Former empires

not allow ourselves to become like the system we oppose”- Archbishop Desmond Tutu. This quote reminds me of the history between the United States and Great Britain, and when the United States still existed as small colonies controlled by the British empire. How Great Britain made the U.S. colonies socially inferior, didn’t accept their religion belief, and used the colonies’ wealth for their own needs. It was exactly because of the injustice behaviors that the colonies separated themselves from…

Henry McCrummin Keightley: Henry McCrummin Keightley arrived in NSW in on the 8th May 1853 onboard the 'Panthea' 511 tonnes under the command of Captain Hannant. Keightley's English departure point was from 'The Downs' situated ajacent to the southern North Sea near the eastern entry to the English Channel off the east Kent Coast. Whilst in England, Keightley it would appear was offered an opportunity to travel to NSW by Charles Grant Tindal, who at the time was visiting reletives in Kent, and…

Before presidencies, there were empires. History, regardless of how or when, the subject is constructed around power, money, territories, and conspiracy. Survival of the fittest. The struggle between three particular world powers throughout the last five decades showcased the most brilliant minds, The Ottoman, British, and French Empires. While the establishment of facts is sure to vary across different cultural backgrounds, most would agree this time in history played a crucial role in how…

Germany could not escape authoritarian governance. After World War I (WWI) came to an end and the democratic Weimar Republic replaced the autocratic war regime, Germany finally appeared to be temporarily rid of political violence. However, chaos persisted. The government suppressed public uprisings with brutal violence, killing hundreds. Germany again fell into disorder. This never-ending governmental oppression is reflected in the 1920 horror film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. The movie…

Wild Field and John C. Weaver’s The Great Land Rush it is obvious that not every empire’s approached colonization in the same way. Sunderland explores Imperial Russia while Weaver investigates the British Empire and the settlement of the United States of America. Through exploring each empires approach to the allocation of land and the movement of people it can truly be seen that colonization was not an identical experience. Willard Sunderland’s account of Russia’s colonial history shows that…

Two 19th century global trends–industrialization and imperialism–were driven by the nations of Europe, but influenced every corner of the Earth. Industrialization, or the transformation of an economy from being agriculturally based to being based on manufactured goods, created a higher sense of nationalism within Europe. Nationalism was taken a step further in the late 1800’s with imperialism, or the direct controlling of other countries for political and economic benefits. By increasing…

During 1683-1908, both the Ottoman and Russian empires dealt with internal and external challenges that affected their methods of ruling their empires. Three similarities they both encountered was they both faced Westernization and constitutional challenges directly, they both had many members of the rising education urban middle school class deserted constitutional nationalism and lastly, they were both able to attain the Western industrial challenge. While experiencing these internal and…

more rights to the lower class. They also believed that should have been more of a democracy. Julius Caesar was the man in power during the rise of the Roman Empire. Caesar was kidnapped by pirates was forced to give his talents of silver after he paid he put the pirates in prison and killed them. Julius Caesar was assassinated by his former best…

options while simultaneously enriching the crown with the wealth of thirteen other territories. The French and British maintained several differences in their colonization of North America. Settlers emigrated from each country for different reasons; the former were traders and explorers, and while some of the latter were as well, English settlers were primarily families or poor farmers. Immigrants to the New World were more likely to be English than French because the French tended to be happier…

She also to struggled to find capable men to align themselves with the Habsburg Empire, with the exception of a few administrators she had managed to appoint. Once the war had ended, Maria Theresa set about further reforming the Habsburg government, with Silesian exile Count Frederick William Haugwitz heading up the effort. Haugwitz’s…