In the Penal Colony

four acts imposed by the British Parliament to assert its authority over colonies. They did this by adjourning the colonies’ uncooperative Assembly, and by imposing stricter collection of taxes. In 1769, the first attempt at resolution was taken by the colonies. They suggested boycotting British goods until the town shed acts were revoked. After the failure of the boycotts, The British passed the Intolerable Acts, a series of penal laws in response to the Boston Tea Party. In 1774, after the…

trials. He also mentions that he received all his information from official court records, which are supposed to be objective and unbiased. Seabrook also used official documents as sources to support his claims. He cites Article 249 of the Haitian Penal Code in The Magic Island, saying that it confirms his “attempted rational explanation … of how the zombie may actually exist without being supernatural”. He goes on to say that his argument is “accepted by ethnologists as probably correct”. Just…

The beautiful history of the Australia 's School of the Air (SOA) begins as the concept of an innovative thinker and organizer in the early 1900’s. His portrait can still be viewed today on one side of the Australian twenty note; the Reverend John Flynn. In 1921 he conceptualized the combined use of two technologies: the Alfred Traeger 's pedal-powered radio and the Royal Flying Doctor Service ( the world 's first air ambulance) The idea to bring education to the children of Australias Outback…

plight. The rapid population growth of the lowest classes in monarchic Europe made them eager to dispense of as many of the masses as possible. Our poor Englishman is, among many others, shipped to the American colonies, and sold into indentured servitude or made to spend his life in a penal colony. The trauma of this displacement and subsequent assimilation into a new, constructed colonial society was passed on…

financially, such as England, saw an opportunity not only to hurt Spain, a long term rival, but also to obtain great wealth through raiding Spain’s poorly defended ships off the Spanish Coast, as well as in the Caribbean. Nicholas Canny mentions that a colony had been set up in Providence Island off the Central American coast to help in raids against the Spanish. John Appleby states that ‘The establishment of Roanoke during 1585 went ahead because of its perceived potential as a naval base for…

India is so diverse that their own states act like their own country because of their different languages, practices, customs and climates (“There’s No Escaping Racism In India”). India has been compared to the 13 original colonies of The United States of…

of one countries political, economic, and/or culture over another in which powerful nations seek to extend and maintain control over weaker nations and people (Discovery Education 2009; Mastanduno 2000). The colonising and imperial rule over other colonies, continents, countries, etc. was common practice in Europe by the 1400s and most Europeans thought colonising…

That day the British brought 11 boats carrying an estimated 1,000 convicts to vanish them from Britain. They turned Australia into a penal colony which would let them dispose of as many prisoners as they wanted. It was a sort of blessing and a curse with the arrival of new people not because they brought new technology and animals but, because of the fact they also brought diseases. Of course…

During the 18th century, France was involved in an independence war between the British and North American colonies. France was led into an economic crisis, as these wars cost France an abundance of money. The most costly war for France was the French Revolution of 1789, where the people waged war on each other. The French revolution was led by the Third Estate, who were mainly composed of the bourgeoisie class citizens. New taxes and loans were not talked about by the bourgeoisie class, which…

Culturally Aware of Australia Australia is one of the flattest continent landmass due to erosion that happened 257 years ago; formed when it separated from the super-continent. In addition, Australia has a wide assortment of landform consisting of a small mountains, ancient crystal blocks, and ancient seas. Australia has ten deserts, largest being the Great Victoria Desert. Australia has one of the seven natural wonders of the world, the Great Barrier Reef. Australia and Tasmania are two…