INTRO In May 1607‚ three ships sailed up from Chesapeake Bay in search for the first permanent English colony in North America. Although Jamestown colony was doomed from the beginning‚ it was not so much an outpost as an establishment of what was to become the United States. Forty-five years later‚ another three ships representing the Dutch Republic and its company‚ the East India Company‚ anchored in the Cape of Good Hope. Their purpose was to establish a refreshment station where ships could
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Using a country of your choice‚ discuss the impact of the Bretton Wood Institutions on Human Development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Introduction The Bretton woods institutions are the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. They were setup at the end of the Second World War in order to rebuild the devastated post-war economy and to promote international economic cooperation. The main focus of the IMF is to maintain exchange stability by harmonising its members’ monetary policies1
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Changing the Tradition: The Influence of Colonization on Umuofia In Things Fall Apart‚ Chinua Achebe exercises the importance of traditions in an Ibo village of Nigeria. Africa is very well known for their long history‚ dating back to two million years ago‚ and their ancient ethnic customs have lived on since (“African History”). Unlike families from a rich white society‚ African families are usually required to live the traditions that have been survived through many generations‚ even if they
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eventually their lives were destroyed due to European Colonization. When the Europeans arrived and settled‚ they changed the Native American way of life for the worst. These changes were caused by a number of factors including disease‚ loss of land‚ attempts to export religion‚ and laws‚ which violated Native American culture. Native Americans never came in contact with diseases that developed in the Old World because they were separated from Asia‚ Africa‚ and Europe when ocean levels rose following the
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The New World was colonized by three main Nations. Those three main nations were the Spanish‚ French‚ and English. Their ways of colonization varied in their government‚ settlement locations‚ and settlement methods which includes relations with the Natives. Communication across an entire ocean was difficult‚ especially for government. Each Spain‚ France‚ and England had different ways of governing their colonies. Spanish colonies were governed by crown appointed governors‚ or what they called them
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GLOBAL WARMING Global warming is the increase of earth’s average temperature as the result of green house effect. Green house gases in the atmosphere act like a mirror reflecting back the heat radiation which would otherwise be dispersed into space. Greenhouse effect is the problem of gradual rise of gases such as carbon dioxide in the air surrounding the earth which traps the heat if the sun. Greenhouse gases are any of the gases that are thought to cause green house effect.
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Neocolonialism: Exploitation of Africa Throughout the history of man‚ Africa has played an important part in the development of the world‚ through political‚ economic and social means. Recently‚ Africa and its people have been used more as a tool for other parts of the world for the development of their industries and economies. The recent trajectory of events has begun a period of Neocolonialism in Africa‚ in which the outside world has been scrutinized by Africans as exploiters of their land
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Old Imperialism: Colonization and expansion of the European countries during this time to 1815 was termed old imperialism. Old imperialists generally steered clear of territorial claims and major players during this time were the Dutch‚ Portuguese and the Spanish. These imperialist countries were mainly concerned with trade monopoly and channeled their resources into establishing forts and ports essential for promoting trade. Wealth from non-interference trade was the main driving factor. Old imperialists
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Colonization is building a colony in new land‚ but unfortunately‚ as seen in throughout history‚ that definition of colonization was not the case. Colonization was an outlet for the imperial nations to spread their religion‚ their economic beliefs‚ and the rule of monarchy‚ but not to present change necessary by the colonized tribes. It was the power of governing influence of a democracy over a dependent country‚ territory‚ or group of people to exploit them for their land and resources. A noticed
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Effects of Colonization on Modern African Cultures In November1884 - 1885‚ Europe met for The Berlin Conference in which Africa was sub-divided giving each current European powers a part to govern. This scrabble for Africa was an official degradation of all African future political power and present government. The utilization of African land‚ resources and people to build European powers was imposing and came with extensive consequences. The new European map sub-divided Africa injudiciously
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