Former British colonies

the acquisition of foreign lands either through military force or through diplomacy. The former tended to be the method of choice for most of the colonies. Although France and Great Britain had many colonies in Africa the way in which they ruled their colonies was vastly different; the French used a more “hands on” approach, handling problems as they came up in their colonies in North Africa, and the British had taken steps to prevent war by “[ruling] through native authorities”, developing…

[5] As the revolutionary Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) ended, Prussia, Austria, and Russia formed the Holy Alliance to defend monarchism. In particular, the Holy Alliance authorized military incursions to re-establish Bourbon rule over Spain and its colonies, which were establishing their independence.[2]:153–5 Great Britain shared the general objective of the Monroe Doctrine, if from an obviously opposite standpoint and ultimate aim, and…

declined, so did the Confederacy’s power. Without the rivalry between the French and British, the Haudenosaunee lost their vital place as intermediaries between the two superpowers, forcing them to adopt a new strategy to survive. The Treaty of Fort Stanwix signified a shift in Haudenosaunee strategy from mediating between rivals to fraudulently selling land belonging to other Indians. By 1768, the British were attempting to complete their proclamation line issued in 1763, which was to be…

The British Empire is recognised as the first ‘free trade nation’; trade liberalisation was specifically promoted since 1815 (Trentmann, 2008: 5). Specifically, the repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846 and the Navigation Act in 1849 ushered ‘laissez-faire’ system, since the industrial policy aimed to be the ‘workshop of the world’, which provided manufacturing goods produced in efficient and cheaper ways, so those laws were obstacle to expanding markets (Lacher and Germann, 2012: 103; Semmel, 1970:…

Beginning in the 1740s, the British-French rivalry was a big problem for colonial America. The rivalry was based around both forces need to be the most powerful in America, as they were in Europe. There were many events leading to the French and Indian war however, some bigger, and more important than others. Both countries were equally as responsible for the clash, as both had an effect by taking direct approach, or an indirect one. Leading up to the French and Indian war were many events and…

INTRODUCTION This paper is going to critically analyze the negotiation process that led to the Lomé Peace Agreement in Sierra Leone in 1999. Sierra Leone, a former British colony of ex-slaves achieves independence in 1961 (Mackenzie 2009). Immediately followed by two military coups to attain control of the state in order to justly redistribute the resources of the state. In 1991 began the 11 year civil war in Sierra Leone between the Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) led by Kabbah and the…

dictated that all Colonies should have the right to the self determination. However, Churchill and…

So in 1807, the British made it to be were neutral countries had to get a license from the leaders of the Orders of Council before they could trade with France or any French colonies. Also, the British Royal Navy had also been capturing American merchant ships and forcing the seamen to work as part of the Royal Navy, which really aggravated Americans.…

This, in turn, allowed Europe to use modern technology against the non-contemporary Africans as they conquered land for colonies. The vast difference between the weapons of the former and the latter allowed European countries to easily defeat the African states, as machine guns were extensively more powerful than the guns which were possessed by Africa. The inventions of the electric telegraph in 1837…

Commentary on article “British Society in India under the East India Company” by P.J. Marshall There is a person behind any research and analysis, which means that author’s personal background is significant. According to recommendation letter to pro-vice chancellor on Bristol university’s website, I found out that Professor Peter James Marshall was born in Calcutta and his family is British-Indian on both sides, which defines him as mixed race . There might be an assumption that his family…