Colonial And Present Day History Essay

Many colonists held a stronger loyalty to their American Colonies than to England by the eve of the Revolution. The battles and trials that they endured gave them an identity and a unity, they had survived through many hardships and any group that does that had some sort of bond. The unique combining of cultures, geography, and the many political ordeals that American colonists had endured provided them with a sense of identity and unity.

The Middle colonies consisted of four of the thirteen colonies founded by the English in America. In 1609, Henry Hudson, a Dutch explorer, traveled in the Middle colonies by going on a journey into the Hudson River and Delaware Bay. In 1621, he colonized what was then New Netherland, with New Amsterdam as the capitol. The Duke of York, was given New Netherland from his brother King Charles II, and renamed the land after himself naming it New York, and the capitol was then named New York City. Being that New York was so large, New Jersey became another Middle colony, founded by the Duke of York’s friends, Sir George Carteret and Sir John Berkeley. Pennsylvania and Delaware were the next colonies to be added to the Middle colony region by William

During the period of Colonialism, the English settlers arrived in America from Europe looking for religious freedom, land and the opportunity for wealth. While the Spanish Settlers arrived at Hispaniola unexpectedly, like the English; however, the Spanish did not leave Europe because of religion persecution; rather, they wanted to expand their religious belief to the New Word. While in both the English and the Spanish colonization, the Indigenous people were oppressed and enslaved but the English took a different approach. Thereby, although both the English and the European colonized in order to obtain gold and silver to help their countries wealth, the Spanish explorers took a more forceful method of gaining land.

The democracy established in colonial America developed greatly as the rights of colonists were recognized, however, the early establishment caused many of the features to be undemocratic. The history in colonial America as shown in the documents imply that equality among people of different races, genders and beliefs was not yet established during this time. America was filled with inequality and undemocratic features, allowing prejudice to occur between men and women, and the difference races. In 1763, the qualifications that one needed in order to vote varied depending on the colony. Although, each colony required that the voter was to be of the christian religion, white race, and male gender.

The study of British colonialism is a rather new field with much to discuss and a lot more to debate. The recent recognition of new nation-states that were once under the control of Britain was a growing phenomenon and one that continues to play a large role in today’s global politics. Since the rather recent period of these new nations, new study’s have been done into the history of a) the peoples that inhabited the land before Britain, b) the way Britain occupied and control and land, and now c) post-Britain. This is a growing topic in the historical field because seventy-five years ago there was no thought that Britain would relieve control of India or Nigeria. That is why post-British colonialism is important to today, because it is a

     Religion was a very important part of everyday life in colonial America. Sometimes people were not allowed to question what they were taught, and if they did so they were punished accordingly. Before 1700 some colonies had more religious freedom then others. While others colonies only allowed religious freedom to a select group, others allowed religious freedom to all different kinds of religions. In the overall there was quite a bit of religious freedom in colonial America

During the period of imperialism, whites began dominating over the natives that were already in the Rhodesias. The British began entering into the Matabele home. For centuries the natives had been living in this area, raising their families and living off the land. With the idea of imperialism spreading throughout the globe, the time had come for the natives to be driven off their land as well, by the British. By 1892, more than 1,500 Europeans were in the Rhodesias, and more were to come. They came to the area as not only a part of Cecil Rhodes goal to control from Cape to Cairo, but to be in control of the natural resources of the area. The territory of the Matabele was rich materials in copper, gold, and diamonds. The whites were dominating

The lack of enforcement and legislation caused chaos with in these naive nations. Barbara Simpson, a journalist at WND, has studied the effect of Zimbabwe after the British had decolonized the area. Simpson claims that in the 1960s “More than 4,000 (whites) have been attacked, tortured and killed for no reason other than that they’re white and own land. Zuma even sang a song in public about killing whites.” (Page 1)

Zimbabwe, originally named Rhodesia “… the most prominent settler colony in British Africa… developed policies… under the radar of state control” (Andersson and Green, 128). The settlers mainly chose to control what they wanted even if it meant destroying the society. In Yvonne Vera’s short story, “Why Don’t You Carve Other Animals”, she subtly illustrates Zimbabwean cultural segregation and past settler colonization. In the article, “Development Under the Surface: The Rise of Indigenous Agriculture as an Unintended

South Africa was a rich country with a beautiful landscape and a rich culture. There were tremendous natural resources in South Africa and spectacular beauty. South African society was fluid and accepting, allowing people to move from one tribe to the next, without discrimination. This accepting and truly benevolent moral system, perhaps turned out to be a fatal flaw, manipulated and abused by European colonists who arrived in 1652 and have left an indelible legacy on the nation of South Africa (Thompson, 33). Upon their arrival, the Dutch and then the English systematically exploited black South Africans, taking advantage

Afternoon once again some more on Zimbabwe...DISCUSS THE RISE AND EXPANSION OF THE MUTAPA STATE. (NOV 2008)

Mahatma Gandhi’s Hind Swaraj, Frantz Fanon’s Black Skin, White Masks; and Gillo Pontecorvo’s film, The Battle of Algiers each respond to different aspects of colonialism and anti-colonialism. Fanon focuses on the effects colonialism has on the psyche of the colonized; Gandhi rejects western civilization and argues in favor of a non-violent approach to gaining independence; Pontecorvo’s film depicts revolutionaries and counter-revolutionaries using mostly violent means in an attempt to obtain victory over their respective adversaries. This paper will describe the works of Black Skin, White Masks and The Battle of Algiers. Then we will see how Hind Swaraj would respond to these works.

The Great Zimbabwe are stone ruins found in an African City. It lies in southeastern Zimbabwe, about 19 miles southeast of Masvingo and is about 200 acres. The story of Great Zimbabwe is of Shona culture and the African Iron age along with colonialism and political archaeology. The ruins were used to support and continue the thriving trade system the Shona people established. The Shona people’s village lived off cattle breeding, crop planting and their trade of gold.

Zimbabwe is located on the Southern part of Africa; landlocked between Zambia, South Africa, Botswana and Mozambique. The country is approximately 150,871 square miles and ranks among the largest countries in the world as number sixty out of the one hundred and ninety six globally recognized countries. It is thus a fairly large country but quite average in size among African nations. The country

After the 1980 elections, Robert Mugabe was elected the first Prime Minister of Zimbabwe as executive of the newly formed democratic government and the goal of democratic reform seemed imminent. Southern Africans (Southern Africa is the geographical region of southernmost Africa that consist of the countries of Zimbabwe, South Africa, Mozambique,