main Street "-a common vestige of English colonies, whereas in a unique tradition major streets and thoroughfares were named after the daughters of prominent businessman and politicians ( e. g., Cathérine, Marguerite-present day Margaret Street and Plattsburgh's " Main Street ", Cornélie-present day Cornelia Street ).

From 1601, in the last years of Elizabeth I's life, certain English politicians, notably her chief minister Sir Robert Cecil, maintained a secret correspondence with James in order to prepare in advance for a smooth succession.