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    During the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines‚ there were several revolts against of the Spanish colonial government by native-born Filipinos and Chinese‚ often with the goal of re-establishing the rights and powers that had traditionally belonged to tribal chiefs and the Chinese traders. Most of these revolts failed because the majority of the native population sided up with the Spanish colonial government and fought with the Spanish to put down the revolts. Dagami Revolt (1567) Main article:

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    The coming of Europeans to India The commercial contacts between India and Europe were very old via the land route either through the Oxus valley or Syria or Egypt. But‚ the new sea route via the Cape of Good Hope was discovered by Vasco da Gama in 1498. Thereafter‚ many trading companies came to India and established their trading centres. They entered India as traders at the outset but by the passage of time indulged in the politics of India and finally established their colonies. The commercial

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    They cared for the aspirations of the people and represented their country. Louis XI of France and Henry VII of England were two examples of New Monarchs who centralized government and contributed to the rise of their countries from the period of 1450-1550. After the Hundred Years War‚ was the rise of the Valois family in France. France defeated the duchy of Burgundy‚ and there was no threat of a new state. Louis XI assumed power for the Valois family and contributed to the rise of France as a

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    Chapter 4 The Empire in Transition Loosening Ties -After the Glorious Revolution‚ the British Parliament established a growing supremacy over the king. -These parliamentary leaders were less inclined than the seventeenth-century monarchs had been to try to tighten imperial organization. -The administration of colonial affairs remained decentralized and inefficient; there was considerable overlapping and confusion of authority among the different departments. -Very few London officials had

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    The power of the Nobility was the most important cause of unrest in the period of 1450 to 1470. ‘How far do you agree?’ During 1450- 1470‚ there were two main kingships; Henry VI and Edward IV. The first kingship was an extremely weak one with Henry VI who seemed to show a clear lack of interest in ruling the country‚ and then came Edward IV who was a strong king that sorted out the mess that Henry VI had left behind. However‚ throughout both reigns‚ the nobility seemed to stay the same; the

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    the English dominance in the New World‚ it would be identical to the English empire. However‚ between the settlement at Jamestown in 1607 and the Treaty of Paris in 1763‚ a different society from England emerged in the colonies. Changes in religion‚ economics‚ politics‚ and social structure illustrate this to the Europeans. By 1763‚ although some colonies still maintained established churches‚ other colonies had accomplished a virtual revolution for religious toleration and separation of church

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    world in a racialized "red" versus "white" manner. Richter argues that for much of the eighteenth century Indian and Euro-American histories "moved along parallel paths." The balance between parallel paths broke down when France left the continent in 1763 and the imperial contest between that country and Britain

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    PHILIPPINE HISTORY UNIT III A. EARLY FILIPINO REVOLTS More than three hundred years of oppression‚ the early Filipinos attempted to regain several freedoms taken from them. WHY FILIPINO REVOLTED AGAINST SPANISH AUTHORITIES? Religious Oppression and Forced conversion to Christianity Refusal to recognize/accept Spanish rule Land Problems Unjust or Oppressive Taxation Forced Labor Monopoly I. Lakandula and Sulayman Revolt (1574) In the same year that the Chinese pirate Limahong attacked Manila‚ Manila

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    |FORT NECESSITY |September 20 | | |2010 | |In 1754‚ George Washington‚ a lieutenant colonel‚ was dispatch to the Ohio Country with an armed force to |French and Indian War Research Paper | |build a fort in present-day Pittsburgh. After arriving

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    a voice in Parliament and the laws and taxes that Parliament passed on to them were unfair‚ unjust and illegal. This was the being of the frustration felt by the colonists‚ but it had not yet reached the boiling point. When Parliament passed the 1763 Proclamation‚ which stated that the colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains‚ The Stamp Tax‚ and the now ever-present standing army‚ this was the last straw‚ which caused the colonists to rebel. At this same time‚ the British subjects

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