During the 1800s‚ India was considered a “jewel in the crown‚” especially to the British. India was good for its location‚ weather‚ and abundance of cash crops. Though the British brought about many new technology and infrastructure ‚ the Indians still felt like they were disrespected in a sense that they were treated unfairly. The British began to increase their unreasonable laws that contradicted Indian culture. This spiked many uprisings and rebellions. As a result‚ the British Raj ended up having
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Mary Nejatifar Ms. Graff English 11H October 11‚ 2012 Colonization in America Some of the first Europeans to explore and settle in the New World were the English Puritans. In the 17th century‚ a man called John Winthrop traveled to Massachusetts Bay along with many other Puritans. With troubles with the Church of England‚ this group of people wanted to launch new lives on a new continent. To support their desires‚ John Winthrop offered several reasons and arguments to support moving
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DETERMINANTS AND ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF COLONIZATION: A GLOBAL ANALYSIS Arhan S. Ertan‚ Louis Putterman Abstract Existing research in the area of economic growth suggests that the era of colonization has had an impact upon the modern levels of economic development of countries around the globe. However‚ why some countries were colonized early‚ some late‚ and others not at all‚ and what effect these differences have on current national income‚ has not been studied systematically. In the first part
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‘Assess the claim that the protection of the trade routes to India was the most important factor in determining British influence and expansion in Africa from 1868 – 1902’ There is much deliberation when deciding what the most important factor was for Britain and their determination for British influence and expansion in Africa. Although the trade routes to India were important there is still a vast range of other reasons to why Britain wanted to gain control in the North‚ South‚ East and west of
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Government Official country name: India Government System: Constitutional Federal (federation) Republic Head of State: Pranab Mukherjee Official Languages: Hindi‚ English Region: Asia Allies/blocs: Russia‚ Singapore‚ South Korea People Population: 1‚220‚800‚358 Growth Rate: 1.51% Major religions/cultures: Hinduism‚ Islam‚ Christianity‚ Sikhism‚ Buddhism Standard of living: Overall life expectancy rate: 65 infant mortality rate: 72 per 1‚00 live births literacy rate:
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Colonization of Latin America and North America When Christopher Columbus led a Spanish expedition in 1492 to India‚ he came across a land that would change the world forever. This region was called the Americas‚ a land the Spanish‚ Portuguese‚ French and English saw as their own to change and rule. However‚ the two regions‚ Latin America and North America saw two vastly different yet similar colonization processes from the Europeans in their social‚ political and economic systems
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“The British are coming the British are coming” Paul Revere said this famous quote. This report is going to be about the life of Paul Revere and his famous ride. Paul Revere was born on January 1‚ 1735‚ Boston MA. During Paul Revere’s young childhood he had eleven siblings. He was the second oldest child and the eldest surviving son. He attended the North Writing School‚ he started attending the school at age 7. By the age of 13 Paul had graduated from the North Writing School. After he graduated
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European Colonization and African American Development During the period of 1885-1905‚ as Africa was divided into 55 small states‚ an era of economic tug-of-war between the British and the French known as “The Scramble for Africa” became the target of prosperity. While campaigned to end slavery and all affiliations with the slave trade‚ this method of colonial rule not only effectively controlled various territories‚ but also altered the lives of indigenous African people. Through tactics of indirect
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The decline of the British Empire. “The sun never sets on the British Empire” this statement was true for many decades‚ the Empire was ¼ of the world. But why and how did it fall and what were the reasons for decolonization? This I will try to answer in this short essay. The main reasons of the decline was economics and nationalism (including resentment from the rest of the world towards the empire). I have decided to concentrate on post world war events even though you may say the decline already
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and has compressed or vanquished customs and cultures. The colonization of Australia and Indonesia hold negative and positive aspects in history; forced labor‚ slavery‚ racial segregation and the loss of many cultures were horrific incidents within Indonesia’s and Australia’s history. However without these occurrences we might not have had the improvement of modern- day technology‚ arts‚ literature and science. Indonesia’s colonization was due to the sea lanes - prime location for trading and their
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