Contemporary Sources: the Second Boer War SOURCE 1: Telegram from Alfred Milner to Joseph Chamberlain‚ 4th May 1899 The spectacle of thousands of British subjects kept permanently in the position of helots‚ constantly changing under undoubted grievances‚ and calling vainly for her Majesty’s Government for redress‚ does steadily undermine the influence and reputation of Great Britain and the respect for the British Government within its dominions. SOURCE 2: Letter from Chamberlain to Milner‚
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Africa. His desire to unify the Boer republics led to the Boer Wars. Gold was discovered in one of the Boer Republics in 1886‚ and Rhodes wanted to incite a rebellion among the settlers so they could overthrow the existing Boer governments. He sent one of his associates to cause a rebellion‚ and he failed. This led to the beginning of the Boer Wars‚ and Cecil Rhodes ended up resigning due to this. He never lived to see the end of the Boer Wars‚ as he died in 1902.
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battles known as the Punic Wars. Originally‚ Rome and Carthage were allies. It was not until the conflict between the Sicilian city‚ Syracuse‚ and the Mammertines that both Rome and Carthage
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the ancient super powers. These states met three times in war‚ in what became to be known as the Punic Wars. All these wars however were won by Rome‚ and when the third Punic war was finished Carthage was completely destroyed. This paper will trace the history of Carthage and how it came to be almost the equal of Rome. It will also show the strength of these two ancient powers and how their first conflict or what is called the first Punic war led to Rome becoming a naval power. It is believed and
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one of the largest empires in the ancient world[1] with an estimated 50 to 90 million inhabitants (roughly 20% of the world’s population[2][3][4]) and covering 6.5 million square kilometers (2.5 million sq mi) during its height between the first and second centuries AD.[5][6][7] In its approximately 12 centuries of existence‚ Roman civilization shifted from a monarchy to a classical republic to an increasingly autocratic empire. Through conquest and assimilation‚ it came to dominate Southern Europe
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as a trader and Indian leader for the next 80 years. In 1814 Osceola and his mom moved to Florida with the other Creeks where he received his adult name. It was also there in Florida where Osceola became a Seminole war chief. He led a small band of warriors in the Second Seminole War when the U.S tried to kick out the Seminoles from their land. On October 21‚ 1837 Osceola was captured when he arrived for truce negotiations at Fort Payton. His imprisonment caused an uproar even from the white community
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After watching the video Legitimacy to the Qing * Increased China’s size * Safety assured * Population triples‚ 120 to 300 million > 1. Malthusian Trap 2. Unemployment‚ leads to crime‚ drug abuse especially Opium‚ this drug is not made in China‚ the son of Kangxi had decided that they would not make opium illegal‚ but they had forbid its use in non-medical use. 3. Bad Weather‚ it is not the people’s fault but it is important given that if the government do not spend money
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The Second War of Kappel was a result of religious conflicts between protestants and Catholic Cantons. This war was fought in 1531‚ in Switzerland. Over 7000 Protestants and 2000 Catholics fought in the war leaving about 700 dead‚ including innocent civilians. The Catholics won this war leaving the Protestants in defeat. The Crusades were many religious wars and fights that were fought between Christians and Muslims. These wars originally started out as religious arguments and fighting over
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Second World War World War II was one of the greatest struggles humanity has ever seen. This Second World War caused many lives to be lost‚ damaged personal properties and was expensive‚ for a great deal of money was required to maintain a country’s military strength. The numbers for those that have passed‚ been wounded or gone missing during the war could never be calculated precisely; though it has been estimated that more than 55 million lives perished. Many historians have traced the causes of
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major war broke out just 20 years after the First World War and it was the Second World War. The Second World War was one of the greatest wars in human history and it was even greater in scale and more disastrous than the First. In this essay‚ I would like to talk about “To what extent should the Axis Powers be responsible for the outbreak of World War Two?’. Actually‚ I think that to a large extent‚ the Axis Powers (Germany‚ Italy and Japan) were responsible for the outbreak of the Second World
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