industries that support Haiti. Before Haiti became a free‚ independent nation‚ it was sugar and coffee producing powerhouse owned by the French that relied on slave labor. By period of the French Revolution‚ plantations in Haiti produced more than half of all the coffee produced around the world and 40% of the sugar for France and Britain‚ making it a profitable colony for France. Also during this time‚ the population of slaves in Haiti was between 500 and 700 thousand‚ heavily outnumbering whites and
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ethnic groups were the Tutsi who were the masters and the Hutu who were the workers. Tutsi people had different physical features from the Hutu people. The Tutsi had high foreheads‚ long thin noses‚ and a tall slim bodies‚ whereas the Hutu had flat noses‚ large protruding foreheads‚ and a shorter‚ stockier build. These varied physical characteristics split them up into two different groups. Also‚ it was a commonly held belief that the Tutsi not only looked different‚ but they were actually considered
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events account for the withdrawal of the French from Indochina by 1954. Since the beginning of the French Colonisation of Indochina by 1893‚ tension existed by both parties which were only intensified by the series of events and ideas that followed. The aftermath of WWII France significantly weakened the country and its economy. This led to the withdrawal of the French from Indochina‚ because it eventually became too expensive for the French to fight for their colony. Certain events such as the allowance
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During the 18th and 19th centuries enlightenment principles and ideology were spreading throughout the Atlantic World and morals like freedom and revolution became increasingly popular. Even the poorest‚ illiterate‚ enslaved populations of European colonies began to adopt enlightened principles to the point of rebellion. No greater example of this change exists than the Haitian Revolution of 1791‚ which inspired an array of moves for independence throughout the Americas. The strength‚ strategy and
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AP US History English Colonies in North America Before the seventeenth century‚ countries such as Portugal and Spain had controlled the rich lands of the Americas‚ and England was left out of the race due to religious conflict back home. However‚ when Queen Elizabeth came into power‚ England’s power also rose in the colonial game in the America. Some of the first colonies they gathered are the ones of Virginia and Carolina. They also acquired the colonies of Massachusetts Bay and Rhode Island
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Question: Were the English colonists of the 17th century motivated more by the pursuit of wealth or faith in their struggle to create a new society in the American colonies? The English colonists of the 17th century came to the American colonies for many different reasons. The one that motivated them the most was their pursuit of wealth because‚ despite the early colonists saying that it was their mission as children of God to go to the new world and spread Christianity to more people‚ the
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Catalan‚ French‚ Italian‚ Portuguese‚ Romanian‚ and Spanish. My report is particularly about Italian and Spanish borrowings to the English language. Spanish borrowings appeared in English in 16 century. Historic circumstances which influenced on these borrowings are associated with some geographic discoveries at that time. There was a colonization of the South and North America by the Spanish. So the close cooperation with Spain contributed to the developing of borrowings from Spanish into English
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The English Victory over Spain was Largely Down To Luck. To What Extent do you Agree With This? The Spanish fleet set sail against England in 1588 to overthrow Elizabeth I of England‚ but failed to do so. I believe‚ to an extent‚ the reason the English won was largely down to luck. However I also feel some of their strong ideas‚ and the lack of common sense of the Spanish‚ must have contributed towards their victory in some way or another. Prince Phillip II of Spain decided to invade
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The Spanish and English colonies both moved to North America seeking opportunities. The difference is that the Spaniards sought gold‚ while the English colonists sought freedom‚ religiously or otherwise. Therefore‚ the Spanish settlements in the Southwest and the English colonies in New England had very different approaches to both politics and economic development. The Spaniards had ventured to the United States region of America from their previous Latin America area. They expected to find the
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Take me to the fries! "Little fry‚ who made thee?" In the beginning was the potato. How it found its way from the South American highlands into those little sacks of McDonald’s fries is a long‚ adventurous tale‚ involving Conquistadors‚ Marie Antoinette‚ and Thomas Jefferson. Millionaires have been made and millions more have died from dependence on that simple‚ innocent potato. Here‚ then‚ is the story of the spud‚ which reached its crowning achievement only once it had been paired with oil
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