1938 British Empire Games

taking place in 1775 to 1783. Tensions began to rise between colonists and the British government due to taxes being placed on the colonies in order to raise revenue, the Stamp Act of 1765, the Townshend Tariffs of 1767, and the Tea Act of 1773 were met with heated protests from colonists who demanded to have the same rights as other British subjects. On December 1773 a group of Bostonians dressed as Mohawk Indians got on British ships and dumped 342 boxes of tea into the Boston Harbor, enraged…

materials and new markets Profits were a lot higher than in their countries back home Strategic issues Britain was very interested in gaining control of Egypt to assure an easy route from east to west Germany was very close to overthrowing the British Portugal created an alliance with britain in order to protect…

degrees of importance between these periods. The Crimean War was an example of limited warfare, highlighting the need for a strategy of defence in a war where attack was at the forefront. Against the dated Napoleonic tactics of the Russians, the British and the French were able to initially dominate the war. Lacking mobility, the war was dominated by the use of trenches and cavalry charges. The Charge of the Light Brigade highlighted the ineffectiveness of an outdated cavalry centric strategy…

On July Fifth, 1852, Frederick Douglass was invited to speak at an anti-slavery conference. As a well-established and eloquent speaker, Douglass took this opportunity to make a statement about abolition. By revealing the disparity between what principles institutions like American government and the American Church were founded on and what they had become through scathing irony, passionate ranting and logic, Douglass addresses the social injustice of slavery. He mocks the Fourth of July holiday…

Manning Marable and Ama Mazama discuss in their writing what changes need to be brought about when it comes to learning Black Studies. One societal change that stood out to me was Ama Mazama called for a change in the “dilemma of professionalization.” Essentially the societal change being called upon is when learning individuals shouldn’t just stick to the definition or the ‘black and white’ way of learning. When learning we should try to understand broad concepts and make inferences about the…

only way possible to get through to the British is by taking something really dear from them away. He further assesses the geopolitical status of the British and concludes that they simply do not possess the resources to stage a full-out war on the colonies. Therefore, again, as stated throughout this text, he believes the only way for the colonies to become independent and free of the slavery imposed by the British is by boycotting all trades with this empire. This, although on the short term…

American Revolution rolled around, Britain was the major coloniser in what is today United States of America. Four distinct British regions on the eastern seaboard of what today is called United States of America were: New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont); Middle Colonies, which comprised of the 13 colonies of the British Empire in North America (Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania); Chesapeake Bay Colonies, which included the Colony and…

It was not until the mid-1700s that American colonists and the British empire was unable to coexist with each other. This phase of differences and disputes ultimately led to the Declaration of Independence. What led to this drastic disagreement? The truth is that the British empire was in a bind and felt that everyone including the American colonists must pay. So this led to the division between the two and resulted in several Acts being passed and Independence being declared. To…

only state government can act directly on the people (Comparison of Constitution and Articles of Confederation). What’s listed here isn’t necessarily bad, but it left the government vulnerable and weak. Yes, they were trying to be different than the British government, but the government needs to have a certain amount of power to be able to enforce the laws it puts out. With these laws in place it would’ve been chaos, and the United States wouldn’t have been united anymore. The Declaration was…

MacDonald’s travel account and others show themselves traveling the empire and learning about their place in society and the empire. For The British in the eighteenth-century, identity and class were one and informed each other. One’s identity was constructed from their family, education, their…