Victoria was the longest reigning British monarch and the figurehead of a vast empire. She oversaw huge changes in British society and gave her name to an age. Victoria was born in London on 24 May 1819‚ the only child of Edward‚ Duke of Kent‚ and Victoria Maria Louisa of Saxe-Coburg. She succeeded her uncle‚ William IV‚ in 1837‚ at the age of 18‚ and her reign spanned the rest of the century. In 1840‚ she married her first cousin‚ Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. For the next 20 years they lived
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of democracy did the Romans have? Republic 1. Magna Carta: limited the power of a king‚ no longer an absolute monarch‚ and guaranteed rights to the people 2. Declaration of Independence: announced that the colonies are no longer part of the British Empire US Bill of Rights: basic rights granted to all U.S Citizens 3. US Constitution: Basic framework of the U.S. Government‚ 27 Amendments (1-10 are the Bill of Rights)‚ the world’s oldest active constitution How has it influenced other democracies
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1756-63 British and France over territory‚ in India for trade‚ British won both financial crisis. taxation Road to Revolution 1756-63: Seven Years War 1763: “Proclamation Line” 1765: Quartering Act and Stamp Act 1770: Boston Massacre 1773: Tea Act and Boston Tea Party 1774: “Intolerable Acts” 1774: First Continental Congress 1776 July 4: Declaration of Independence Treaty of Paris‚ 1783 Britain recognizes American independence Fix borders between US and British North America(Mississippi
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In 1871‚ a new form of colonisation emerged in Europe and was later differentiated from the Empires of Spain and Portugal in the 15th and 16th centuries as New Imperialism. Intelligibly‚ it is also referred to as ‘the Scramble for Africa’‚ as a result of the swift rate at which nations clamoured to gain control of weaker regions in deviated areas from the 1600’s. There is much speculation surrounding the reasoning of such accelerated expansion‚ however‚ there is a clear correlation of events that
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Wilberforce was a deeply religious English member of parliament and social reformer who was very influential in the abolition of the slave trade and eventually slavery itself in the British empire. William Wilberforce was born on 24 August 1759 in Hull‚ the son of a wealthy merchant. He studied at Cambridge University where he began a lasting friendship with the future prime minister‚ William Pitt the Younger. In 1780‚ Wilberforce became member of parliament for Hull‚ later representing Yorkshire
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history and literature. Social Darwinism or Imperialism is proven through empires building up in Africa. Through this time period‚ 1800-1914‚ nations from Europe take over the continent of Africa. It all started at the Berlin Conference‚ when European leaders met up to divide Africa up to each nation. British thought they were doing the Africans a favor‚ but in reality the Africans never wanted them there. The British just came in and said they had control over the land and not them. This led to
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the Indian subcontinent which was under the control of European colonial powers through trade and conquest. Alexander the great was one of the first European power that arrive in India. Later‚ trade was carried between Indian states and the Roman Empire‚ but Romans never sought trading settlements or territory in India. The spice trade between India and Europe was one of the best in the world. India was searching for health and prosperity and it led the accidental discover of the Americans by Christopher
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for European imperialists were social‚ economic and political gain. Social motives focused on morals or ideologies. “Britain’s colonial empire was motivated at least in part by the idea that it was the “white man’s burden” to civilize “backward” peoples” (Imperialism‚3). Britain believed that they were superior over all others and all countries were in need of British rule. This was Britain’s justification for their imperialistic policies. The most common motive for imperialism was economic. This was
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Portugal‚ and Italy. Their influence on the population of Africa and the America’s is substantial. Britain’s contact with the aboriginals of Canada had caused an epidemic with was able to wipe out a significant amount of their population. Prior to the arrival of Europeans in Canada‚ infections such as smallpox‚ and yellow fever did not exist. Smallpox was introduced into aboriginal societies via infected blankets supplied to them by the British soldiers. It is estimated that by 1900‚ the aboriginal
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Wars Britain battled between the British and German navies. Britain used its sea power as a resource to force the German’s to trade. Likewise the British worked to gain allies in 1917 with the Balfour Declaration “which promised to “look with favor” on the creation of a Jewish homeland in Palestine”. (E-book ch26)This created difficulties for the Germans. In addition‚ the British got the Arabs to dissident against the Turks giving them the same slogan that the British gave the Jewish people. “The United
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