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...

Colonization in Nigeria and the Congo is one of the greatest atrocities committed by humankind. The system imposed by European powers, at its very own core, fomented all kind of abuses and violations, through policies that were dictated to comply with the economic demands from...

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...

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 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...

The Columbian Exchange was the biological exchange of diseases, food, animals, and people around the world. This is something that had an enormous impact on the people and cities all over. When voyagers made their first trips to the new world, they brought animals unfamiliar...

Natives were one of the first people to actively come together and live in harmony as a civilization. They did so for thousands of years, however, this way of life has been jeopardized ever since Columbus decided to colonize North America in 1492. In 158...

Jaydubbaya NPCs tweeted “happy Indigenous people’s day”. The implication of that renaming is that White people never should have even come here. Even Columbus, Ohio, which is named after him, did not celebrate it this year. Columbus statues are being vandalized all over the country...

At first glance, the poem, “I Am Canadian” written by Glen Hunt, is a narrative by a proud Canadian named Joe, who tries to disprove some of the preconceived notions about Canada. Used in a Molson’s Canadian Beer commercial, this poem quickly captured the hearts...

American colonies need labor forces to sustain and maintain their economic growth. As a tenant farmer in England, in the early-mid 1700s, I labor from early morning to night working the fields. Life is difficult; a challenge for the poor. At times I feel there...