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    American colonies resisted British atrocities and exploited the people. The British reduced the American people's power, freedom and peace. So the 13 colonies in North America made protests and joint together to fight the inequality. Colonial patriots (The Committees of Safety) recruited about 30000 soldiers to protect the people; they gave the British Army a heavy blow and showed surprising power, we really did a good job. After the French and Indian War, the British want American colonies to…

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    and the establishment of new types of colonies and transoceanic empires between the British and one of the other countries you have studied about in this section. Answer: 1. British: The British, during the age of imperialism, wanted to expand their grasp beyond just India and into Africa. In Africa, the British had quite a bit of trouble colonizing the area because of several factors, first of all, when the British entered Africa, they met a barrage of diseases such as Yellow fever, Sleeping…

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    Causes and Effects of the American Revolution After the French and Indian War, Britain needed money. As a result, the British government placed taxes on the American colonists. The British thought that the colonists should help pay for the war since it had been fought partly to defend the colonies. The first tax was the Stamp Act. It said that colonists had to buy tax stamps for printed materials. Many colonists refused to pay. They said they had not voted on the tax (No taxation without…

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    order to receive their independence. Another victim of British Imperialism was Rukmani in the novel Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya; her family and her struggle to live with the new foreigners. As time passes the family settled and adapts to the British taking the native land. The imperialists are given more power over the majority population, causing…

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    emotions and tensions between the British soldiers and the civilians. The Boston Massacre played a very important role as The Revolutionary War in American History. The civilians feared for their lives but also for there colonies. The civilians were tired of all the rules and taxes they had to follow but also feeling that they were getting stepped on. They would start protesting and wanted to be free from rules and taxes that the British had against them. The British didn’t think that the…

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    the British Empire. It's just not a smart idea. Patriot: Not a smart idea? I will tell you why it's a smart idea. Loyalist: Okay, but you need to hear my side of it too. A strong unified British Empire is good for everyone. It ensures a stable economy and provides protection. Without the mighty empire, there would be war and chaos. There will be crime and disease if there is independence. The British Empire provides safety for America. Patriot: I see. However, One reason that the British…

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    revolutionary war is bunker hill because it plays the most important role to winning the revolutionary war because the the amount of people killed and captured and the land gained by this battle.All the battles played an important role but the evidence points this battle to play the greatest role in defeating the british . It was the best because the land gained . The amount of british killed and the amount wounded .And the fact that we won the battle and it gave us the confidence to keep…

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    social relations between British, France and the American Indians. Before the war began, the biggest problem they had was the division of the continent. The English were located along the east coast, in Georgia, the Carolinas and the northeastern United States. The French controlled Louisiana in the south and far north, Acadia and northeastern Canada. The French wanted to form a settlement along the Mississippi to enclose the British along the coast. On the contrary, the British wanted to…

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    the people in Malaysia. This will be further discussed the incident, effort and steps taken to help in the independence of Malaysia. Next, the changes of Malaysia after acquiring independence is discussed. The early history of Malaysia started with the state of Malacca which seized by the Portuguese in 1511 but they later driven out by the Dutch will the help of Sultan Johor at that time. The peninsula then was rule by Johor. In 1786, the Sultan of Kedah granted Penang Island to the British…

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    affected British society significantly in several ways, as evidenced in the time period’s poetry and the lives of the poets. In T.S. Eliot’s The Wasteland, a poem on Europe after the Great War, there are themes present of a general discontentment in and decline of British society due to the events of the…

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