fifty six and ended in seventeen sixty three. Some of the British were actually Americans and both the British and the French were supported by American Indians (Francis 1927‚ 7). The fighting going on in India was between India Indians‚ the British and the French. The French were fighting the Prussians and the British were fighting the Austrians. The war took place in Europe‚ the continental U.S.‚ and the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Africa‚ India‚ but basically the world (Francis 1927‚ 10). As
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My heritage can be traced back to the British Colonial rules of South Africa‚ when Gold was discovered in the Johannesburg area in 1948‚ my ancestors came to South Africa wanting a better living‚ they worked in the mines as contracted workers‚ eventually with a having a steady payment monthly‚ they started a small business. There were many like my family‚ they came from China to South Africa ‚ working in the gold mines. I recognized a birth certificate of a Chinese man in the Apartheid museum‚ with
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In consequence of the navy’s attempt‚ Britain could construct the new measures to exploit forests in the empire. The loss of the Thirteen Colonies encouraged Britain to utilise Halifax as the distributor of Canadian woods and focus on shipbuilding in India. At the beginning‚ the navy regarded Canada as the small scale sources and made a little point of Canadian
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throughout the acquisition of African colonies. Some thought that it would reinforce Europe’s economy and government‚ others supposed it would add pressures to Europe; it end up being a benefit to the economy‚ strengthen the nation and civilizing Africa. Motivations would be up brought upon the vague consideration about this dilemma. Some of the motivations were seen with positive attitudes about the acquisition with the pro imperialist who benefited the economy in documents 2‚ 5‚ and 12. During
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PRE COLONIAL AFRICAN STATES SOUTHERN (1800-1900) THE MFECANE This is a Nguni term which for forced migrations of various Nguni speaking communities. This took place in the South Eastern part of South Africa in the period between 1810-1860. The Nguni speaking communities include the following: Xhosa‚ Swazi‚ Zulu‚ and Ndebele etc. Many historians have found it difficult to explain the causes of these migrants however population and land pressure amongst these groups living between Drakensbura
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his name‚ was a child he lived several changes in his life like moving to Vologda‚ because of the arrestment of his father by Imperial Russian authorities in Warsaw in order to organize what would become the January Uprising (revolt against Russian Empire) another change was the death of his mother‚ she died of tuberculosis as well as his father. Because of all these changes Conrad developed health problems‚ which were with him throughout his life. After his parent’s death he went to Switzerland to
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was that there are many ways of creating an empire. The Roman Empire’s standard of conglomeration is a better method of imperialism than the exploitative approach employed by 19th century nations. The Roman Empire never fell by a revolution from its own people. Rather‚ many of its subjects lived life as either full-time or part-time citizens of the empire. Many of the conquered people were given some semblance of citizenship‚ as “provincials”. The Empire‚ however‚ did provide the newly-conquered
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the twelfth century. Knowledge gained during the Crusades and from contacts with the great Mongol Empire spurred interest. European upper classes became used to imports‚ especially spices‚ brought from India and Southeast Asia to the Middle East by Arab vessels‚ and then carried to Europe by traders from Italian city-states. The fall of the Mongol dynasty in China‚ the strength of the Ottoman Empire‚ lack of gold to pay for imports‚ and poor naval technology hindered efforts for change. Europeans
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1947 the British ruled over India. The system of governance was instituted in 1858 when the rule of the British East India Company was transferred to the Crown in the person of Queen Victoria‚ who was also called Empress of India‚ and lasted until 1947‚ when the British Indian Empire was partitioned into two sovereign states. Gandhi went to South Africa at the age of 24 and worked there as a legal representative for the Muslim Indian Traders. He spent there 21 years. In South Africa Gandhi had
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nineteenth century‚ Europeans were able to control and dominate most of the world. Europe was able to emerge as a world power because of its economic supremacy and individualism. Europe came to rule the world because of its geographical determinism‚ British sea power which built the modern global system‚ and the continuous competitions that led to a self-perpetuating evolution in European economy. The main reason for Europe to gain control and dominate the world is because of geographical determinism
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