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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, also known as “Mahatma Gandhi”, was an Indian leader and an Anti-War Activist. He believed greatly in justice for all people and that we are children of God. Gandhi was born on October 2nd of 1869 in Porbandar, India and was unfortunately killed on January 30th of 1948 by a Hindu fanatic in New Delhi, India. As a young man he studied in three different places one of them being Law at the University College in London (Gandhi Timeline). In addition, during his lifetime…

Who were the people involved? Some of the people involved in the French and Indian War were the British, the French, and the American Indians. Even though the feud was just between the British and the French, the American Indians were very cooperative on both sides. Much more cooperative on the French side. What were they fighting for? The French and the British have many reasons for fighting, but each group involved had their reasons for being there. They wanted to monopolize the fur trade in…

The French and Indian War, which was also known as the Seven Years War, was the conflict in which the British fought against the French and their allies, the Indians. The war actually lasted more than seven years, stretching unofficially from 1754 to 1763. The French and Indian War was important because it planted the idea of one specific country controlling the entire land of the New World. Although the British struggled in the early years of the war, Great Britain, along with the American…

Anita Desai is an Indian author known for her novels and children 's books. She grew up in India while it was occupied by Great Britain. She grew up in the time era known as the Age of Imperialism. This is where many powerful countries conquered weaker ones around the world ("The Definition of"). She was exposed to English, thus Desai 's writing has always been in English. With the wide range of imperialism, Desai 's works has reached a wider audience. Imperialism has influenced Desai 's…

protest was organized in 1972, and was called the Trail of Broken Treaties. The Trail of Broken Treaties was a protest march on Washington D.C., where the Native American leaders were to present a twenty point framework “for considering the status of Indian tribes and the nature of their federal relationship ”. This was originally supposed to be a peaceful protest, timed just before the presidential election in an attempt to work with the federal government in order to further the goals of the…

John Hancock and Samuel Adams? Great amounts of tension had built up over the period of 20 years after the French-Indian War; the Americans developed ill feelings towards the British government, attributed to their mindset that Britain had been crippling their future by donating land to the Indians and the French. In short, a few events that transpired as a result of the French-Indian war promoted a tension that exploded violently as the…

meant that Gandhi was fortunate enough to be born into a high caste of Indian society. Gandhi received a thorough education however proved to perform no better than his peers. Following Indian customs, he was betrothed to Kasturba Makhanji through a marriage arranged by their parents, on the May of 1883. Gandhi continued his education at Samaldas College at the University of Mumbai and soon after had the first of…

Both of the paintings focused on one battle during a war that resulted in the death of an important historical figure, a general. While West painted the image of a scene in the French and Indian War, Trumbull captured a scene from the American Revolution. Both artists sought to have these images made into engravings that could be sold to the public. The elimination of gore, blood loss, and violence in the depictions makes the scene of death…

isolated piece which makes it seem like the two disjointed pieces of the portrait were intentional. Much of the clothing of the people in the painting and the mantles of the horses seem to be of a warm color. I notice this trend in many other pieces of Indian artwork as well. It seems to me that…

fight the British on their own. By 1776, according to Ferling, France began to take interest in the war and began to secretly help the Rebels fight the British. Why would the French do this? Perhaps to seek revenge for the loss of the French and Indian War would be a reason why they helped. Regardless, this decision, in return, would help the American army to continue to fight for their cause. In a letter from George Washington to John Hancock, Washington had mentioned that he had taken…