For it's first post World War II migration program, Australia turned to it's 'mother nation' Britain and came out with one of the largest migration programs in the Southern Hemisphere ever. ... The White Australia Policy When the various Australian colonies formed the nation of Australia, they agreed that Australia wouldn't allow any 'coloured' people to enter the country. ...
First of all, the conflict was partially economic because the colonies were full of natural resources and King George was interested in the money that he could get from them. The King and Parliament, in an effort to gain more money from the colonies, oppressed the colonists with heavy taxes. Because King George III wanted more income from the colonies, he was determined to get it and keep the colonists under control as well. ... Many of the people in the colonies considered themselves American, not English and felt that it was necessary to separate from Britain, no matter what the cost. ... ...
The region of Southeast Asia was chocked full of natural resources. Some of these natural resources included coffee, tea and spices. These resources are what originally brought western countries to the area. Many of the top countries in Europe and Asia wanted to conquer parts of this region. Lockard describes the perspective of colonialism from a world view; he states "it served primarily to link Southeast Asia more firmly to a world dominated by the West and to introduce Western ideas and technologies". 1 As Lockard is right in that instance, the conquest that came along with coloni...
Pearl Harbor is located on the southern end of Oahu Island, Hawaii. ... Many of its east Asian neighbors were colonies of Britain, France or the Netherlands. ... The British, French and Dutch imperialists had already invaded and carved out rich colonies for themselves .and everyone knew that Japan, which was emerging as a newly industrial nation, would be working to seize for itself secure sources of rubber, oil, and labor. ... On July 26, 1941, Japan began occupying the strategic rubber-growing area of southern Vietnam. ...
