Colonial troops

The story of the Bougainville revolution is a case-study on sovereignty in a post-colonial context. The Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA)’s plight for their island’s independence from Papua New Guinea (PNG) is preceded by a frequent change in control of its island. Control of the Bougainville oscillated between Germany, Japan, and Australia before resting with the last following WWII. Ultimately, Bougainville was relegated to the dominion of PNG which achieved its independence in 1975.…

raised to $11,765. The light house was then completed in 1831. There were many threats to the light house. Minor threats like the Second Seminole Indian War that worried the first light house keeper Samuel Crosby. Leading him to ask the government for troops to help protect the light house and if not a boat to evacuate on. The government refused both request but luckily the light house was not touched during the war. Natural disasters were also a threat that eventually forced the government to…

with another case study, that of the Rwandan genocide, where the emphasis was placed not on the ghosts of colonial history but on the more modern history of the Hutu massacre to separate the West, or formerly colonial nations, from responsibility over the current…

Road to Revolution Exam Directions: You are going to pretend that you are an American Colonist in 1775 who is frustrated with all of the events that have happened since the the French and Indian War. You are going to finish writing the letter below to King George to explain why you are so upset. Write a short paragraph (5-6 Sentences) that explains why each of the following events caused frustration among the colonists. The first one is done for you as an example. What you write will appear…

colonies. While some of these empires had benefitted greatly, others had suffered from the ramifications of the war. During the fight between the English and British, new rulings had been enforced upon the colonists that contributed to the beginnings of colonial resistance. As an outcome of this war, this had further led to the creation of other laws that had prevented the colonists from their rights and liberties that they had formed early on within each colony. With the determination and…

The genocide in Rwanda that started on April 7th, 1994, was similar to the genocide of germans, or the holocaust. Over the span of one hundred days, there were as many as eight hundred thousand killed. Most were Tutsis, some were Hutus that did not support the genocide. This devastating occurrence could have and should have been prevented. Sadly it did not and it ended with death and unforgettable events. Rwanda is a small country in Africa, located in the eastern and central part of Africa. The…

against French colonial rule for nine years in the indochina war (Vietnam War). With the emergence of communist forces in the North, Vietnam had the military power it needed to defeat…

demonstrating their loyalty to the king by voicing their desire to fix all the problems, while concurrently raising armies and massacring redcoats (AP 133) In May 1775, an American force, led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold, caught the British troops stationed at Ticonderoga and Crown Point. There, they secured a supply of gunpowder and weapons (AP 133) In June 1775, the colonists captured…

Virginia. He received a small education at home and a small work education among the planters and backwoodsman he associated with. From these men he learned farming and surveying. He was a natural leader and was appointed a field marshal in the colonial militia by the time he was 21, taking part in the first battle of the French and Indian War. In the French and Indian War, he made his way up the ranks. During this conflict, he made himself very successful, developing into the obvious choice for…

assassination of Austria’s Archduke Francis Ferdinand in the warm summer of 1914, the major powers of Europe―split into two rivaling alliances―mobilized their armed forces and plunged Europe into World War I. By the end of 1917, more than a million French troops had been lost. France’s British, Russian, and Italian allies, along with the Ottoman, German, and Austro-Hungarian enemies, had suffered similar losses. However, even after these three grueling years of political and military combat,…