Victoria, British Columbia

waterfall during his journey and renamed it Victoria Falls. Dr. Livingstone crossed Africa from the Atlantic, in Luanda, to the Indian Ocean, in Quelimane, one of the first Europeans to do so, between 1854 and 1856. Livingstone left the London Missionary Society in 1857 when they rejected his plan of opening new missions in Zambesi. [[[The Society could not reconcile Livingstone’s desire to open up trade routes to end slavery while still evangelizing.]]] The British government chose to…

militias and that if the Rebellion had continued the president would have deemed a “standing army necessary for enforcing the laws” (Hewitt and Lawson). (The Pittsburg Resolution, 1794)This was problematic to the Republicans since they had opposed British policies of taxation and quartering and now their new government was behaving similarly. Interestingly, these fears are still relevant to many Americans today, over 200 years later. Conflict between Republicans and Democrats often centers…

In the Royal Navy served a mixture of different kinds of sailors. There were volunteers, impressed sailors and fishermen, prisoners, sometimes slaves and lascars (Asians). Mostly below their thirties, in the Myth of the Press Gang, using a statistical sample, reveals that almost eighty per cent were volunteers, coming half of them from England. This is explained due the possibility of bounties and price money, but also because of the possibility of a job from inland people and social ascends.…

It is definitely clear the importance that the American revolution has for the French Revolution, being that one of the bases, an example of model to be followed. The liberal values organized in the American colonies even before separating from British power, and later on, in the declaration of human rights and in its Declaration of Independence were a framework to which revolutionary France and the French revolutionary philosophers were inspired by their declaration of the rights of man and of…

During the beginning of the nineteenth century much of Europe was at conflict due to the Napoleonic wars. The United States president James Madison saw this as an opportunity to start a conflict with the British forces of Canada. He thought the war was easily winnable and that it was only ‘a mere matter of marching’. After Canada managed to fend off the United States forces, the treaty of Ghent was signed. The treaty was signed on Christmas Eve of 1814 and did not declare a victor, rather it…

system would set up an administration to monitor day to day activities in African regions. The government now could administer justice, direct tax, and recruit more officials to maintain order in the area. The systems included indirect rule by the British, assimilation and association by the French, the Portuguese use assmilado, and lastly, the Belgians utilized paternalism. Economic interest would allow…

conflict within the 19th century, such as the Napoleonic Wars between France and Britain, the Embargo Act issued by Jefferson that caused much economic distress, and the continued violation of U.S. neutral rights by impressment through troubles with the British on the Western frontier, the nation began to divide. After the disconnect, the nation came to a conclusion to unite to ensure that it can progress, especially entering in the War of 1812. The North and South worked to reconcile, and bring…

1. Pre-colonisation refers to the period of time before Africa was colonised by the Europeans. According to the article, the pre-colonial period was the time when the African children were raised in a community and educated about the specific cultures and traditions that were associated with that community. It was the time when education consisted of tales, legends and traditions, in which social, religious and cultural ways of life were integrated. The pre-colonial period was when knowledge and…

The French and Indian war was a very curious conflict, and the way it began is even more curious. The start of this war can be traced back to a huge demand of beaver fur in Europe, and the competition between France and England for dominance over the most viable trapping territories. But during this war, one major figure in US history got thrust into the limelight, and that Figure was George Washington. In the Article “Ambition, Accomplishment, and acclaim” by Don Higginbotham he states that…

The American Revolution was a brutal fight for freedom from the British. The Revolution would cause separation and would form the United States of America. The conflict started when British started giving the people “taxation without representation” which gave the people no say in what taxes would be enforced. This would lead to a revolt that would last many years and be lead by one wise leader under the name of George Washington. Washington was a key part of the American Revolution, he is…