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    Ipmerialism DBQ

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    Awadalla‚ Marwan HGN22X Period #1 1/09/15 During the 19th and early 20th centuries‚ “New” Imperialism accelerated due to economic‚ political‚ and social factors within Europe. Firstly‚ the Industrial Revolution stirred the ambitions of European nations‚ with such advancements in technology‚ caused these nations to spread their control over the less-developed areas of the world. These economic‚ political‚ and social factors were mostly responsible for

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    document 4 it was shown that the British should pursue a policy of imperialism because they believe they were the “finest/best” race in the world. The Anglo-Saxon race should be the only race in the world. All other races were inferior to the British. Cecil Rhodes said “ it is his duty to seize every opportunity to acquiring more territory and we should keep this one idea steadily before our eyes”. Moreover‚ territorial growth in the form of coastal outposts used to conquer inland‚ helped making the British

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    followers sailed on a boat to set foot on the fertile land of Maryland. The 13 colonies were “Delaware‚ Pennsylvania‚ New Jersey‚ Georgia‚ Connecticut‚ Massachusetts Bay‚ Maryland‚ South Carolina‚ New Hampshire‚ Virginia‚ New York‚ North Carolina‚ and Rhode Island and Providence Plantations”. I going to explain one of the 13 colonies‚ Maryland and how interaction with Native Americans and their daily life‚ what happen to Maryland

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    Establishing the Colonies Name _____ Motives for settling in the New World: Spread Christianity Find a short cut to Asia Better job opportunities Roanoke Island With the permission of Queen Elizabeth‚ Sir Walter Raleigh raised money to establish a colony‚ and in 1585 a small group of men sailed for the Americas. What did Raleigh find when he returned to the Lost Colony of Roanoke in 1589? The people had vanished and they found the word‚ “Croatian” carved in a tree. Jamestown What

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    unemployed citizens. With great unemployment came great poverty in the nation of Britain. Cecil Rhodes feared that this might lead to civil war. The civil war that Rhodes spoke of‚ was the one caused by the greed of the nation. Many businessmen prospered through the Industrialization‚ but as they prospered many struggled to gain profit. Because of this unbalance‚ it created a conflict between the wealthy and the poor. Rhodes had a solution to this problem‚ imperialism. He said that this would allow for more

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    Causes of the Boer War

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    and this area became very rich indeed. Later diamonds were found in this area as well‚ and there was argument between the British and Boers over in which nation’s territory they lay. Certain individuals had a major role in provoking the war. Cecil Rhodes was probably the most ambitious of Britain’s leaders abroad. He was a real imperialist‚ and strove to expand the British Empire further‚ especially through his dream of a "Cape Colony to Cairo" railway. He was strongly anti-Boer‚ and his actions

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    Can the British be proud of their Empire? Britain had the largest empire in the world‚ by 1900. They were ruling an estimated 25% of the globe‚ but just because Britain had the most power‚ it doesn’t mean that they used it for the best. For example‚ Rani Lakshmi‚ was an Indian Princess and when her husband died the British took his land‚ and the natives had no say in the matter. The British also tried to change their customs even though they didn’t want them changed. The Indians tried to fight

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    Revolt-> Peace of Westphalia->Congress of Vienna-> independence of Belgium IV 95 Thesis-> Council of Trent->witch hunts-> Scientific Revolution-> Heliocentric universe-> Enlightenment-> Deism Adam Smith->Malthus-> Darwin->Herbert Spencer-> Cecil Rhodes Gunpowder-> standing army-> absolute kings-> Enlightenment-> constitutional monarchy-> rise of the middle class-> liberalism-> republican government V Fall of Constantinople->age of Discovery->Enlightenment->Greek independence->the

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    History of Zimbabwean Law

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    The Zimbabwean law came from a long way to be what it is today. The long road which led to the current law had milestones of changing times‚ governance‚ wars which fought and exploration among others. This writing is aimed at outlining the historical development of blended Zimbabwe’s current law by chronologically tracing all the developments from its origins up to post colonial era. The birth of Zimbabwean law can be traced from the fall of Roman in AD 476. The decline of Roman Empire did not bring

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    Charter to Sir Walter Raleigh : 1584 Everybody remembers Jamestown‚ Capt. John Smith‚ Pocahontas and all the rest. But do you remember Roanoke? In 1585‚ after a small scouting expedition had returned from North America with two Native Americans and many astonishing stories‚ Sir Walter Raleigh tried to establish a colony called Roanoke in the land which the British named "Virginia"‚ in honor of Elizabeth‚ the Virgin Queen. The site was actually an island on North America’s eastern seaboard protected

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