British Empire

Indian War started in 1754. The colonies and Great Britain were fighting on the same side of this war, but tensions had risen between the two. The British clarified that they preferred having British soldiers leading…

Africa under European control! During 1800’s, the 19th century, imperialism, the taking over a country occurred. What prevented this during previous years was the disease malaria. Malaria is a blood disease that can be spread by mosquitoes in tropical areas, Africa being one of them. After a cure was found, it permitted Europeans to take over. The key components that triggered European Imperialism in Africa are economics, politics, and cultural ways of life. The desire for making more money…

for Africa. African states tried to resist European Imperialism, although only two were able to remain independent. Great Britain's empire in Africa was larger than Great Britain itself. The Ottomans lost all control of all of their colonies in Africa by 1875 and 1914. The British, Dutch/Boers, and Zulus fought for control of South Africa, but in the end the British gained control. When the exploration of Africa began, the leaders of Europe came together to “split-up” the continent, because…

resistance to his rule, and over-extension of his military reach were dangerous weaknesses of his Empire. Napoleon created The Continental System in hopes to cripple England's economy by preventing importation of British goods into continental Europe. He implemented his plan by ordering a continent-wide blockade against British ships, confiscating all British goods, and set French privateers upon British merchant ships. Britain responded by applying their own counter blockade against…

one example of slavery’s beginnings in the Americas. Europeans transformed life in the Americas by abusing other races and increasing trade of natural resources. One example of how the Europeans shaped life in the Americas is by conquering the Aztec Empire. In 1519, Spaniard Hernando Cortés landed on the coast of Mexico along with 508 conquistadors and dreams of riches. As the conquistadors continued…

superior forces in conventional, face-to-face encounters. The British army was, unquestionably, superior in military skill and classical tactics to the American regulars. They were extremely disciplined and very proud. The redcoats also held the advantage of superior leadership and a strong chain of command. Overconfidence in themselves, and the difficulty of fighting so far from the mother country were, perhaps, their downfall. The British did not anticipate the power of an occupying citizenry…

colonists had already experienced war, this war was the Seven Years War or the French and Indian War. The main fighting lasted between 1754 when the British attempted to dislodge forts that the French had built in Pennsylvania and would end when the French surrendered. The war was originally in the French and Indians favor but would end once the colonists and British gathered momentum. They would be victorious in battles taking back land and fort that would force the French to retreat, but they…

The English were the last to participate in the western expansion movement of the other European powers, but right from the start, the English wanted to establish themselves a major player in the western frontier, and they were indiscriminant about removing or trampling any obstacle that got in their way. The first English to become a presence in the west were pirates, or more accurately privateers. These individuals and their seafaring crews were not interested in establishing colonies nor…

the British. In the Declaration, the colonists justified their rebellion by citing their natural right to “alter or to abolish” a tyrannical government and to establish a new one (Db). The colonists also referred to the king as a tyrant, citing a “history of repeated injuries and usurpations” (Db). Alhough this was the battle cry for the colonists in the Revolutionary War, the Declaration of Independence is somewhat historically inaccurate in its arguments. While the colonists and the British…

"Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest."-Mahatma Gandhi Britain had many territory of colonies, but India was the largest and most important colony. The British Indian colony lasted from 1750 to 1914. It took Indian citizens several movements to kick the British out of India. People of India did not like Brittan colonizing their country. They felt that the British have changed their culture and forced…