Former British colonies

they all are excellent examples of uprisings in history that challenged traditional ways and succeeded. The American Revolution, fought between 1765 and 1783, was a political upheaval the thirteen colonies undertook to reject British colonial rule. When the French and Indian War ended in 1763, the British King George III ruled over a country swimming in debt. In…

Seeking for Freedom After getting gaining freedom from England, American still have to work its way to accomplish the democracy government. The Declaration of Independent was a shut down for British colonies, but the end didn’t come till after the War of 1812. The war is also known as “the second war of independent” which brought independent to a series of nation, including Mexico, Venezuela, and Peru. Things didn’t end that simple. The European tried to influence in such political matters…

At that time, the American colonies the struggling due to the arbitrariness of the British colonial power, like that of the rest of the colonies stretching in all continents of the world. One day that year colonizers decided to raise taxes on the product (tea) who brings the other colony to Colonial America, and this decision was the beginning of a popular boycott of the products followed by «revolution» violent led by activist Samuel Adams and a group of rebels who attacked three ships laden…

land. Starting in the early 1600’s, the Virginia Company wanted a settlement in America. The Chesapeake colonies, including Virginia and Maryland first established the town of Jamestown. “Jamestown was intended to become the core of a long-term settlement effort, creating new wealth for the London investors and recreating English society in North America” (Grymes). As for the New England colonies, including Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island soon became settled upon after…

it was not expected for a real historical event to turn into a myth remember for decades, Indian Mutiny has its results and impact on the Victorians in their own homes ,not only on the British community in India, or even on the Indians themselves ,as the first serious attempt for independence from the British presence or uprising in 1857, as a result of the cultural and intellectual…

of the Treaty of Paris and decided the territory of New France was to be turned over to the British. The successes and failures of the Royal Proclamation initiated the conditions of the Quebec Act. It was passed as an effort to curb French discontent towards the British in the midst of the hostilities between the Britain…

1775, the British Empire ended salutary neglect of the colonies because of the monetary need to repay the French and Indian War debts. Before this, the colonies were mostly self-governed and paid little to no British taxes, which made the colonies seem remotely independent to begin with. However, once the British ended salutary neglect and began to implement a series of unreasonable taxes on the colonists to repay the war debt, the colonies became enraged due to the fact little to no British…

inhabitants. This was seen in cities like Bombay, Durban and Algeria. In Bombay, there was a large British presence reinforced by the fact that Indian Princes and officials either worked with or under British guidance. All Indians did not welcome this British power, as most were not given much of a voice. As a result, the Indian National Congress sought reform or even self-rule. In Natal, a former British colony in South Africa, cities like Durban had governing white citizens. This government…

wondered why Great Britain’s colonies decided to separate from their mother country? Why did the colonists feel like Great Britain was no longer interested in what’s best for them? When the colonies were first settled in 1607 King James I assured the settlers that they would have all the rights and privileges of a natural British citizen; so what changed? Was it only because they raised taxes, or was there more to it than that? The American colonies felt that the British government was just…

How far was the American empire similar to the British one? The United States of America in many ways aimed to distance themselves from their former colonial masters. The American Enlightenment had set forth the notion that the American colonists should form an entirely new nation built on the ideals of liberty, the rights of man, republicanism, and so forth. But America exhibited symptoms of imperialism - both hard imperialism and soft imperialism - in their growth and expansion west. Whilst…