Parliament House seen from Fisherman's Bastion (Budapest)

Parliament House (Budapest)

Parliament House (Sydney)

Panoramic view of the front architecture of Australia's 'new' Parliament House built into Capital Hill and showing the 'boomerang' shaped design. Construction was completed at a cost of over AU$1.1 billion and the building opened in 1988...

The British Columbia Parliament Buildings in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

European Parliament , Strasburg

What is citizenship and how has it changed? Learn about the rights of citizens in Britain from 1066-2003 and how they gained their civil rights and liberties. Then test your knowledge playing a variety of interactive games.

Contains the primary text of the resolutions against the Stamp Act sent to King George III.

The issue thus drawn centered on the question of representation. From the colonies' point of view, it was impossible to consider themselves represented in Parliament unless they actually elected members to the House of Commons. But this...

Daniel Dulany of Annapolis, Maryland, had studied law in England at the Middle Temple, and was considered, at least by one fellow Marylander, Charles Carrol, to be "indisputably the best lawyer on this continent." He wrote this pamphlet,...

Overview of the contentious struggle about taxation without representation between colonists and the British leading King George III and Parliament to overthrow the Stamp Act, but impose the Declaratory Act, asserting Parliament...

You can find out about the government of Dominica and its unicameral Parliament system from the information from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.

Check out this informative site to learn more about life in the colonies before the Revolutionary War. Find out why the colonists had issues with "taxation without representation." "You will work independently and in pairs to learn about...

Reasons for the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act are briefly described. The article also describes the colonial assemblies' reasons for fearing and speaking out against these taxes. The biggest question, Parliament's right to tax the...

Overview of the development of a strengthening identity within the colonies and the number of Acts imposed by the British Parliament intended to exercise central control over the colonies.

Overview of the series of restrictive and punitive measures imposed by British Parliament on the colonists in response to the Boston Tea Party.

Martha Black was an adventurous woman who left a comfortable life in Chicago to live in the Yukon during the Gold Rush. She became the second female Member of Parliament in Canada. This site describes the making of a television...

This site from Political Resources on the Net is a good resource for official websites on the government agencies of India. Includes chiefs of state, cabinet members, the president, the parliament, the Lok Sabha, the Rajya Sabha, Supreme...

It seems like the British Parliament was just throwing laws at the American colonists just to see what might stick. Read about the Townshend Acts that were passed after the Declaratory Act which was passed after the repeal of the Stamp...

Read the full text of The Quartering Act of the British Parliament in 1765, which required colonists to provide food and shelter for soldiers.

Read about why the Stamp Act caused such controversy in the colonies. The British Parliament had imposed several taxes previously, but find out why this one, in particular, struck such a chord.

Parliament seen from Syntagma Square (Athens)

Parliament (Budapest)

An account of the rise of the political power and strength of the women of Rwanda. The historical background of female oppression and persecution is noted as are the conditions which enabled the female population to follow a different...