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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During this period the Portuguese attempted to acclimatise the native population to Western customs in order to stem the flow of any potential resistance to their rule and gradually eradicate the local cultural and religious ways. ... Whilst some in high places and positions of authority such as the Kandyan prince Vijaya Pala may have accepted Portuguese customs and traditions by adopting them as their own (3), the majority of the civilian population resisted Western religion and culture. ... " (3) Peiris states that Vijaya Pala's conversion to Catholicism was "a grave political...

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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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The political differences stemmed from the way the British Empire imposed rules on the colonists. Colonists had their own rules yet Britain had the right to exercise power of the colonies. ... It was difficult to determine which governing body should rule. ... They were, in essence, saving themselves from rule under the Anglican Church. ... When a significant group of people in a particular nation, in this case the majority of the Southerners were slaves, are abused and mistreated for economic gain, violence is justified....

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The political differences stemmed from the way the British Empire imposed rules on the colonists. Colonists had their own rules yet Britain had the right to exercise power of the colonies. ... It was difficult to determine which governing body should rule. ... They were, in essence, saving themselves from rule under the Anglican Church. ... When a significant group of people in a particular nation, in this case the majority of the Southerners were slaves, are abused and mistreated for economic gain, violence is justified....

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• Grade Level: High School

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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The majority of the population in these regions favored the English constitutional system and practiced Protestantism. ... As more Irish Catholics arrived in Saint John and Toronto in the 1840s, an increasing sense of urgency to defend Protestantism and British institutions against the Catholic immigrants "pouring into the thousands from Ireland before they form a majority!... " In contrast to the Orange Order, the Hibernian Benevolent Society, or "Trusty Hibernians," was established as an organization intended to represent the Irish Catholic and free them from English rule...

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