<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishKatika muda wa mwaka mmoja, Resident mwenye nguvu katika Perak, James Birch, aliuawa baada ya juhudi za ujasiri za kulazimisha serikali ya Uingereza moja kwa moja.  <response>: Within a year, the high-handed Resident in Perak, James Birch, was assassinated after brazen efforts to impose direct British government. 