The decolonisation of an area is not a simple process. It is complicated and involves interconnected factors that have not always been handled appropriately; this has the potential to lead to new problems between the parties involved. This essay will examine the effects of decolonisation by drawing an outline of the causes that led to the decline of European Imperialism in Africa. The assessment will be focusing on the continuations and disparities following the period of 'Long Depression ' at the
international grab bag of Europe (Furlong). The size of Morocco compared to those of other European nations and other geographical features made Morocco a valuable asset to the imperial powers. In the beginning of the 20th century Morocco had become a protectorate of France, and
Egypt was a colony of Britain, British imperialism began in 1882. Egypt experienced suffocation of liberties. Egypt was ruled by Britain by indirect rule because Britain took control of the existing political structures and economies while the khedives provided native autonomy. Britain's interference with Egypt threatened Egypt’s social and political structure, especially the military. In 1881, Colonel Ahmad lead a rebellion against European intrusion. Britain then sent ships to Egypt to ensure their
This topic is on imperialism, imperialism is a time that took place around 1800-1914. What is imperialism? Imperialism is a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. During the time of imperialism there were a lot of countries taking over other countries. Imperialism impacted racism and power by rich powers taking over poor powers. In this essay I will be talking about those different powers taking over other powers. The first country that
during the early part of 1649. After King Charles I execution, the Council of State was created making Cromwell the first chairman of the committee. During the trial and execution of England’s king the country made the courageous decision to go protectorate. This means that the country went on without having a king in charge. This allowed Lieutenant-General Oliver Cromwell to step up and become the Lord Protector for the English government. Cromwell took full advantage of becoming the Lord Protector
The debt reached 100 million pounds and the Egyptians had completely lost control of their country. Britain decided to colonize Egypt and control them as a protectorate. The protectorate allowed the British government to control Egypt's economic and political decisions without intervention from the Egyptians. In other words, Egypt was such a weak country at that time. Later, Egypt's finances were taken over by the foreign
The Sinai Peninsula, which occupies an area of 61,000 km2 or 6.1% of the surface area of Egypt, is very rich both in the number of species and the high percentage of endemics. Sinai Peninsula is floristically one of the richest of all phytogeographical regions of Egypt. In many of these plants, Bedouins find sources of nutrition, medicine and pasture. In the last ten years unmanaged human activities have threatened endemic and rare species resulting in disappearance of pastoral plant communities,
n.d). One of the places slavery was common was in the Trucial states before they were under the British. The Trucial states were a collection of several sheikhdoms along the coast of the Persian Gulf. They were initially a part of the British protectorate until 1971 when some of the countries came together and declared independence to become the United Arab Emirates (National Archives, n.d) This paper will discuss about the slavery in the Trucial States and whether it ended or not after the British
1828 he fought a war with Turkey and won the Eastern Shore of the Black Sea and a protectorate over Moldavia and Wallichia for Russia. With great severity he put down a revolt of the Poles in 1831 and in 1849 he sent his troops into Austria to help the emperor put an end to a rebellion of the Hungarian subjects. Nicholas hoped to drive the Turks out of Europe. As an excuse for another war he demanded a protectorate over all Christian subjects in Turkey. This demand clashed with British and French
Because it was a part of the old spice and trade routes between Europe and Asia, Egypt’s border has always been a convenient port for other countries to enter. Britishempire.co.uk stated, “Since the beginning of time, trade links had existed between Egypt and Britain and that British traders had been loading and unloading their ships there for generations” (“British”). This would be one of many key factors as to why Europe would have wanted to dominate this country and those surrounding it. Needing