Colonial troops

The Vietnam War and Its Effects on America From 1955 to 1975, a long, hideous war raged on throughout Asia. North Vietnam and their allies, the Viet Cong, faced off against South Vietnam and their U.S. allies over the communist control of North Vietnam (Tran & Fermoyle, 2012). The war ultimately ended with the U.S. withdrawing their forces and South Vietnam surrendering to the communist North. Aside from the loss of millions of lives, the war had costly effects on the face of America. At…

were undermanned and were limited on supplies such as gunpowder, they still inflicted mass casualties upon this “superpower” at the time. Philbrick states, “The British victory failed to break the siege, and the gallant American defense heightened colonial morale and resistance” (138). This reinforced the ideas of Revolution because the British could not defeat the colonists defences along with the siege of Massachusetts. The British felt shellshocked by the fierce, scrappy fighting by the…

and the Germans dubbed them “Harlem Hellfighters,” the general staff of the U.S. Army sent a memorandum to the French cautioning against promoting the notion of racial equality. Hence, the U.S. army implemented Jim Crow oversees by relegating black troops to stevedores and sought for a similar unjust treatment of the black soldiers under the French…

Throughout history and even to the present day, the government has made laws that didn’t always please everyone. Laws, taxes, tariffs, bans, they were all created to place boundaries on citizens and even government officials. Some historical court cases violated the rights that citizens obtained in the bill of rights and the constitution. Peaceful resistance, in my opinion, benefits the society more than it causes disruptions. The first amendment of the Bill of Rights includes freedom of speech…

causing a commotion in the town. This was a problem that had just occurred and made everyone in the colonies furious. It wasn’t even the extra money that she had to pay that bothered her, it was the fact that England had not gotten approval from the colonial legislatures to levy the tax. They just went ahead and did it to collect extra money for the British. “Taxation without Representation” everyone had called it. She was involved in a deep discussion with some of the other mothers in the town,…

rise and fall of empires, significant technological breakthroughs, and follows a similar trajectory, but fundamentally different timeline to that of the European continent. Interestingly, whereas much of European expansion from the Middle Ages to Colonial times was predicated upon expansion and foreign intervention, the common thread in recent Asian success stories has been the emphasis on developing infrastructure. High-speed trains, world class education, and the prioritization of renewable…

known as Imperialism and the purpose of it was to build up national wealth and influence by owning more colonies. Both France and Britain had many colonies in Africa and Asia. Then in the 1880’s and 1890’s, Germany and Italy decided they wanted a colonial empire too. This global competition for land caused confrontations and conflicts in many places. In addition to political conflicts, the causes of the war included nationalism or pride in one’s country. The belief that one’s own nation or…

governments found that certain Enlightenment views could be turned to their advantage and support absolutist ambitions. Revolution soon spread, spearheaded by people of color in the lowest classes. Andean Indians rose up against Cuzco. Such energy prompted colonial elites to support their respective crowns in Iberia until the Napoleonic wars severed those ties. Elites suppressed revolution among the lower classes. Only in Haiti did slaves succeed. Revolution in Saint-Domingue (Haiti) Following…

As always owning land, especially during the colonial period of Europe, shows that a country was not only wealthy but also had a strong militia which during the development and making a mark of a new born country it was necessary for the colonies to hold such a right . In addition to the land disputes…

the century long colony. However, Rhodes expedition was met by local war militias but, they were easily defeated with the help of the BSAC .These events helped capture the Ndebele kingdom and turn it under a new colonial rule under the British empire. The Ndebele kept on fighting the colonial rule with The First Chimurenga uprising in the years 1896-1897. The rebellion’s main goal was to destroy and diminish the European power that they felt was oppressing them. Killing about ten percent of the…