British National Formulary

that battle, the Canadian Corps successfully captured a strategic hill overlooking a large plot of land over France (Newman 117). This battle was unique as it implemented many solutions in an effort to overcome the power of trenches, and that both British and French troops had both tried to take the ridge with little success (Foot, “Battle of Vimy Ridge”). Once the Canadian Corps was tasked to take this ridge, they came up with new ways to get troops across a region that was already heavily…

Thoughtout history many nations have fallen victim to imperialism by European nations. These nations were either taken through diplomatic means or through the use of a military. One of these nations was Haiti, a little country in the caribbean on the island of Hispaniola. The nation was colonized by the French, a leading superpower at the time. From the unfair treatment of its people and exploitation of its resources, this little nation fought back against this superpower and gained its…

Governor Dinwiddle. In 1754 George made a surprise attack upon the French and this helped to spark the war. The war taught George a lot of important stuff about the military. In 1775 George Washington was ordered to command the army to besiege the British…

115). The significance of the Battle of Saratoga was being the turning point of the Revolutionary War. It secured French alliance for America to outlast the war against the British with monetary and military support. Without the help of the French, America was outmanned and weaker. Through French support, the British surrendered on October 17, 1777. After America won the Battle of Saratoga, France saw a great future for America. (Goldfield, pg. 120-122). The America people fought long and…

The American colonist rebelled against the British to gain identity as a republican society. Among the colonies raised an issue on who will rule the home font. During the revolutionary war, there was a rebellion against the trade restriction that Britain was imposing on America. Therefore Americans were influenced on Patrick Henry by wanting freedom from the king that was Patrick Henry’s purpose for his speech. The British colonist decided to stay loyal to the king because they thought there…

Pokagon, Simon, “The Red Man’s Greeting,” Talking Back to Civilization. (1): 31-35. The several desires, lack of trust and nationalistic rivalries on the part of the non-Indians created conflict between the whites and the Native Americans that almost resulted in the destruction of the indigenous people. The Red Man’s greeting is an excerpt that narrates the actions that transpired between these two cultures. Pokagon describes how the whites came to the Native Americans under false pretenses…

was a matter of security, prestige, and national pride. These political motives often triggered responses to perceived threats to the security or prestige of the imperial power or its citizens abroad. During the expansion of imperialism, religious people sometimes set out to convert others to their religion and, thus their empire. Christian missionaries established churches in conquered territories. In doing so, they spread Western values. British missionaries led the charge to stop the…

evade the Union ships used in blockades. Blockade-runners tended to be high-speed, vessels that had a very limited carrying capacity. Blockade-runners were supported and operated by sympathetic British forces that were Royal Navy officers that voluntarily took leave to assist the Confederacy. The British had set up Confederate resupply bases in the Cayman Islands as well as Cuba.…

Traveling aboard the Susan Constant 104 men landed in Virginia in 1607 in a region that they decided to name Jamestown after one of the kings of Britain, known as King James I. Thirteen years later, 102 settlers aboard the Mayflower which landed in Massachusetts at a place they named Plymouth. Jamestown and Plymouth were the two original colonies that settled in America, although these two colonies came to America about the same point of time they didn’t have the similar reasons for why to head…

Our Parliament’s act is called the Townshend Acts named after Charles Townshend who was Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer (or treasury department) and passed the British Parliament in an effort to exercise greater royal authority over the American colonies and to levy new taxes. The acts, sometimes were called the American Import Duties Acts and was passed in 1767. The Parliament’s reason for passing the act is Parliament still intended to raise money from the colonies to pay off Britain’s…