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and luminous tale as it encompasses the countless successes and hardships each country experienced during its development as independent entities. In 2012, Deepa Mehta, an Indo-Canadian film director with a screenplay by Salman Rushdie, a British Indian novelist, produced the film “Midnight’s Children.” Together they brought to the screen a magical yet historical tale on the partition of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The basis of the film is how the life of Saleem is inseparably linked to the…

The French Indian War was during the time of colonization of the Americas leading up to the American Revolution. This war was fought from 1754-1763 and was the North American Theater to the worldwide Seven Years War. The French Indian War was also a cause for the later American Revolution because the colonists were angry that they had to fight for the British when all they want is to be left alone. Many think that this war was between the Native Americans and the French, but that isn’t the case.…

In 1763, the Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Years’ War. This war started in 1754 and paired the British against the French in a battle for North American land. Prior to the war, there was much hostility in this area relating to colonial borders and trading capabilities with local Amerindian tribes. The war was primarily fought due to the importance of imperialism during this time. More land equaled more power and that is exactly what both countries…

tears was part of the Indian removal act. Thousands of Indians against their will were forced to leave their homes and travel westward. Very few escaped this removal. There were five great Indian tribes that were affected by the Indian removal act. The Cherokee being the most notable and famous of the five great nations, and the only tribe to take their case to the Supreme Court. The removal of the Cherokee nation is what is known as the trail of tears. Thesis statement. The Indian removal act…

Prior to the creation of the United States, the colonists had already experienced war, this war was the Seven Years War or the French and Indian War. The main fighting lasted between 1754 when the British attempted to dislodge forts that the French had built in Pennsylvania and would end when the French surrendered. The war was originally in the French and Indians favor but would end once the colonists and British gathered momentum. They would be victorious in battles taking back land and fort…

profitable fur trade. Furthermore, compiled with the other conflicts that they had with the British around the world and the Native Americans’ fear that they were going to lose what land they had left; this territorial dispute prompted the French and Indian War. Though a treaty ended the war, it was clear that the British had won, consequently altering the political, economic, and ideological relations between Britain and its American Colonies. This was clearly evident in the British…

The Salt March was a form of protest led by Gandhi against the British government in India after World War I around the year 1930. This protest focused on resisting the British tax on salt production. Gandhi marched 24 days to India’s west coast and taking salt from this area. This action was considered illegal because India was currently under British control. The Salt March left a message for India’s economic standing that they [India] should declare independence from Britain. 2. The…

King George's War was the third in a series of Anglo-French colonial conflicts in North America. Although nominally at peace, Britain and France had been in conflict over colonial boundaries in Acadia, northern New England, and the Ohio Valley. King George’s War had been preceded by an outbreak of fighting in Europe. The death of Charles VI, the Holy Roman Emperor, had touched off a succession crisis that pitted France, Prussia and Spain against the British. Warfare developed in the American…

There have been many historical figures that are admirable or detestable representations of the expression to lead by example; such as, Julius Caesar, Gandhi, Adolf Hitler, Martin Luther King, and others. All of theses leaders were instruments of change and renewal. They unify voices from people to achieve a solution to the situations that segregates the people thus creating conflicts. These leaders have been promoters of change and have been soldiers of improving humanity. They shaped nations,…

trail of tears was a series of forced relocations of Native American Nations.The nations that were relocated were Cherokee, Muscogee,seminole,Chicksaw, and Choctaw. The reason that they were relocated was because president Thomas Jefferson believed Indians should’ve been civilized. Jefferson also wanted to convert them to Christianity. In 1791 a series of treaties between the United States and the Cherokees, the treaties gave recognition to the Cherokees as a nation with their own laws and…