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On October 11, 1865, Paul Bogle and a group of free blacks marched into Morant Bay protesting a local trail, which resulted in a full-scale uprising that caused deaths and destruction. Free blacks had economic troubles and little to power in colonial society because of their limited access to resources. By July 8, 1865, the Jamaica Guardian captured the people’s discontent with Governor Edward John Eyre, who served as British official on the island. In this message of discontent, the people call

The Republic of Zimbabwe, formerly known as Southern Rhodesia under British colonial rule, obtained independence in February of 1980 through free parliamentary elections, formally recognizing the country of Zimbabwe as an independent sovereign state. The orchestrators of the revolutionary rebellion of Black Zimbabweans against minority rule were the two major African nationalist groups: Zimbabwean African National Union (ZANU), lead by Robert Mugabe, and Joshua Nkomo’s Zimbabwe African People’s Union

Europeans came to Southeast Asia during 16th century. The colonial vision was effectively imposed on Southeast Asia. At the beginning of the 20th century, most of the Southeast Asia countries were controlled by the British, Dutch, French and the Americans. Under this colonial rule, the late 19th and early 20th centuries was a period of fast development of such as new architectural styles, modern construction methods and techniques, railways, roads, etc. They changed

British colonial efforts stretched the entire length of Africa, from Egypt to South Africa, the Cape to Cairo, and much in between. While much of colonial conflict Britain took part in involved operation against African peoples, in South Africa, British colonizers had to fight against the white remnants of a previous Dutch colony in the region: the Boers. The Boers proved a tenacious opponent in the Second Boer War (1899-1902), also known as the South African War or just the Boer War; although the

The British empire, as well as many others, were diminishing, during the post-war era. The focus of this essay is to answer the question debating the relevance of British imperialism on immigrants who enter the United Kingdom during the post-war period. In summary, the answer that will be provided is that imperialism was the main contributor to pulling people towards Britain, yet it was not the only one. On the other hand, the imperial status had no relevance on all the immigrants, and this also

a great thing for blacks they started rise up over slavery, they made a big impact in the wars, and they got the Declaration of Independence from Thomas Jefferson. I.     The Crisis of the British Empire 1)     The Great struggle. 2)     The two empires Great Britain and France. 3)     The independence movement and the rising of hope for black’s freedom. 4) In 1689, the British and French fought

was from China. Thus, if I give all the Chinese tea to you and you do not want it, this can tell how determined you are. American writer Sarah Rose wrote a book named “For All the Tea in China” describes a period of time in the mid-1800s how the British Empire stole tea from China. The main character Robert Fortune was hired by the East India Company to steal the secrets of tea horticulture and manufacturing. The Scotsman donned a camouflage and headed into the Wu Si Shan hills in a bold act of corporate

Ethiopia and Liberia. South Africa was one of the main countries that faced imperialism. The Boers, also known as the Dutch descendents or Dutch farmers, were the first to colonize South Africa in 1652. Later on, the British came and took Cape Colony from the Dutch in 1795. The British at first mainly wanted to colonize South Africa as it helps her to trade with India by its route. South Africa’s temperate climate, natural resources, and massive minerals attracted Europeans to take it over. Also, South

and the slave exchange as a whole. The British were a huge power in the scare of Virginia and the country as a whole. Their freedom efforts worried plantation onwners and the common people. But the most feared were the internal enemy. Taylors book the internal enemy is actually the houndreds of thousands of slaves that were residing in the south at the time. The fear of these two enemies almost drove Virginians mad. At the start of the revolution british ships would dock and collect slaves in

1. Introduction: The British Empire An important feature of the Queen Victoria's reign was the rise of imperialism in United Kingdom. The United Kingdom and the territories under its control reached its greatest expansion in the 19th and 20th century, during the Victorian Era. Between 1815 and 1914, many territories of the world, such as Canada, India Australia or many parts of Africa, were added to the British Empire, which brought many negative repercussions for the rest of the globe (for instance