Pacifism is defined as “opposition to war or violence of any kind”. In theory, pacifism is an abstraction that would make the world an idyllic place, but when several parties are on the opposite side of the spectrum and decide to take what they want from others by using brute force, is pacifism plausible if one wants to survive? Over the past nine centuries, empires from all over the world have been invading countries, slaughtering thousands to claim land and anything else that they felt is rightfully theirs. Colonizers like Britain, Portugal, and Spain are among the top empires to imperialize other nations until the people under their rule decided to fight back. Empires are always looking to expand to become more powerful and provide more
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However, the victory would come at a cost for the British because even though they were victorious, they had massive debt to pay off for the lengthy war. Thus, the Stamp Act was introduced by the British to help pay off the debt by means of charging the American colonies a direct tax on legal documents and printed materials. Implemented without debate by British Parliament, the colonists were forced to acquiesce and pay the commissioned distributors during collection time in exchange for a stamp. Infuriated, the colonists eventually began using violence against the collectors to suppress the act until Parliament finally repealed it in 1766. Endeavored to optimize colony use, Parliament made another attempt in 1773 to utilize American colonies, but this time for importing tea, coining the name, Tea Act. Attempting to financially save the East India Company, Parliament set up ports in Charleston, New York, Philadelphia, and Boston as well as sending commission agents to each location. Consignees were given authority to sell tea in the colonies directly from India, removing the role of colonial merchants. Outraged, the colonists rebelled by pressuring the consignees at three of the four ports apart from Boston to vacate their roles as commissions. Refusing to be intimidated, the consignees in Boston continued to import the tea until the night of …show more content…
Dating back to the 16th century, Europe began establishing a trade for African captives to be used as slaves and by the 19th century, approximately 12 million African’s had been shipped to the America’s for work such as sugar plantations, gold and silver mining, domestic servants and many other jobs. After hundreds of years of abuse, the slaves in these colonies began to revolt by means of war in order to gain their freedom. Inspired by the French Revolution, in 1791, the 500,000 slaves residing in Saint Domingue, now Haiti, were led by former slave Toussaint l’Overture in a rebellion against the 40,000 white French colonizers to gain their freedom by force. It was a long-fought war, but by 1803 100,000 slaves and 24,000 white men had perished during the war which resulted in the abolition of slavery and an end to French control over the colony. Once the slaves declared victory, then ruler of France, Napoleon Bonaparte dispatched over 40,000 more French troops to try and take down l’Overture’s army and regain control over the colony. Despite their efforts in managing to capture l’Overture, the French troops were no match for the large militia of Saint Domingue, and yellow fever which decimated the French troops and were ultimately defeated. Jean-Jacques Dessalines, one of l’Overture’s generals declared the nation independent on January 1st, 1804 and renamed the nation, Haiti, making Haiti
However, the victory would come at a cost for the British because even though they were victorious, they had massive debt to pay off for the lengthy war. Thus, the Stamp Act was introduced by the British to help pay off the debt by means of charging the American colonies a direct tax on legal documents and printed materials. Implemented without debate by British Parliament, the colonists were forced to acquiesce and pay the commissioned distributors during collection time in exchange for a stamp. Infuriated, the colonists eventually began using violence against the collectors to suppress the act until Parliament finally repealed it in 1766. Endeavored to optimize colony use, Parliament made another attempt in 1773 to utilize American colonies, but this time for importing tea, coining the name, Tea Act. Attempting to financially save the East India Company, Parliament set up ports in Charleston, New York, Philadelphia, and Boston as well as sending commission agents to each location. Consignees were given authority to sell tea in the colonies directly from India, removing the role of colonial merchants. Outraged, the colonists rebelled by pressuring the consignees at three of the four ports apart from Boston to vacate their roles as commissions. Refusing to be intimidated, the consignees in Boston continued to import the tea until the night of …show more content…
Dating back to the 16th century, Europe began establishing a trade for African captives to be used as slaves and by the 19th century, approximately 12 million African’s had been shipped to the America’s for work such as sugar plantations, gold and silver mining, domestic servants and many other jobs. After hundreds of years of abuse, the slaves in these colonies began to revolt by means of war in order to gain their freedom. Inspired by the French Revolution, in 1791, the 500,000 slaves residing in Saint Domingue, now Haiti, were led by former slave Toussaint l’Overture in a rebellion against the 40,000 white French colonizers to gain their freedom by force. It was a long-fought war, but by 1803 100,000 slaves and 24,000 white men had perished during the war which resulted in the abolition of slavery and an end to French control over the colony. Once the slaves declared victory, then ruler of France, Napoleon Bonaparte dispatched over 40,000 more French troops to try and take down l’Overture’s army and regain control over the colony. Despite their efforts in managing to capture l’Overture, the French troops were no match for the large militia of Saint Domingue, and yellow fever which decimated the French troops and were ultimately defeated. Jean-Jacques Dessalines, one of l’Overture’s generals declared the nation independent on January 1st, 1804 and renamed the nation, Haiti, making Haiti