The Boer War (1899-1902) would change imperialistic relations between England her colonies, and open their eyes to the country's military weakness and political reputation in Europe. ... In the early nineteenth century in an attempt to protect imperial interest in the East, England extended her control of southern Africa. ... By the end of the century, Southern Africa had become, for the first time, a significant contributor to the world economy. ... International competition and the partition of Africa into European colonies and spheres of influence had not passed southern Africa by....

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Colonial leaders and countries obstructed policies and laws to further deprive certain colonies of its resources. The process of African colonies gaining their independence resulted in human resources. ... As early as September 1914 Britain forced a rebellion from some 12,000 of it's own colonies troops (africasacountry.com). ... After the Temne war, slave labor was not a crucial element of the Northern European but was highly popular among southern states from the invention of the cotton gin. ... Although Britain tried to keep their colonies longer, Britain overall left because it couldn...

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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 the empire in 1834 there was little interest in Africa by Britain until the end of the century. 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 rou...

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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. ...

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World War I, the first globally destructive conflict that the Western Civilization produced, has been the subject of various analysis, interpretations and reevaluations of the various causes that led to it. Initially, the guilt was placed upon Germany and its allies. Eventually, historical analysis conducted in decades after the event, lead to a shift from the guilt perspective, to a broader one of various interacting factors. Although almost nine decades have elapsed, one question still persists: "Which explanation is best suited as the cause of WWI?" To provide an answer, the views of six h...

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