Interconnection of the Word - 1688 Britain has had connection of its political institutions since 1688, in relationship with some current member states that have had as many as eleven different political systems in the same period. British people generally feel separated from Europe in more ways th...

The History of Apartheid in South Africa Apartheid was a system employed by the dominantly white government that held the people of Africa apart for over half a century, and is only now being uplifted. It literally means 'apartness', and that states a lot about the system itself. The...

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 Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano is a detailed story about the life of a well-educated slave published. One section of the story in particular describes one of his many experiences in the New World with one of his owners. This narrative is a very powerful one telling ab...

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...

Who were the Ndebele of southern Africa? How might they have reacted to the growing power of Britain in their region? The Ndebele were a warrior people who had secured their military stronghold over southern Africa by using strict discipline and ingenious warfare tactics. Upon the arrival of E...

Calcutta, India; a city that no one has probably never have heard before but the truth is that this little town is ful of wonder. Its national name is Bharat and is ruled by A.P.J Abdul Koulam. The prime minister is Atal Biham Vajpayee. It has 1,049,700,118 people living in its little city that is 8...

Lagaan is an Indian movie created in Bollywood. The word lagan means tax in Hindu, where in this movie it pertains to the tax the British set on the small Indian village called Champaner, in India. It is a movie about common men, led by a strong-minded man who stands his ground for a cause agains...

Europeans had high expectations as they begun to explore the Atlantic. They were of course initially searching for the shortcut to find India. All of the European nation, namely Spain and Portugal, were trying to put their own stake on the route to India. They knew that once they found the mag...

Germany was treated harshly to prevent it from ever being a threat to the Big Four. The harsh terms of the Treaty of Versailles was put forth by the Big Four mainly to exert revenge and to safeguard their territorial interests, for fear that Germany will become a determined aggressor once again to s...