What were the most compelling reasons why the British decided to establish a colony on the east coast of New Holland in 1788? It Was All About Location In 1788‚ the British colonized the continent of New Holland‚ which is present day Australia. The colony was first started as a penal colony on the east coast‚ but soon expanded throughout the country. There are many reasons why this colony was first created and why Botany Bay specifically was chosen‚ but many of these reasons came about due
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the main starting factors for the Rwandan genocide. In addition‚ since the countries in power only meant to extract from the countries they colonized‚ there was a substantial lack of governmental infrastructure set in place to actually aide in the improvement of said countries. This lack of governmental infrastructure meant that once many of these colonized countries gained independence‚ often through violence and unrest‚ they were presented with a governmental system with no infrastructure
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British Colonizing in Nigeria In the late 19th and early 20th century‚ Europeans had raced to colonize the country Africa. Great Britain was the leaders at this time in colonizing the land filled with rich natural recourses. These recourses were considered a necessity to the industrialization of the world‚ specifically Nigeria. During this colonization that Great Britain was doing in their new land‚ you could imagine that the locals were not too happy about this. The British had no respect for
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exploiting it economically.” Specific focusing on British colonialism‚ it can be understood as the British Empire gaining control over and dependent area or people. The British Empire lasted from circa 1490s to the 1960s‚ and during that time frame they made it their mission to expand and conquer. The conquests of the British were vast and covered a multitude of regions throughout the world‚ including many of the African ethnic tribes of the area. The British dominated control of the west regions of Africa
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Beginning of British Imperialism in Nigeria Adam Coleman History 210: World History October 19‚ 2011 The novel Things Fall Apart‚ by Chinua Achebe‚ depicts the Igbo culture of Nigeria in the 1890’s‚ as well as the beginning of the British colonization of these people. Achebe describes the Igbo culture in fairly great detail in the novel‚ including different portions of the society and many of the laws and beliefs of the culture. The spread of Christianity brought by British missionaries
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were used: it was to convert those who they had been trading with for centuries to European philosophies on religion and government and to plunder their lands of natural resources and precious materials. Not much ever changes when it comes to colonization‚ just the oppressors and the oppressed. However‚ there are several points that have to be addressed: what is it like to be colonized‚ are the colonizers really helping matters in the colonies‚ or making more turmoil for them‚ and why are the colonies
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reasons‚ religion and economic gain. Religion was a very important issue to the British colonies. Nevertheless‚ it was not the main reason the British were so eager to colonize America. Their main concern was glorifying the British Empire through economic gain. The British were very concerned about making money off the colonies. The primary reason for the colonies was to earn money. The most important goal for the British of settling the Americas was to grow crops‚ hunt animals‚ and find precious
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The Spanish and the British colonized North America. These two nations were in competition for power. Through their government‚ these nations were able to get hold of the Native Americans‚ traded with them and were being able to create a complex society. In this essay‚ we are going to discuss about the similarities and differences of political‚ social‚ and economical of Spanish-Latin America to that of the British. First of all‚ let’s talk about the social structure of the Spanish-Latin America and
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British imperialism improved the lives of the colonized Indians to no extent due to the unreasonable economic policies that lead to famine‚ the extreme poverty caused by the heavy taxation of Indians‚ and the unjust and one-sided British government that gave the colonized no say. The lives of the Indians were not improved from the British imperialism because of the implementation of cash crops and mercantilism that lead to starvation. Cash crops are crops produced for their commercial value rather
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Mars Should Not Be Colonized The tallest mountain known in the solar system is on Mars. Many people on Earth are actually interested in going to and living on Mars‚ however‚ it should not be colonized. To be able to colonize Mars will be risky‚ the food will not be what humans are used to on Earth‚ and the trip to Mars is only one way. The trip to Mars will take about nine months and it is a very risky mission to those colonists who choose to do it. Colonists living on Mars are in for a risky life
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