Colonies in antiquity

The colonial architecture in Dutch East Indies from 1816 to 1942 The architectural works in the Dutch East Indies from the nineteenth century to the early twentieth century were done by the expertise from Dutch. A problem came because they were not trained to make a design for a tropical land. The engineers and the architects adopted the trend and the style from Europe but adapted it to the climate and the geography in the Dutch East Indies. Ravesteijn and ten Horn (2007) and van Roosmalen…

When Americans first arrived on the East Coast, the Natives helped them survive in the land. But the Americans kept pushing for more territory, causing some Natives to fight to protect their land. Then as the War of 1812 rolls by, the British begin to arm the Natives, encouraging them to rebel. But with the British backing away from the states after the war, the Natives lost some fighting power. The Americans still pushed and pushed for more land, especially in the great harvesting lands in…

rate, so colonists were more willing to buy sugar; additionally, the Sugar Act attempted to restrain the smuggling of sugar. Other than the Sugar Act, Britain had also established the Stamp Act, which required all the legal documents in the American colonies to have a taxed stamp. The new laws Britain enacted faced strong resistance because it was obvious that the British were trying to directly tax the people. The republican ideology made colonists become more aware of the way British were…

There are many different viewpoints that can be taken when writing a history about an event. Some viewpoints paint a situation favorably to a group of people while other paint the same situation negatively. The American Pageant by David Kennedy and Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States both contain chapters about the initial landing of Columbus in the Americas and the aftermath of this event. Zinn takes the viewpoint of both the Europeans and the natives, while Kennedy takes the…

1763-1775 Key Concept Questions: Why did salutary neglect of the 13 Colonies end after the Seven Years’ War (French & Indian War)? Salutary neglect is a historical term that refers to the 17th & 18th century when Britain avoided strict enforcement of parliamentary laws. These laws were meant to keep American colonies obedient to England but with the lack of enforcing these laws, they did the opposite. Salutary neglect of the 13 colonies ended after the Seven Years’ War due to the massive…

What might constrain a country to proclaim war? In 1774, the American settlements proclaimed war on the English Lord since he was requesting that the provinces pay imposes on specific things and to house the warriors. A portion of the homesteaders did not concur with the Ruler, so they chose to wind up revolutionists; in any case, there was a few people who believed that the new laws set up were not absurd and progressed toward becoming supporters. Besides, the revolutionists needed to get more…

Around the late 1700’s there was an American Revolution that ignited the flame for freedom. Many abolitionists began to share their revolutionary ideas around the early 1800’s after being inspired by the ideals of the American Revolution. Many abolitionists wrote books, poems, and newspaper articles in hopes that their moral suasion would inspire slave owners to emancipate their slaves. Other abolitionists didn’t share the sentiment that inaction and words would do the cause justice. Therefore,…

year 1837, a radical movement in the British colony of Lower Canada took part in an armed rebellion to attain by force what they had failed in attempt to secure by lawful political action. The primary goal to which the rebellion was focused had been given several names by historians such as democracy, political freedom and representative government. The uprising took arms in attempted efforts to discontinue the appointed minority 's control of the colony 's governing institutions and to…

Before the American Colonies were on the verge of independence, almost the entirety of of the colonies’ population wanted nothing but a reconciliation with Britain. It was not until a man by the name Thomas Paine wrote a pamphlet entitled Common Sense that the colonists were fully swayed onto the revolutionary side. Made for the common man, this pamphlet was used as more than just a tool to begin the shifting of the tides towards patriots; it was one of the first extremely successful published…

James, Henry. “The Story of a Year.” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1865/03/the-story-of-a-year/308744/. Accessed 4 Sept. 2017. Henry James is a renowned author who wrote about the transatlantic culture. His main theme is about the clash between the naive energy of the New World against the old degradation of the Old World. His ideas can be seen in “The Story of a Year,” which is a short story about John Ford and his fiancee Lizzie Crowe. After being…