British overseas territories

Out of the Box: Analysis of Henry “Box” Brown’s Abolitionist Performances One of the most deplorable acts ever committed by mankind throughout the course of history was the buying and selling of human beings as pieces of property. A man by the name of Henry Brown was born into this system and although he was able to enjoy some level of comfort in his servitude, he still felt the longing to be free. The desire grew throughout his years in slavery until it finally cumulated in the act of securing…

this time, the British were indirectly controlling the Igbo community. King Ahebi had left the Igbo community to help the British. However, the Igbo allowed her to return because she was an insider. She was considered an insider because she grew up in the Igbo community and her family still lived there. She was secretly working to help the British completely take over the community. She was able to help the British because she knew English, and she wanted to be in control. The British Empire…

Social Supports and Networks In communities with low economic status, such as Rock Bay, resources are required (Stamler & Yiu, 2015). Some resources that would benefit Rock Bay are low-income housing, health clinics and improving food access. Rock Bay has been stereotyped as an undesirable neighborhood. This does not promote social inclusion that residents need to thrive and participate in the community (Stamler & Yiu, 2015). Rock Bay has some services and organizations that are combating this…

the political revolutionary, Thomas Paine, to realize that it was time for drastic change in the British colonies (106). Shortly before Paine’s arrival, the Sons of Liberty, a rebellious group of colonists, threw 343 barrells of tea into the Boston Harbor (Tindall and Shi 128). The actions of the defiant colonists may have seemed radical at first, but the numerous taxes and restrictions that the British government had given unto them caused many Americans, including Paine, to believe that The…

ensued from the lasting discontent with the Morley-Minto reforms, mainly from the well educated of society. Despite the introduction of the reforms British sovereignty over India did not dispel and no increase in national power occurred. Throughout the early half of the century India witnessed its people continuously persecuted and exploited by British masters. The caste system in place, saw the mistreatment against the lower class, the unschooled and the poor by the upper class, the literate…

because it marked the first of a series of subsequent events—from British colonies to independent states and from independent states to a united nation -- that led to the formation of the United States of America. First and foremost, The Boston Tea Party led to the Revolutionary War and consequently to the Civil War, which in turn, ended the institution of slavery and redefined the political and social configuration of the American territory and the rights of its people. In addition, the Boston…

How did the British people see their empire at the end of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century? They saw the Empire evolving and even some devolving. For the people living in the British empire, during the turn of the century, Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee was a time of pride and yet a time of growing insecurity about the fate of the nation, because of the concerns with status as an economic power, a strong anti-imperial sentiment was growing, and the resistance in Ireland.…

Britain 's rule over India is often referred to as the Raj, where roughly about 20,000 or so British officials and troopers ruled over 300 million Indian people. The British almost had complete cooperation from the local Indian princes and Indian troops, making it extremely easy to control the country. Their control over India was solidified even more by the fact that India was not a unified country. The British made treaties with the independent states in India, which created a deeper divide in…

The British had two redoubts that needed to be captured; these were the targets of the American and French guns. While the bombardment continued, the American and French Armies continued to dig parallel lines that would become closer and closer to the British lines. On October 10th, realizing the dire situation he was in, Cornwallis began to sink more than a dozen of his ships in the harbor to prevent their capture. He also received word from New York City that the British fleet would depart…

The Thirteen Colonies were a group of British Colonies on the east coast of North America. It was founded in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and declared independence in 1776 and formed the United States. The English were the ones who founded the first permanent settlement in America in 1607. Colonization of North America began in 1607, it began in Jamestown, Virginia. This colony was named after King James I, who was the English king. Many of the colonists who settled in the New…