The British saw India as their crown jewel, but the people under British rule did not agree with them. ... Gandhi made the spinning wheel a symbol of self-reliance and at the same time a means of boycotting British textiles and British rule. The most obvious changes brought about by Gandhi's challenge was independence from British rule. ... Before Nelson Mandela, South Africa was ruled by the white minority and apartheid was in full force. ... Control of the black majority was achieved by the pass system and travel restrictions. ...

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The Boers, having liberated themselves from British colonial rule after their Great Trek' between 1835 and the early 1840's, lived in the north of South Africa in the states Transvaal and Orange Free State. ... Prior to the war the majority of land was owned by the whites and the British were attempting to protect these property rights. ... However, these laws weren't enforced so there was actually a significant increase in black land ownership during the period of Cape Colony rule. ... Also, the British had hoped to gain a majority of white males in Transvaal so they would be ...

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The British rule over the colonized lands was harsh and violent, hence a revolt was inevitable. ... As this Congress gain reputation among the population, it got a new goal which was achieving self rule from the British. ... As a result of the Mau Mau, the British government began planning for Kenya's independence under majority rule. ...

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In Britain the government was more of an oligarchy and ruled over the nation as a whole. ... In Britain, the majority of people were in poverty and lived in slums, the others were mostly rich aristocrats. ... Benjamin Franklin helped show the colonists the way to end British rule in America. ... This sign meant that if the colonies did not get together and unite as one, than they were doomed to be ruled by the British for ever. ...

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The photos in Egypt, ruled by Britain, and the photos in Africa, ruled by France, are examples of the Third World countries in the 19th century. ... However, the French minister Sarraut makes decolonization difficult, due to his belief of only Europeans being able to rule land, "Since only Europeans could count as competent users of God's nature, only they could own it" (Prashad, 5). ... Although the Third world accounted for a majority of the world's population, the First world still did not respect the territories of the Third world in which they owned, the "First World saw [the Th...

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"Charles II accepted as terms of the Restoration settlement the principle that he must rule jointly with Parliament"4. ... Unlike any other King before him, he had to rule his people with the notion that parliament always had a say in what went on. ... The British Parliament's unnecessary rule began annoying and aggravating the colonists. ... This gave them a mutual hatred for the government that ruled them and allowed for the downfall of American being considered a British colony. ... Once taxes and laws were passed, the majority of colonists were convinced that Britain was o...

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Economic growth was deterred and the majority of profits were used to fund Britain's wars with feuding European nations. The years following 1783, welcomed an America free of British rule and taxation - an isolated America with few enemies and vast natural resources. ...

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For many of these colonies, the subjects being ruled were forced to comply with British rule or face dire consequences. ... Although Columbus treated the Native American's very harshly, acting in ways which a majority of Christians would describe as sinful, he was able to completely justify all of his actions because he deemed them necessary in order to help save the eternal souls of the Godless savages which he encounters. ... For centuries, the British Empire ruled over a vast amount of territory, spanning across all of the major continents in the world. ...

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These factors contributed to the end of colonialism in Africa: Mohendes Gandhi's successful campaign to end British colonial rule in India inspired many African leaders. ... Doe brutally ruled Liberia for ten years until being killed by rebel forces. ... The Dutch settlers were unhappy with British rule and became even angrier when the British outlawed slavery in 1835. ...

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The British however, argued that the colonies had "virtual representation ", saying that they vast majority of white men could not even vote for parliament. ... As time went on in the colonies, they found themselves with less and less power to rule over themselves as they had since they were founded. ... Many wanted to do away with the old way of governing completely, while others still only wanted to institute new rules. ...

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This had made it -3 easier for him to become more like the Caucasians that ruled his life. ... Majorities of -5 the superior people that he met were Christians and he looked towards their religion as a reason for their happiness. ...

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V P Menon was the Constitutional Adviser to the last three Viceroys during British rule in India. ... If that failed, it would be necessary to consider some form of Pakistan based on Muslim majority areas. ...

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Although there had been a British and greater European presence in Africa prior to the last two decades of the 19th century it was primarily coastal and revolved around the slave trade. With the abolition of the slave trade within the British Empire in 1803 and a complete abolition of slavery across...

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They assumed that the French populace, suffering under the British rule, would doubtless join the struggle for freedom, but they had gravely misjudged the situation. ... Moreover, French-speaking residents were generally Catholics, for whom the protestant Continental Army had little respect due to the religious hostilities. iii Compared to the Thirteen Colonies, they would rather side with the British, who had treated them and their culture with courtesy since the Seven Years' War.iv Along with other three significant Anglo-French wars on the American continent between 1689 and 1763, the ...

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By the time the company was disbanded in 1858, hardly more than a thousand British officers controlled India, an area the size of Europe in which 200 million people--about a quarter of them Muslim, but a majority Hindu--spoke more than 200 different languages. ... The India that these British traders came to do business in was a thoroughly bewildering place, a vast expanse of land filled with millions of peasants ruled by a small number of princes--mostly Muslim--with power derived from a court whose opulence could put any in Europe to shame. The Moguls, a band of intruders of Mongolian, Turki...

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Assignment "The work of the white, middle-class campaigners was the main reason the slave trade was abolished." Do you agree? Explain your opinion in detail. The Slave Trade refers to the trading pattern in which people (mostly Europeans) forcibly removed black people from the West coast of Africa...

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Even after the de-colonization of Africa, the boundaries of the newly born states drawn with no regard to tribal lands and the European and American companies that own the majority of Africa's most resourceful land, are reminders that a form of imperialism still exists. ...

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