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From the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 19th century, nationalism in Britain drew citizens closer together to stand against the rising Napoleon regime. When Napoleon rose to power, the threat of annihilation forced British nationalism and, in turn, the mobilization of citizens into the military (Rothenberg 792). Napoleon had the mission to take over Europe and make France the centerpiece country. Martyn Thompson of the Journal of the History of Ideas quotes Napoleon in 1805 as…

the rules of his British peers or to follow his own heart. Throughout “Shooting an Elephant” George Orwell attains many main accomplishments. At first he shows us his personal experience while he stayed in Burma. This story was full of metaphors which pointed out the main themes. The elephant is a metaphor for many things like the man's job, the british empire and the native people. He used the metaphor of the elephant to describe what Burma looked like while it was under the British…

Since the British won the war, the British owned all of the First Nation's land and tribes such as the Huron didn’t enjoy that so they kept fighting against the British. The British had to do something so the British government made the Royal Proclamation. The Royal Proclamation was issued by the United Kingdom government in the name of King George III on October 7, 1763 after the British gained the French territory in North America. The purpose of the Royal Proclamation was to make better…

During the 19th century, much of Africa had been occupied by the British Empire. Society was changing and becoming more open to the abolishment of the slave trade. As the slave trade ended, the British still controlled many locations within Africa and established colonies. The British imposed their customs to try to “civilize” the Africans. For some Africans slavery still existed in areas not occupied by the British. Adult male slaves found it easier to liberate themselves. Many ran away from…

Orwell Confronts British Imperialism In “Shooting an Elephant”, George Orwell first reveals his opposition to the imperialism, then he uses parallel between the British Empire and a Burmese elephant to convey a message about imperialism: although imperialism is justified by the European Empire, in actuality, its nature is horrendous, and it is the British Empire that has destroyed its own freedoms. At the very beginning of his essay, Orwell brings up his point of view towards British…

Imperial policies made by the British were especially made to pay off war debt. As Britain saw itself in a huge debt from their previous Seven Years War, they saw an easy way out and that was to tax the colonists. Several acts such as the Sugar, the Currency, and the Mutiny Act of 1765 were passed in order to get what they wanted. But what they did not realize was that the acts they had passed were only turning the colonists against them and fermenting ideas to commit to republicanism. At the…

However, the effects are not just limited to the borders of America, for example, Britain was defeated by the American army, so Americans were no longer subject to the British crown. Inside the borders of the United States, the effects were much different. Some of them are obvious, like the fact that America was liberated from the British, and that the midnight ride helped warn the farmers so the militia could defeat the opposing army. There were also great lasting effects on society. The spark…

to the end of colonialism. The people of the colonies did not necessarily see European rule in the same light as it is seen today. I will argue that Western education positively helped the eventual independence of colonies because it taught natives the European assumptions of freedom and equality, thus providing the framework to become an independent state. I will specifically compare and contrast British approaches to education to British India and Africa. British India provided an apropos…

dead unskilled worker, called a coolie. In the excerpt, Orwell uses the elephant that he shot to symbolize the British Empire, the world power that he worked for but also greatly disagreed with. The British Empire was very resilient and in some cases, just like the elephant, could be violent, and very brutal. The British metaphorically, (and sometimes literally) trampled the people of Burma, and left their homes and towns in ruin. When Orwell was taking the elephant down, it took multiple…

The British invasion was a short, yet massive phenomenon that occurred from 1955 to 1965. Young aspiring British musicians were listening to the big hits from the U.S. and were becoming inspired by that music. Bands such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Kinks were taking into account the new rock sound from the artists and creating their own music. A rock scene had become more common in large cities in the UK causing a massive outbreak of the culture. This caught the eye of the British…