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    HIST 325: Colonial Africa

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    HIST 325: PRECOLONIAL AFRICA Winter 2013 – TR 6:00-7:20pm‚ McKenzie 214 – CRN 23274 Version 1.00‚ 7 Jan 2013 Professor: Dr. L. F. Braun Office: 311 McKenzie Hall Telephone: x6-4838 on-campus. Email: lfbraun@uoregon.edu Office hours: T 2:00-4:00pm & by appt. Overview and Objectives Africa is central to human history. It is the continent where our species arose‚ where some of the greatest ancient civilizations throve‚ and where dynamic‚ complex‚ and innovative cultures confronted a variety of social

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    independence in a country under a foreign domination. Many Nations in South East Asia (SEA) was under colonial rule in the 1900s. However‚ overtime‚ it dawns on to the locals that nationalism is the next best alternative to colonial rule- due to the policies imposed on the natives that were supposedly to bind them socially‚ politically‚ and economically; many felt oppressed and wanted to break away from colonial rule as Nationalism has its antagonists as well as its protagonists. In the 1900s‚ strong western

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    Within the information presented in this course there have been many similarities and differences noted about the French and British rule in western Africa. Because the authoritative forces were of two completely different countries‚ each had their own ideas and concerns for the African nations. It is known‚ the French ruled with a kind of direct force‚ whereas the British ruled with an indirect notion. Though the two separate countries differed in their strategies‚ they each had the aspiration for

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    HIST280: Pre-Colonial Africa September 23‚ 2013 The cultivation of crops became significant to Ancient African societies as they developed. In the late Stone Age‚ changes in old life were made possible by farming. Without agriculture‚ civilization would not exist. Societies are not able to collect enough resources to sustain a large population. Resources run out quickly. Therefore that society will not stay in one place. They will be forced to find new resources. Communities will not be able

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    from smooth‚ the extension of male suffrage to the Quatre Communes in 1848 would give Senegal a great edge in political sophistication over France’s other African colonies in the twentieth century. Although French traders had been active in West Africa since the fourteenth century‚ the first permanent settlement in the region was established only in 1659 at Saint-Louis at the mouth of the Senegal River. In 1848 the French presence in the region was still confined to a few enclaves: the island of

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    Britain during this era would have been highly unlikely‚ I will show how colonial policy led to the privation and death of millions of natives. I conclude that while India undoubtedly benefited from British colonial rule‚ the negatives for the subject population far outweighed the positives. . Colonialism‚ by definition‚ is exploitative and oppressive‚ with the rulers enriching themselves at the expense of those they rule. Generally speaking‚ colonizers dominate a territory’s resources‚ labor

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    Neo-Colonial Africa in a Post-Soviet World A continent of rapid change and slow modernization‚ Africa is a place of several failed and rogue states that are key to the international foreign policy of many world powers during periods of both the past and present. The United States of America (USA)‚ the emerging superpower of last half of the 20th century‚ would clash and eventually prevail against the communist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) through proxy wars and competition

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    The most significant factors that drove colonials to oppose British rule and rebelled against the British rule because the colonials didn’t support or like the idea of British imposing a huge amount of taxation on everything It all started‚ after the French and Indian War or the seven War that take place between 1756-1763. They were in a lot of debts‚ they taxed the colonies and because the government needed money to cover the costs of the French and Indian War. First‚ British increased their

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    Boudicca Evaluate the impact of Boudicca’s resistance to Roman expansion and rule in Britannia. Melissa Horacek Year Eleven Ancient History Boudicca‚ the famous warrior queen‚ was Iceni‚ a Celtic tribe located in an area of southern Britain known now as East Anglia. The Iceni territory was geographically isolated‚ as it was covered in dense forest‚ and the north and east boundary faced the sea‚ invasion by foreigners was almost impossible. The Iceni farming economy were of mixed

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    The Economic and Social Impact of Colonial Rule in India Chapter 3 of Class Structure and Economic Growth: India & Pakistan since the Moghuls Maddison (1971) British imperialism was more pragmatic than that of other colonial powers. Its motivation was economic‚ not evangelical. There was none of the dedicated Christian fanaticism which the Portuguese and Spanish demonstrated in Latin America and less enthusiasm for cultural diffusion than the French (or the Americans) showed in their colonies. For

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