David Kaiser stated in his book, Politics and War: The South African war eventually demonstrated the costs of more serious economic imperialism "that is, of trying to secure economically significant areas with armed force. ... Sir Milner and President Kruger of the Transvaal initiated a war of diplomacy, which eventually cornered the Boers into the war. ... In 1652 the Dutch East India Company established stations at the Cape for its passing ships that engaged in trade with India. ... During the eighteenth century, largely in response to the Dutch East India Company's strict regu...

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Furthermore, Great Britain also secured its presence in India in the 17th century through the activities of the East India Company. ... Thus, the East India Company entered in politics to preserve the dominant economic position. After a series of battles with the French Company of the Indies, the East India Company gained dominance in India. ... The East India Company was dissolved the following year, in 1858. ... With the outbreak of World War I (1914-1918), Great Britain declared war on Germany. ...

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The drive to expand power pass European borders led to war and rivalry between European powers and their colonies. ... The British that ran the East India Company, required sepoys overseas which went against their Hindu religion because "overseas travel was an offense " ( Ellis, Esler 768) Furthermore, they were also told to "bite off the tips of cartridges...greased with animal fat " either from cows, which Hindus considered sacred, or from pigs, which were forbidden to Muslims. ... The East India Company came to an end and India was immediately put under British rule. ... As war and re...

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Britain and Its Colonies When the French and Indian war ended, with the Treaty of Paris, France had to surrender its land in North America to Britain. ... The Tea Act allowed the company to bypass middlemen and sell directly to American retailers. ... It was expected that the Americans, faced with a choice between the cheaper company tea and the higher-priced smuggled tea, would buy the cheaper tea, despite the tax. The company would then be saved from bankruptcy, the smugglers would be ruined, and the principle of parliamentary taxation would be upheld. ... Americans did fight for their ...

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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. ... The first major breaking point was in 1773, when the British passed a Tea Act attempting to help the East India Company from their almost non-existent sales of their teas. With the helping hand of Britain, they let the company sell their tea in North America without the colonial tax and lowered the price so there wouldn't be any competitors. ... The East India Company's prices were so low that the American traders could not compete. ... S...

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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 British had been present in Nigeria since the middle of the 19th century with many small companies involved in the palm oil and coco industries in 1879 these small companies were merged together through the leadership of George Goldie producing The Royal Niger Company. ... The problem primarily arose because Goldie's company lacked a charter and had no real treaties...

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But beginning primarily during the French-Indian War, tension between the colonies and Britain gradually increased, eventually to the point of absolute rebellion and the creation of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. In the French-Indian War, colonists and Redcoats conflicted in several ways. ... After the British won the war, however, it issued the Sugar Act, Currency Act, Quartering Act and Stamp Act. ... This Boston Massacre genuinely increased the dislike of Britain, and when the Britain East India Company tried to send its taxed tea, the colonists dumped it all into the harbor....

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By observing colonial society after the Revolutionary War, it is evident that the revolution was conservative. ... Another issue is what happened directly after England won the Seven Years War. ... The Tea Act gave a monopoly on tea to the British East India Company, which was going bankrupt. It also permitted the company to sell its tea directly to consumers without going through wholesalers. ... To protest the Tea Act, colonists boycotted British tea, men that worked on docks would not let British East India Company ships touch the dock, and the Sons of Liberty threw the Boston Tea Party....

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In 1914 at the outbreak of World War One there was nearly 5.9 million women working in Britain out of a total female population of 23.7 million. ... When telephone companies began hiring operators they went to teenage boys but the companies soon regretted their decision as to be an operator you needed patience and the teenage boys soon lost this and started doing things such as playing pranks so the companies decided women would be perfect for the job. ... They were thought upon as being weaker, less intelligent people that could be used to be employed in companies cheaply and bossed around ea...

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In order to understand why these founding fathers would go to such lengths to separate themselves from Britain, after all they were committing treason by creating this Declaration, we have to go back in time to the French and Indian War, most commonly known in Europe as the Seven Years War, (1754-1763) and the aftermath. The French and Indian war took place in America. ... Slowly they took control over the war and forced the French out of their colonies up to Quebec were they cornered French soldiers up a rocky embankment. ... After a period of relative calm, on May 10th 1773, Parliament pa...

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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. ... The French Revolution lead to a huge social upheaval and the French Revolutionary wars between the new French Republic and other Monarchical European countries. ... The Royal Africa Company established in 1672 was the only company permitted to transport African slaves and was owned by the British government. Between 1680 and 1686 the company averaged transportation figures of around 5000 sla...

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History Coursework - World War One 1) Sources A, B and C are war recruitment posters published by various governments with the aim of influencing more people to volunteer for armed service in the war. ... The posters themselves being of an accusatory nature, demanding from the reader "What did you do in the war?" ... That this was accepted by many, was partly because the war was seen as an adventure, and perhaps because the last war where there was mass recruitment was almost one hundred years previous, the majority of those fighting in the interlude being well-trained career soldiers...

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Of course, Britain had also lost its crucial colonies during the Revolutionary War North America. ... These colonies, as well as those of other countries, offered a greater sense of power and provided rest and refuge in time of war. ... Backed by businesses, such as shipping companies who wished to widen their operations, and the missionaries who desired to further the Gospel in foreign lands, proponents of imperialism gain much support from the general public. ...

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The combined profits of the ten most profitable transnationals (IBM, Ford, Exxon, Dow, AT&T, General Electric, DuPont, General Motors, Shell, British Telecom ) at $40 billion equaled Iraq's entire GNP in the year before the Gulf War. ... The reports concluded that the power of these giant companies and the power they wield are still in the hands of an elite group whose global dominance is unmistakable. ...

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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. ...

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Dintenfass , however sees the slow uptake in iron and steel as symptomatic of a wider ranging British attitude.(4) "The British iron & steel industry failed to exploit new appliances and production methods as extensively and rapidly as did its overseas competitors in the decades leading up to the First World War. ... Consequently, British investors were unlikely to invest in British companies in direct competition with German or American firms, exacerbating the gap in these areas. ...

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