British overseas territories

Human Migration has long been recognized as an important means of redistributing labor to promote regional growth \citep{krieg1997occupational}. Each year a small fraction of the labor force moves between different provinces in Canada. Numerous studies focus on provincial mobility in Canada. However most of the studies are based on census data and estimation of provincial net migration rate to determine overall gain and loss of a province \citep{bernard2008interprovincial, chen2009inter,…

If these policies were implemented in other provinces, such as British Columbia, who would guarantee the effectiveness? Canada’s provinces have distinct characteristics from geographical to cultural aspects, which is why standard regulation on fracking wouldn’t be effective. There are existing regulation policies on…

multiple factors. A few being maintenance, ideological and social pressure. Maintenance coming in the form of monarchies needing new sources of income to sustain their position; they were ultimately forced to look across the sea and use naval expansion overseas as a solution to their financial problems; this was first recognized by Prince Henry “The Navigator”. The ideological aspect was defined by Reinhard in which he states, “ Religious and cultural motives are also crucial. At stake was often…

on France for having intruding German territory. When Germany attacked the territory of Belgium, Russia came in to aid them. Belgium was neutral and Germany had a plan to distract France by invading neutral nations in order to conquer Paris. Russia honored its pledge to Belgium and so when Germany attacked, Russia as well declared war. Germany wanted control over Paris and in order to do that Germany disturb the neutral nations for ambition to get territory control. However, Germany didn’t have…

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…

The Seven Years’ War—Unintended Consequences The common theme of conflict in European history, especially in the 18th century is ambition. When countries decide to expand territory, and undermine other powers in the process, the possibility for conflict only intensifies. The Seven Years’ War which lasted from 1756 to 1753 is a hallmark example of this feat. Due to the war, numerous power shifts occurred. However, this is to be expected. The greatest impact of the Seven Years’ War does not…

American colonists, they had a reason, an incentive to fight, whereas the British soldiers had little if any motivation aside from being ordered to fight. Before the war began, parliament had multiple discussions about whether or not the colonists had the same rights as British citizens, the majority believed that they had and thus deserved the same liberties as well…

Colonial Stirrings in Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe and The Life of Colonel Jack. At its height, the British Empire was the largest and most powerful that the world had ever sene. Spanning almost a quarter of the world’s land area and with a population of over half a billion, it prompted description as an empire on which the sun never set. In many ways, the sun still shines upon the British Empire. Stemming from several centuries of dominance was an outflow of literature that is hugely…

How far was the American empire similar to the British one? The United States of America in many ways aimed to distance themselves from their former colonial masters. The American Enlightenment had set forth the notion that the American colonists should form an entirely new nation built on the ideals of liberty, the rights of man, republicanism, and so forth. But America exhibited symptoms of imperialism - both hard imperialism and soft imperialism - in their growth and expansion west. Whilst…

Additionally, the Europeans emphasis on cash crops made for exports made Africa dependent on trade with foreign nations rather than trade between neighboring colonies. Still to this day many of the African nations still trade more with countries overseas than with neighboring…