British Regency

I have boarded the RMS Titanic. To say I am content would be a lie; this ship is far too big for my comfort. Claims of it being ‘unsinkable’ are unsettling. Those who believe a ship is unsinkable must be too full of themselves to realize that no ship is truly impenetrable, but I had little say in becoming a passenger. My mother and brother insisted on having me accompany them to America, so I must travel on this massive ship. My brother took me along to explore the interior. There are many…

Britain was not exactly the pillar of morality with their imperialistic tendencies and their heavy involvement in the slave trade. In one example provided by scholar Eric Williams, “British banking firms in Brazil financed the slave traders and insured their cargoes, thereby earning the goodwill of their hosts.” The people of Britain, including those in the government were either ignorant of the plight of the slaves that were being…

politician, philanthropist and cricketing legend Imran Khan. The British approached India at the commencement of the seventeenth century. With time, The British East India Company accumulated power and began to administrate the country. Nonetheless Indians detested its policies and together they revolted against the company. This led to the downfall of the company and the administration of India went directly under the Queen. The British annexed many princely states and formed laws and policies…

The Forever Changing Significance, But Constant Role of Art: An Analysis of How Art, Specifically 19th Century British Literature, Creates Windows to New Perspectives In the American society of standardized and quick knowledge, it may be difficult to see the significance of art, especially when it was created in nineteenth century Britain. People want to take the easy way out and resort to finding most of the answers or the meaning of a work on the internet. A reason must exist, though, for…

During the eighteenth century, Europe experienced a period of intellectual, social and political movements influenced by the enlightenment ideals, that challenged the repressive social and political structures in society. It was also the period in which France and Britain dominated international affairs, engaging in lengthy wars to expand or protect their colonies from invasion. Most significantly, the costs involved with continual large-scale wars, proved devastating for the economies and the…

In this manner, the French tended to dominate the northern and southern parts of the island, and the British…

Imperialism has been a prominent force in the world for centuries and centuries, shaping the way the world looks today. Imperialism is a system of control where the minority completely dominants the majority through the extraction and exploitation of the land and its inhabitants. Through a corrupt system of control, MNU, the film District 9 reveals the prominent downfalls of imperialism highlighting the subjugation of the “inferior”, personal benefit, and national oppression. Subjugation of…

polarized views of the British government’s intentions with the American colonies. In the years before the 1770’s, Americans of all races had accepted British colonial rule and it laws that governed the colonies. In the years leading up to 1770, the British began to increasingly exert the authority over the colonies through new taxes. These taxes eventually lead to civil unrest in the colonies and the call for colonial independence. In the 1770’s white Americans were tired of British rule…

supremacy through fear, limitation, and degradation. White Americans did not want to chance that slaves would become educated or have the opportunity to unite and initiate a revolt, as the American revolutionaries had just demonstrated against their own British master with success. Slave codes legally degraded slaves and demonstrated white superiority on a personal level through useless laws, such as that which prohibited African Americans from looking any white person in the eye. More useful,…

to Cape Coast town. She then realized that she need a piece of document that says that she is free, but it wasn’t that easy. She would need a job and a place to stay; or the police would place her in prison. In this story there are important men a British judge and two Euro-African attorneys. William Melton played a major role in this story as a judge and magistrate, he was a…