Colonial troops

On April 19, 1775, a confrontation between British troops and a local patriot militia in Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts ignited a revolution: The American Revolution. Once the first shots were fired, they were heard around the world; the American Revolution kindled a spirit of world-wide autonomy. Even though the American Revolution was not a normal revolution because it did not lead to a total destruction of a current society, the American Revolution was insurgent and radical because of…

In the year 1763, Britain changed their mercantile policies in colonial America. They had just won a series of wars against the French and gained a vast amount of land in the new world. However, they also had a large debt from these wars. New regulations and taxes were put in place for the colonies to raise revenue from the colonies in order to pay for the debt. Some of these policies were: the Sugar Act, the Stamp Act, the Revenue Act, and the Intolerable Acts. These policies and others…

South China Sea, coupled with attacked of the US Naval based at Pearl Harbour, had tremendous influence in inducing Thai military leader such as Phibun to corroborate with Japan, by signed a mutual defence pact with Japan. The stationing of 150,000 troops on Thai soil, subsequently lead Thailand to declare a state of war against Great Britain and The United States on 25 January 1942. However the Thai ambassador in Washington, Seni Pramoj, refused to deliver the declaration to the United States…

In the book, Ever Faithful: Race, Loyalty, and the Ends of Empire in Spanish Cuba, author David Sartorius focuses on the connections between race and political loyalty in Cuba, during the 1800s. He looks at the ways that many Afro-Cubans support Spanish colonialism, because of appealing bargaining tactics of Spanish leaders. The Spaniards only used this tactic, when they needed support of the African community in Cuba. Many even use loyalty to try to obtain more rights and inclusion in Cuban…

Essay: In the aftermath of the Vietnam War (1955-1975) Cambodia’s political and social tensions rose so dramatically that they led to war with Vietnam. Cambodia went from celebrating their victory over the Americans to a nation on the brink of war with its neighbours. In the aftermath of the war, due to clashing communist ideologies, the countries, Cambodia and Vietnam, positioned themselves against each other. Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge conducted mass purges that kill a million people and…

foundation for the American revolt. Due to this the British saw this as a time to impose greater economical control, imposing taxes and economical restrictions. In these ways the frame of the American Revolution was built from the ruining of the Colonial- British…

(Spector, 2016). At the heart of the conflict was the desire of North Vietnam, which had defeated the French colonial administration of Vietnam in 1954, to unify the entire country under a single communist regime modeled after those of the Soviet Union and China (Vietnam War History, 2009). This led to a prolonged conflict which culminated On 30 April 1975. North Vietnamese Army troops entered the city of Saigon and quickly overcame all resistance. A tank from the 324th Division crashed…

"The imperialists cannot forgive us to have carried out a socialist revolution under the very noses of the Yankees". In this way on January 1st, 1959 then leader of the 26th of July Movement, Fidel Castro led thousands of guerilla fighters and ordinary citizens of Cuba to overthrow the Fulgencio Batista dictatorship. Fighting the regime of Batista on both urban and rural fronts, the Movement was able to successfully integrate into power in Cuba. The Revolutionary government in its early days was…

The Declaration of independence was carefully drafted by Thomas Jefferson with influence from 18th century Enlightenment Philosopher, primarily the ideas of John Locke regarding government. Although many American may not be aware the United States has a political philosophy, we do; it can be found in the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence. Our political philosophy derives from, “We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed, by…

A war with similar causes to the Korean War was the Vietnam War. Similarly, the causes of the Vietnam War found its roots at the end of World War II. At that time the Japanese occupied a French colony, Indonesia. With the collapse of the colonial governments such as in Africa, the Pacific, and Asia the United States was at odds in keeping up with the spread of communism. In 1941 the Viet Minh, a Vietnamese National movement formed by Ho Chi Minh, resisted the occupants in Indonesia.…