Protectorate

During the early 1870s, the Franco-Prussian War took place. At this time France had no allies, which was the chancellor of Germany, Otto von Bismarck’s goal; he wanted to keep France isolated for Europe. He was successful until 1890, when Kaiser Wilhelm II took office. Between the years of 1870 to 1914 France has gained many alliances and their government has changed drastically. After the Franco-Prussian War took place, France had no alliances. Their first alliance was Russia, though they…

Compared to other countries in the world such as Britain which underwent industrialization in the 18th and 19th centuries, Korea was very slow in changing from its agrarian society into an industrial society with “technical enterprises and other productive economic activities” . Apart from other reasons, the domination of Japan and the Korean War which bombarded the country to its death were the most prominent ones. However despite other countries’ expectations, president Park Jung Hee…

wain: Theodore, I hope you could see from my point of view that your idea of “Imperialism” could never bring the United States to power. Theodore Roosevelt: I don’t agree, I believe that imperialism will bring the US to greatness and uphold the economy. And we will be able to show to all the world that we are the superiors and we will be in control of all the continents and the world will be at peace. Mark Twain: But are those country’s truly ours to take? Did we really become what we fought to…

the Russians no longer considered Iran as a prized territory. This left the British as the sole Great Power in Iran. In 1919 the Iranian Parliament refused a British offer of military and financial aid that effectively would have made Iran into a protectorate of Britain. The British initially did not want to withdraw from Iran but caved-in to international pressure and removed their advisers by 1921. In that same year British diplomats lent their support to Brigadier Reza Khan. In 1921 Reza Khan…

The Second Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945, is widely considered to begin with the Marco Polo Bridge incident of July 1937 and end with the Japanese surrender in September 1945. I would argue that to understand the motives as to why Japan invaded China, it is essential to grasp their previous history of conflicts and tensions, beginning with the Japanese claim of Taiwan from China’s Qing Dynasty after the First Sino-Japanese war in 1895, right through to the invasion of Manchuria in 1931. This…

On January 1, 1901, Nigeria became a British protectorate. Nigerians believed that their country could strive better through their independence. They believed that their country potential in becoming powerful if there was no foreign country holding them down. They believed that demanding their independence and their separation from the ruling of the British was the best thing, along with and enforcing rulings and ideologies of their own. Nigerians wanted to have their own form of import and…

Colonialism took many different forms throughout history; political, economic, social and cultural. Literature itself can serve colonial objectives through the use of a colonial language that describes the Non-western countries as inferior, uneducated, uncultured and uncivilized. This type of colonial discourse mainly serve the colonial powers who give false image about the other in order to emphasize their superiority and to defend the real intentions behind colonizing other countries such as…

He was a German industrialist, spy and member of the Nazi Party who is credited with saving the lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust by employing them in his enamelware and ammunitions factories which were located in occupied Poland and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia His father was Johann Hans Schindler, the owner of a farm machinery business, and his mother was Franziska Fanny Schindler. After attending primary and secondary school, Schindler enrolled in a technical school. He…

Britain established an indirect rule in Ghana, also known as the “Gold Coast”, leading to major economic and social negative impacts affecting the Natives. Ghanaians, more conscious about the oppressing conditions under which they live, started protesting using violent methods such as riots and boycotts. The rise of Kwame Nkrumah brought a new different dimension to the freedom movement. Influenced by Ghandi’s peaceful strategy, the political leader was able to free the country from colonialist…

branches (Perry Local, Pg 1). I feel that we can compare this to modern day Somalia. On July 1st, 1960, Somalia celebrated the joining of Italian Somaliland and former British Somaliland into the Somali Republic. Since British Somaliland was under a protectorate with the British, they had to pay customs taxes to Britain. Britain has also recently been putting restrictions on what can be imported and exported to and from Somalia, as the ongoing Civil War has been an impacting situation to Somalia…