What were the most compelling reasons why the British decided to establish a colony on the east coast of New Holland in 1788? It Was All About Location In 1788‚ the British colonized the continent of New Holland‚ which is present day Australia. The colony was first started as a penal colony on the east coast‚ but soon expanded throughout the country. There are many reasons why this colony was first created and why Botany Bay specifically was chosen‚ but many of these reasons came about due
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British Colonizing in Nigeria In the late 19th and early 20th century‚ Europeans had raced to colonize the country Africa. Great Britain was the leaders at this time in colonizing the land filled with rich natural recourses. These recourses were considered a necessity to the industrialization of the world‚ specifically Nigeria. During this colonization that Great Britain was doing in their new land‚ you could imagine that the locals were not too happy about this. The British had no respect for
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Beginning of British Imperialism in Nigeria Adam Coleman History 210: World History October 19‚ 2011 The novel Things Fall Apart‚ by Chinua Achebe‚ depicts the Igbo culture of Nigeria in the 1890’s‚ as well as the beginning of the British colonization of these people. Achebe describes the Igbo culture in fairly great detail in the novel‚ including different portions of the society and many of the laws and beliefs of the culture. The spread of Christianity brought by British missionaries
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reasons‚ religion and economic gain. Religion was a very important issue to the British colonies. Nevertheless‚ it was not the main reason the British were so eager to colonize America. Their main concern was glorifying the British Empire through economic gain. The British were very concerned about making money off the colonies. The primary reason for the colonies was to earn money. The most important goal for the British of settling the Americas was to grow crops‚ hunt animals‚ and find precious
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were used: it was to convert those who they had been trading with for centuries to European philosophies on religion and government and to plunder their lands of natural resources and precious materials. Not much ever changes when it comes to colonization‚ just the oppressors and the oppressed. However‚ there are several points that have to be addressed: what is it like to be colonized‚ are the colonizers really helping matters in the colonies‚ or making more turmoil for them‚ and why are the colonies
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The Spanish and the British colonized North America. These two nations were in competition for power. Through their government‚ these nations were able to get hold of the Native Americans‚ traded with them and were being able to create a complex society. In this essay‚ we are going to discuss about the similarities and differences of political‚ social‚ and economical of Spanish-Latin America to that of the British. First of all‚ let’s talk about the social structure of the Spanish-Latin America and
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British imperialism improved the lives of the colonized Indians to no extent due to the unreasonable economic policies that lead to famine‚ the extreme poverty caused by the heavy taxation of Indians‚ and the unjust and one-sided British government that gave the colonized no say. The lives of the Indians were not improved from the British imperialism because of the implementation of cash crops and mercantilism that lead to starvation. Cash crops are crops produced for their commercial value rather
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South America could make America make different groups Supporting Evidence #1:)Under Belgium rule rwanda was made into two different groups the tutsi and the hutu. The hutu was made as a work force and the tutsi were used as extended belgium rule.McCormack‚ Pete. (2006) Explanation: The making of these two groups caused many deaths and started violence between the groups just because one was treated better and had more
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either side ginning anything except many peoples life was lost. Many people called it that the war was about forcing to get lands‚ resources and control power. Before world War one there was many of lesions brewing in Europe. Europe fought for regions with France‚ Germany and fought to colonize Africa. Also Europe fought “ Spheres of influence area in Eastern Europe and middle East. Different countries were competing for land and power it was a matter of time before war broke out. Many countries
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Located in West Africa and bordering the Atlantic‚ Nigeria is a big country that occupies 356‚667 square miles with a total population of 168 million. Nigeria is abundant in natural resources like coal‚ gold‚ lead‚ iron‚ salt‚ copper‚ and zinc‚ but it is best known as a big producer of oil. Thanks to its size‚ population‚ and resources‚ Nigeria is dubbed as “the giant of Africa” (Falola‚ 4). According to World Bank Data of 2010‚ Nigeria has an annual percentage growth rate as 8.0%‚ one of the world’s
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