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Like their fellow members around the world, Orangemen in Canada were Protestants and faithful adherents to the British crown and its colonial representatives. The fraternal association reinforces through the rituals, ceremonies, initiations, and famous Orange bands worn in council sessions and parades. As St Patrick, a celebration held on 17 March, of a heavenly protector saint in Ireland, it is a cultural and religious heritage by the Irish diaspora. St. Patrick's Day was recognized as…

settlers (known as the Boers) and the new British colonists. As the two groups competed for land to settle they encountered the Zulu’s and their warrior king Shaka. At each engagement, the Zulu warriors proved to be brave soldiers but were no match against the guns of the colonists; leading to a devastating depopulation of the inlands by the 1820’s (Wikipedia, South Africa n.d.).The Zulu nation was then broken up and some Zulus assisted both the Boers and the English during the Boer War of 1899…

indentured labourers . Inboekelinge were captured by the Dutch, bartered for or bought for cash . The majority of these children were in some way obtained by Boers through some form of…

Incendiary Imperialism: Britain’s Racial Relegation Amidst economic malaise, crumbling foreign influence and polarizing domestic turmoil, the inception of British ‘New Imperialism’ spurred large scale overhauls of economic and foreign policy and even larger scale ramifications in overseas assets. The birth of ‘New Imperialism’ maintained heavy racial underpinnings implying that a “civilization” should be comprised of Crown-loyal, ‘civilized’ subjects, otherwise known as a predominantly white…

race. Historian, George M. Frederickson, in his essay Expansionism on the American and South African Frontiers, compares the mandatory elimination of Native Americans to the trans- Mississippi West with the coinciding Great Trek of South Africa’s Boer settlers. The key to understanding American Indian policy between 1790 and 1830 is not the policy advocating for different racial groups, but the fact that the government was responsible to a white electorate that was persuaded that the fate…

However, the study did find that there was a strong association between childhood physical abuse and reactive aggression (Kolla et al., 2013). Reactive aggression is when an individual responds to a frustration or perceived threat in a hostile and impulsive manner. This is different that proactive aggression, where an individual responds in an aggressive way without being provoked and is typically aimed at possessing objects or controlling other people. This distinction is important as research…

The Scramble for Africa The general idea or definition most people associate imperialism with is the overtaking or influence a country has over another country in which the other country has relatively a weaker government and military system. This is supported in the book ‘How Europe Underdeveloped Africa” in which the writers states “Africa spring mainly from the fact that Africa lost power. Power is the ultimate determinant in human society, being basic to the relations within any group and…

1. Introduction The Thera Catastrophe is a topic of debate for many scientists around the world. The eruption happened around 3500 years ago. The main issue today is how disastrous was the impact of the of the eruption and the resulting tsunami. 1.1 Santorini Island The Thera volcano is located in the west part of the Mediterranean on the island of Santorini in Greece. (Figure1) The disaster had a massive impact on all aspects of the region. The consensus in the scientific community is the…

Missionaries and their conflictive involvement in Imperial politics Foreign Missionaries played a detrimental role when it came to colonial conquest in the 19th century. Sent out by the European governments to expand its empires, missionaries influenced the lives of Africans by directly or indirectly facilitating the “Colonization of Consciousness:” the idea of transforming Africans into colonial subjects by introducing the western, civilized way of life. This was seen through language,…

It can be argued that Germany knew that each of these policies would cause conflict with the other powers, and that they were introduced not only for the purpose of making Germany a great power but also to instigate a war. In his first years in power Caprivi attempted to untangle the complex system of alliances and commitments Bismarck had created during his long stay in office, and it can be said that his most important decision in accordance with Weltpolitik was his decision not to renew the…