Cecil Rhodes

took no part in building it. The British also helped the khedive of Egypt by bailing him from financial trouble and buying his stock. But Britain acquired the Suez Canal in 1875 by buying in from the French and taking most of the canal’s shares. Cecil Rhodes lived from 1853 - 1902. Originally, he started farming but turned to diamond mining with his brother Herbert.He moved to Southern Africa for health and eventually started the De Beers mining company in April of 1880. The goal of the De…

De Beers is an association of companies that dominate any things related to diamond such us diamond trading, diamond mining, diamond shops and industrial diamond manufacturing sectors. The company was established in 1888 by British businessman Cecil Rhodes and funded by London-based N M Rothschild & Sons bank and the South African diamond magnate Alfred Beit. They have many places for mining like Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Canada.However; there was a big debate about some of unethical…

the Rhodes statue should not have been taken down, but a plaque placed on the statue. I thought that was an interesting comment and I am still wondering what happened to the statue that was taken down. I believe I read on the Mail and Guardian how there was another Cecil Rhodes statue near a government building and how it was replaced by Nelson Mandela after his death. I am not sure what the best solution is, but I am glad the college students at UCT were able to do something about the Cecil…

done more than any single contemporary to place before the imagination of his countrymen a clear conception of the Imperial destinies of our race," (Matthew). Rhodes’ viewpoint on the british was one of prestige and dominance. He thought of them as the supreme race. As stated in the Life and times of the Right Honourable Cecil John Rhodes, “you have no disease which as far as you know is certain to kill you, and you are an Englishman. Why! You have drawn two of the greatest prizes in the lottery…

document four when Cecil Rhodes states, “I contend that we [Britons] are the finest race in the world, and the more of the world we inhabit, the better is for the human race...It is our duty to seize every opportunity of acquiring more territory and we should keep this one idea steadily before our eyes that more territory simple means more of the Anglo- Saxon race, more of the best, the most human, most honorable race the world possesses,” (Rhodes Document four). When Cecil states this he is…

selection. This stated that only the fittest will survive. The people took this to mean the same with people and thought they were the fittest and therefore better than the Africans and Indians. Cecil Rhodes believed this when he conquered lands in Africa for Britain. The Rhodes Colossus was a cartoon of Rhodes standing over Africa (Sourcebook, 392). This showed that he believed he was better than the African people. Lastly imperialism related to nationalism because nationalism is all about your…

From 1880 to 1914, there was an increasing trend of European nations dominating African colonies. Belgium, France, Britain, Germany, Italy, and Portugal were all overtaking and claiming lands in Africa during the late 1800’s and throughout the early 1900’s. The European acquisition of African colonies was influenced by strong feelings of nationalism and Social Darwinism. Althoughter, political and economic incentives and racial attitudes are what drove the European accessions of African colonies…

What if the country you lived in was colonized? What does colonialism even mean? It means that other countries are trying to take over your country. In the film hotel Rwanda, Paul Rusesabagina didn’t take that so he tried to stop it and he eventually stopped it. Did you know that Paul Rusesabagina risked his life just to save 1,268 people from dying. And its not cool how nearly a million Tutsi died by their heritage by the rivals Hutus. But that’s not the important stuff, the important stuff…

Colonization was very crucial to those looking to expand their land and resources. In the 19th - 20th century the scramble of Africa was a huge competition in who could acquire more land. While, colonizing Africa many negative things happened such as brutal behavior, the removal from their homes and culture changes. Native Africans were treated horribly by the Belgians. They informally enslaved Natives and made them work for countless hours until the task that was assigned for them was complete…

the Atlantic and to every quarter of the world." (Document 4) This did not mean that Great Britain had every single resource that they needed. Great Britain imported millions and millions of pounds of cotton used by British textile industries. Cecil Rhodes, 1895 claims,"I was in the East End of London yesterday and attended a meeting of the unemployed. I listened to the wild speeches, which were just a cry for 'bread! bread!' and on my way home I pondered over the…