Three motives for british imperialism are religious‚ economic‚ and political. I believe that the most important motive for british imperialism was economy. The british hungered for more land and more money‚ they even attacked natives for resources. The covered their main reasons with lies. Religion‚ that doesn’t mean anything to them they spread and conquered like a plague. They killed‚ stole‚ and conquered. All that they cared about was money and power. The british attacked the people of India‚
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This is the case for the British East India Company. Before its establishment‚ the company faces many strong powers such as the Portuguese‚ Spaniards‚ and Dutch. In 1588‚ Spanish Armada were defeated‚ British were able to enter this competitive field in order to start their quest in exploring and colonizing the international markets. This marked the start of the British East India Company. Initially‚ the doubtful Queen Elizabeth did not approve of this venture for the British‚ but after the defeat
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yet been reaped for their resources. The British Empire’s interest in India goes back further than this age
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India was one of the richest countries till the time of British rule in the early 17th Century . Britain developed India for its own benifit they build road for themself not for Indian people . on April 13‚ 1919 (which happened to be ’Baisakhi’ one of Punjab’s largest religious festivals) fifty British Indian Army soldiers‚ under the command of Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer‚ opened fire on an unarmed gathering of innocent men‚ women and children without any reason and killed nearly 4000 people
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Global 2 Honors 12/16/2011 History of British Imperialism IN India Interviews with the native Indians and British nationalists have made it clear that both sides are right in that there are both positive and negative effects from British imperialism. The British sought raw materials‚ cash crops‚ and most importantly‚ Indian textiles. British presence increased over time as more and more became interested in making a profit in India. In 1600‚ the British East India Company was given the right
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There are many issues the British society is facing‚ it is not a perfect society. British society just like Chinese society,European society and American society have positive things but also some problems that need to solved. British society is not perfect‚ it means it has a lot of issues. We need to look at them in order to find out what problems are and also suggest some methods. This essay will discuss three important issues‚ firstly‚ we are going to discuss that waves of immigration brings tension
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History of British theatre The earliest forms of theatre in Britain were the religious ritual performances of the native Britons. The first theatre in Britain that we may recognize as such was that of the Romans. While we know a great deal about the Roman theatre its effect on Britain seems to have been limited – theatres were small and not particularly numerous (and may have been used for sports‚ gladiatorial contests and other mass spectacle entertainments more than for classical theatre)
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such as John Charmley‚ have argued that Splendid Isolation was a fiction for the period prior to the Franco-Russian Alliance of 1892‚ and only something forced on them against their will following it. [1] Origin of the phrase As descriptive of British foreign policy‚ the phrase was most famously used by Lord Goschen‚ First Lord of the Admiralty‚ during a speech at Lewes ‚ Sussex‚ on 26 February 1896‚ when he said: "We have stood here alone in what is called isolation – our splendid isolation
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the Paris. As a result of the entry of the French in the crash‚ the British strategy in the US is rapidly changed. In the Caribbean‚ the United States lost as soon as the theater of the importance to protect the Empire and other parts of the strikes in the sugar islands of France. During the American Revolution‚ the British maintained a leading world sea power. It knows that it is directly challenging the supremacy of the British wave is impossible‚ but Congress approved the creation of the October
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