Essays on Colonialism

History of Stamp Duty In any transaction that is negotiated, one of the key elements that forms a part of the negotiations is who would pay the government taxes and duties for the transaction, and this is especially true for transactions involving immovable property wherein...

During Britain’s victory in the French & Indian War, the nation had collected a national debt that reached £130,000,000. The citizens’ discontent was revived during this period of time due to unfair treatment from British Parliament. Although the Stamp Act allowed England to fund recovery...

The year of 1803 the North Americans made the best business of all the History, when buying the Territory of Louisiana to Napoleon. They paid US $ 15,000,000 (about 220 million today) for a territory larger than Mexico, which has one of the world’s largest...

Everything happens for a reason, but sometimes a person must determine if what happens is justifiable or not. Such is the case with the British policies that were passed after the French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Years War. One must look...

In contemporary society, America is metaphorically branded a “melting pot” to describe the amalgamation of different cultures and ethnicities. The diversification of society is now commonplace in the United States, as people can live anywhere and still have access to the same resources. However, this...

The Scramble for Africa, initiated by King Leopold II of Belgium, took place in the late 19th century into the early 20th century. European countries sought more economic, political, and social control, and saw an opening to do so in Africa. European colonization of Africa...

For more than decades, the African continent was no stranger to being colonized by European countries which soon led to being called the “Scramble for Africa”. Colonialism is the act of taking over another country and gaining political control and authority, ultimately exploiting the resources...

During the period of discovering in the 15th century, the Europeans introduced the idea of colonialism. Colonization is a process of approaching a weaker country by a more dominant country and establishing control over it. Its main purpose was to serve as a source of...

During the eastern expression there was the Former U.S. president Thomas Jefferson believed that the nation’s future depended on its westward expansion. The economy of the US grows 1.6 %, This all came to be a result of the Westward Expansion amid the 1800’s. Bring...

Jefferson’s Great Gamble by Charles A. Cerami, tells the incredible story of how four leaders of an upstate nation, risked the future of their country and careers. The four men, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and Livingston outwitted Napoleon Bonaparte, the world’s most powerful ruler. How the...

Introduction Nationalism is a bleeding edge advancement. From the earliest starting point of time people have been affixed to their neighborhood soil, to the shows of their kinfolk, at the set up local specialists; and before the completion of the eighteenth century that nationalism transformed...

In the past, European countries came to the Americas looking to build their empire and gain power. They were competing to be the most powerful country and improve their economic lives. In the drive to be the most powerful European country, they started colonizing the...

The factors that inspired people to undergo such a journey despite the risk of failures and danger would be similar to Columbus’ in which Columbus sought after admiration from the royal highest of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, wealth, and major accomplishment that leads to...

How would you like it if someone simply came to your home and enslaved you. On October 12, 1492 Columbus saw land, and said “I claimed the island for Spain” he thought he was at the East Indies but he was at a small island...

The story of Christopher Columbus is one of great controversy and mystery, as historical accounts and myths are often used interchangeably by individuals without consciously knowing so. Children’s biographies function as a prime example of the confused custom of myth, misconception, and legend surrounding Columbus;...

Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and colonizer who completed four voyages a cross the Atlantic Ocean that opened the New World for conquest and permanent European colonization of the Americas. Columbus had embarked with intent to find and develop a westward route to the...

The year of 1803 the North Americans made the best business of all the History, when buying the Territory of Louisiana to Napoleon. They paid US $ 15,000,000 (about 220 million today) for a territory larger than Mexico, which has one of the world’s largest...

The plants associated with the Columbian Exchange drastically changed both the economy and culture of the New and Old Worlds. European voyagers returned home with New World plants, for example, beans, squash, stew peppers, sunflowers, peanuts, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, avocado and pineapple. In any case,...

Pangea was a supercontinent that existed during the Mesozoic and Paleozoic eras. It began to break apart, into two separate continents, about 175 million years ago. This large-scale global change would forever change the biology and geography of the world. The splitting of Pangea would...