When the war was finally brought to an end, the French Colonial Empire had ceded Quebec, the former New France, to Britain; so the British Empire finally established its hegemony in North America. ... An all-out independent war spreading over the entire North American Continent seemed predictable because the habitants, early French settlers in Canada, were from Britain's archenemy France; nevertheless, the Province of Quebec did not rise up against Britain. ... Moreover, French-speaking residents were generally Catholics, for whom the protestant Continental Army had little respect due to ...

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During the Seven Years' War (1756-1763), Great Britain obtained territorial gains at the expense of France. ... French overseas colonies were attacked and occupied and France was finally defeated in 1815 by a coalition of European armies. ... In India, the British attempted to westernize them but Indians rejected this action and thus, they rebelled. It took six months to suppress the Indian rebellion with heavy losses on both sides. ... With the outbreak of World War I (1914-1918), Great Britain declared war on Germany. ...

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Their harsh taxes and powerful authority over the American colonists triggered the revolutionary war. ... The Revolutionary war fought from 1775-1783 was the War for Independence from the British Empire leaving the 13 colonies to be an independent nation and become the United States. ... The French and Indian War also known, as the Seven Years War in Europe was a huge conflict between England and France and their Indian allies. ... There were several reasons for this, one being that the Indians still posed a threat to the British government and the other being that the French and Indian War wh...

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Subsequently following the French and Indian War, which happened to be where the British fought for the American colonies, Britain was in great need to pay its debts. Holding the war against the colonies, Britain decided to tax the colonies to pay for their large debt. ... In 1650, a series of laws called the Navigation Acts were issued for the American colonies; although they did not come into full effect until after the French and Indian War. These laws prohibited the trade of certain items, which made it difficult for merchants who relied on French, Spanish, and other foreign countries for ...

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Prior to the French and Indian war, the American colonies had successfully transformed themselves into the world's most democratically progressive region. ... In order to determine the extent of just how radical the America revolution truly was, it is crucial to consider the motivating ideological and social movements, as well as the pre-conditions leading up to the start of a revolutionary war, and the strong yearning for freedom. ... Britain's defense of the thirteen colonies in the French and Indian war (1754-63), as well as in the Pontiacs rebellion (1763-64), was incredibly...

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Their investment in human labour continued and grew and in 1488, the profit margins generated were so large that they almost solely funded the Christian nation's war against Islam in North Africa. ... France was a predominant figure in the trading and exploitation of African slaves, in the ten years spanning 1720-30 French ships took over 85,0008 enslaved Africans to the plantations in the Americas. ... The centrality of the transatlantic slave trade to the economic growth in France was notably highlighted by C.L.R. James in his book "The Black Jacobins" when he stated "in ...

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"All war is so contrary to our interest," they reminded field employees in 1681, "that we cannot too often inculcate to you our strictest aversion thereunto." ... By then, the company had carried home such Indian terms as "bungalow," "verandah," "punch," "dungarees" and "pyjamas." ...

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Not just empire's but events such as the cold war, WII or even the crusades have brought and gave new revolutionary inventions and equipment. ... The Romans created Latin as a result French, Italian, German and even English emerged through various ways. ... After the period of the crusades, after WWI and WWII there was a Cold War. ... The cold war also saw a revelation in tanks as the most developed main battle tanks with harder shelters and a greater range in shooting power were invented. ... After the Romans the next food extravaganza occurred in the British Empire which brought a lot o...

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Introduction Jamaica, from the Arawak Indian word Xaymaca, meaning "land of springs" or "land of wood and water", became a colony of Spain in 1494. ... Jamaica Prior to 1494 Prior to the arrival of Columbus, the islands of the West Indies were inhabited by two distinct races of Indians. ... Upon reaching Jamaica, he immediately instituted the very same system of slavery that had systematically exterminated thousands of Indians in Cuba and Haiti, with similar results. His successor, Don Pedro de Esquimel continued and expanded the enslavement of the Indians, and in response the Arawak...

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This lack of interest in Africa did not include The Cape Colony though, which the British gained at the end of the Napoleonic Wars and which served a key role in outfitting ships on the British trade route to India. The role and importance of Africa to the British soon changed though do to imperial competition with France and Germany. ... David Livingston had caught the public attention with his accounts of his explorations and his reminder that a slave trade on the east coast was still taking a great many slaves across the Indian Ocean to the Arab world. ... The scramble for Africa primari...

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Victories in battles and wars, along with the dominance of the British Empire in the world, fortify such bonds and improve the quality of life in the entire country. ... It is crucial to recognize that tea was first introduced the public in England in a relatively recent period, the early 1600s. : it only took the East Indian Company a few decades to takeover the monopoly of the good1. ... Along with being an exemplary member of the Anglican Church, a British citizen was expected to counter the ideals of the Roman Church and all of its allies, starting from France. ... In fact, Britain is qui...

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Despite, difficulties, problems finding in this area immigration continued widely in Britain because of it appeal as a place of security and opportunity after the World War II,and by that time Britain became a country of immigration following the large scale of immigration from its former and current colonies. And at the end of this second world war in 1945, Britain was quickly recognized that the reconstruction of British economy required a large influx of immigrants labour.The Royal commission on population reported in 1949 that immigrants of good stock would be welcomed without reserve, and...

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("Savages" is a controversial term that derives from the French word sauvage meaning wild, and is now wholly derogatory in English. ... Ironically, wars between people are described as following the beat of a drum - an instrument made of an animal hide stretched over a cylinder. ... The poet appears to condemn such an attitude by comparing the Mau Mau Uprising to the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). Leaders of France and Great Britain wanted to avoid another war that would engulf all of Europe, so they introduced a nonintervention pact that was signed by twenty-seven nations. ... The mig...

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One example of ethnic cleavage which can be traced directly to colonial foundations is that of the African/Asian (Indian) divide in Kenya and Uganda. ... Arguably though, the development of some military personnel and infrastructure for colonial benefit(also a pool of manpower for extraterritorial wars, such as the French in IndoChina) provided a potent enough springboard for the military to play a role in post-independence affairs. ... In the French colonies, where civil law was the style, both the lack of native legal training and the limited viability in poor societies meant that there was ...

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