The French and Indian war had important, immediate effects on the colonies and their English mother country. Obviously, it meant great land acquirements for both American settlers and the English government. What Britain did not realize, however, was the problems this new territory would create. N...

Thousands of years ago many people believed in Ptolemy's geocentric theory that the Earth was the center of the universe. But, not until around 1500 was that theory disproved by the heliocentric theory formed from a great astronomer named Copernicus. His theory proved that the sun is the center of...

Throughout history, nothing has been more devastating and as destructive as war. Poverty, pain, depression, isolation, starvation and death have been some primary consequences. World War I is an example of these consequences. Although one can say that there were many causes of the war such as Na...

Sir Wilfred Laurier believed that the role of government was not to force action in one direction but to remove barriers to citizens', efforts to achieve personal and social improvement. His fifteen years of government, 1869-1911, were among the most vigorous in Canada's history as confede...

Dear Editor, Imperialism has been used many times throughout history. Some people believe that imperialism has had a positive influence on our world's history. While others believe it is negative. I agree that imperialism has been negative to our world. With most negative situations, ther...

By the 17th century, British citizens, for economic reasons or for religious oppression, flocked toward the New World to begin a community that honored their natural laws. Some flocked towards present day New England in order to obtain religious freedom while others left for the Chesapeake Bay to re...

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France: 1. World War I had ravaged France. 900 000 buildings, 200 coal mines, and 34 iron mines had been damaged or destroyed, 85 percent of the arable land had been devastated, and 94 percent of the cattle had disappeared. The franc had lost about 72 percent of its purchasing power. France&apos...

Were it not for the oversights, mistakes, and misjudgments of British leadership, the American colonies would still be territory of Great Britain. Parliament had the power to declare the colonies exempt from taxation, increased colonial dependency on Britain, or given the colonies a form of governme...

Sir Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer, British politician and prime minister of the united kingdom, widely regarded as the greatest British leader of the 20th century. Churchill is celebrated for his leadership during WW2 . His courage, decisiveness, political experien...

India's modern history begins in the 14th century when European nations began to flex their imperialistic muscles in the Middle East and Asia. The Portuguese, French, Dutch, and English were all competing for their own part of India. Everything began with the East India Company, which was est...

How the Colonists Defeated the BritishIn 1770s to the 1780s the thirteen original colonies with loosely formed militias managed to defeat one of the greatest empires in history, the British Empire. How were they able to do this? I will examine the elements that resulted in America gaining independ...

It can be said that neither the United States nor Britain wanted their dispute to end in war, but at this point war was unavoidable. Despite the fact that both the French and the British violated U.S. neutral rights, the British violations appeared to be more blatant because of the British navy&a...

IntroductionWith the ongoing battles between England and France in the early 19th century, the newly formed United States found itself thrust in the middle of this struggle. In the early part of the century Napoleon was on a mission to once again establish a mighty French empire of early years. But ...

COLONIZATION & REVOLUTIONARY WAR--IDENTIFICATIONS BACON'S REBELLION: 1676 - Nathaniel Bacon, a member of the 'back county gentry' and the governor's council in Jamestown, VA. On two separate occasions, Bacon led his army to Jamestown after an ongoing conflict with the Indian...

The British Colonies began to develop a great sense of identity by mid-1700. It was mainly due to new duties enforced by the British Parliament; British colonies, however, opposed them. British colonies found out that reconciliation was not possible. There was not any other way but independence. I...

First, I'd like to say that there are tree types of colonies: colonies of settlement, Colonies of Exploitation and contested settlement colonies. In this Project I will hopefully try to explain all of them and go trough some history.· Colonies of Settlement:When Citizens of the colonizing country m...

Throughout history, the loser had always been the ultimate evil, especially in a world war, in Germany's case. However, it is true that Germany did havevoluminous responsibilities of starting the war, although she was not the one who sparkedoff the initial dispute. She was taking part in the imperia...

Pro-BritainThe British established colonies along the Atlantic coast in New England by the end of the 17th century. After a long series of wars with the French, Britain was in a financial bind. The pressing issue of taxing the colonists arose from this situation. Should the colonists be required ...

The Irish first arrived in Canada nearly 400 years ago, and to this day they have almost been fully integrated into our Canadian society. Years ago, they tended to move to large American cities, however they also moved to Canada and spread into the Canadian countryside. They have made a significan...

"The Patriot" When the Articles of Confederation didn't show to many good results ,giving the states too much power and after all the pressure from king George to the 13 colonies ,finally people began reacting to all the ab...

A period of psychological division categorizes the period from 1765 to 1776 in America's history. Through the growing tyranny of the British Empire, ambiguity swept the American continent and created a divided community made up of loyalists, those who sided with the thoughts and views of the King o...

CHAPTER 2, Q1: What are the decisive events and arguments that produced the American Revolution? "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times (Charles Dickens)." This best describes the Americas in the 1700's. The settler's went through the best of times from obtaining r...

An American Nationality AwakensIn the book, Out of Our Past, by Carl N. Degler, Degler states that by the eve of the American Revolution a "distinctly American" nationality had emerged, driving a wedge between Britain and her American Colonies. Since the two were so many miles away from each other, ...

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