1938 British Empire Games

The United States had much to gain from their slave trade due to their plantation economies. However, the Canadian economy functioned differently as there were other resources Canada focused on. These resources of course being a product that the British…

respective pieces of literature, one is a quasi-ruler of an African hamlet and the other is a soldier fighting deadly robots. In Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe, Ezeulu is the chief priest of multiple villages in Africa that is slowly being colonized by the British in the early Twentieth Century. Second Variety by Phillip K. Dick is a short science fiction story set in an apocalyptic future about a military officer named Major Joseph Hendricks, who deals with robots killing humans that they were…

The British Empire at its capstone not only conquered vast amounts of land but in doing so also integrated their traditions as well. Items such as Sugar, Tea, Cotton, and other luxuries from foreign lands were established by the British and became British cultural symbols. These symbols were no longer associated with their native lands and thus became aspects of British Culture. Consequently, this gave rise to the need for an empire in order to maintain the newly integrated cultural ideals.…

of a common man’s gun could be faulty due to the cheap parts used to make the gun. The cheap parts will cause the musket be to be less accurate. Linear warfare made the American soldiers looks less of a coward. If the American hid and attacked the British they would have been considered as cowards. The continental army was already fighting with unskilled soldiers. If the unskilled army couldn’t play the part they at least have to look the part. The American army was not used…

representatives would be able to levy taxes to support the colonial government. The Albany Plan was the first important proposal to unify the colonies under one government. The Albany plan was rejected by individual colonial assemblies and by the British Government. ("Albany Plan of…

Depictions and reports of abuse by the British towards the colonists throughout the 13 colonies was used to further heighten the tensions throughout the land and act as a rallying point for further protests and resistance14. The desire for self-rule began to take hold and filter throughout all of the colonies. The crumbling relationship between the colonies and their British rulers led to further decent and ultimately to significant changes. In May of 1770, all British troops were forced out of…

Also Haig’s achievement in the 100 days war seems not to be recognized enough for the achievement. Historians explain how ‘it was Haig’s army which bore the brunt of the fighting,’ and that how that it was Haig’s military plan and leadership which caused this. Some sources believe that most historians ignore this event and ‘concentrate on 1916 and 1917.’ Secondly, there is evidence to say that Haig failed as a leader and military adviser, and does not deserve a statue in his honour. Many…

All I knew was that I was struck between my hatred of the empire I served and my rage against the evil-spirited little beast [the Burmese] who tried to make my job impossible?. Though Orwell?s handling of his subject is detailed, in the end, he subtly condemns imperialism. Orwell finds himself in a moral predicament no different than the ones placed on the white men in the East. Orwell justifies his actions, ?solely to avoid looking a fool,? driven by the instigation of the Burmese (165). Orwell…

Peer pressure occurs when a person in order to be liked or in order to fit in the group performs a task that when kept alone would not perform. And on not doing the task would be subject the person to think of what the other party might think of him/her. The time period in which Orwell had to decide whether to kill the elephant or let it live was a very crucial stage. The second paragraph of the essay he states that he had no intention to shoot the elephant only to simply scare it away “I had no…

Similar to the Dying Negro’s representation in Day and Bicknell’s poem, Olaudah Equiano casts himself as the sentimental hero in his Interesting Narrative. Mark Stein, in his article, ‘Who’s Afraid of Cannibals? Some Uses of the Cannibalism Trope in Olaudah Equiano’s Interesting Narrative’, remarks that ‘The Interesting Narrative can be read in the context of an array of genres: autobiography, spiritual, travelogue, testimonial/confession, ethnography, and economic treatise among them’. For this…