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thirteen other territories. The French and British maintained several differences in their colonization of North America. Settlers emigrated from each country for different reasons; the former were traders and explorers, and while some of the latter were as well, English settlers were primarily families or poor farmers. Immigrants to the New World were more likely to be English than French because the French tended to be happier in their own country than the English due to less civil strife. In…

the poem mirrors the tone of Ireland during the time of The Great Famine. Because potato crops ceased to flourish, much of Ireland was left starving, poor, and disease ridden. In addition to famishment, the Irish were also under the thumb of the British,…

the psychological barrier that existed between the British and the Indians during the days of British Raj. To Jan Mohamed, A Passage to India attempts “to overcome the barriers of racial difference” (Childs 1999:348). Nirad Chaudhuri, on the other hand, criticised it “for its reduction of political history to a liberal’s preoccupation with personal relationships” (Childs, p.347). To Nihal Singh, however, the novel depicts “how the British in India despise and ostracise Indians, while on…

Slaves that would resort thither[Augustine]” The Spanish had made false promises about slaves gaining their freedom once they reach St. Augustine. The Spanish probably felt that by making such a proposal, the slaves might take actions against the English so they can go Augustine to be free. The slaves were Catholic when they were in Africa, so the offer may have been appealing to them. John K. Thorton states a similar idea, “....they[Kongolese] believed made them a distinctive people, and thus…

Year 9 sources analysis Victorian England and British India //Sup-topic: the Indians mutiny 1857 Answer the following question using the sources “turning point –Morden history depth studies” provided by the teacher. Comprehension: 1) What are a few aspects of the massacre at Cawnpore that we can find in source 3.10 on p.71? The aspects that I have been concluded in source 3.10 is that the massacre was described as a “blacker scheme” implying that author of this text referred to it as a…

Most British colonist in the thirteen colonies felt a strong allegiance towards Great Britain and its king in the 1700s. After the French and Indian War, the British were left in debt which they found difficult to pay off. To reimburse the debt, they raised taxes on English men and eventually decided to tax the colonist. The colonist opposed the idea of taxation as they believed that they were not accurately represented in Parliament. Uprisings and rebellions in the thirteen colonies eventually…

The year 1689 was a significant year in both European and American history. William of Orange, a Dutchman and his English wife became King William III and Queen Mary II of England. This was significant in that it changed who ruled the British colonies in America. New England experienced a Glorious Revolution in 1689, where they removed and jailed Governor Andros, put a temporary government in place and awaited instructions from England. New England experienced their first taste of revolution,…

and porcelain, but Britain did not have adequate silver to exchange with the Qing Empire (Ebrey, Buddey 32-33). Henceforth, a system of bargaining centered around opium was made to resolve this issue of trade, but disagreements among the Qing and British over the drug eventually heightened into the notorious Opium Wars (Lin Zexu 50). This is historically significant because this detrimentally affected…

In the early 1800s, the British tolerated everyone who was not part of the British Empire. It did not matter to them whether someone was European or carried different beliefs; they simply wanted bodies to populate the large country. They encouraged colonization to keep more for themselves rather than giving it away to the Americans to the south. The British believed that anyone could have been a threat at the time, and so they settled with keeping everyone separated. They built a colony based on…

state of Virginia in the House of Representatives. Thomas Jefferson was one of the leaders in the independence movement against the British. In his 1774 essay published 'A Summary View of the Rights of British America' he spoke up for independence of the Americans. He argued that the first settlers were independent and free individuals and not emissaries of the English Crown and that they now have the right to choose their own government. The Americans were self-sufficient…