Category: Colonialism

The colonial era in early American history is known for the two groups of individuals in terms of their political views, patriots, and loyalists. The latter were people who supported the idea of remaining as a part of the British Empire (Leaverton 2021). On the other hand, the former was a small cohort of political…

Table of Contents John Dickinson The New Jersey Plan Colonialism Alexander Hamilton References John Dickinson John Dickinson is one of the most iconic figures in American history. Being one of the Founding Fathers, he co-signed the U.S. Constitution (“John Dickinson Plantation,” n.d.). Introducing changes to Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking…

Introduction Colonialism in Africa was executed mainly by European countries between 17th century and 19th centuries. The main reason towards this was the abundance of raw materials in the continent that they wanted to extract for industries back in Europe (“IvyPanda,” 2020). However, they concealed this by claiming that their mission in Africa was to…

Table of Contents Introduction Main body Conclusion Reference Introduction Postcolonial theory claims that the members of decolonized cultures develop a specific postcolonial identity, shaped by the unequal power dynamics of their colonial past. This identity is based on the collective trauma and exists in response to the oppression the identity holders had experienced in the…

Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Conclusion Work Cited Introduction In modern South Korean historiography, in relation to the period of Japanese colonial rule in Korea, the term “the period of forcible occupation by the Japanese Empire” is used. After the annexation of Korea, all power in the country passed to the Japanese governor-general, in whose…

The process of colonization of the world was long and devastating. Many nations underwent significant changes in their economies, politics, societies, and environments. European nations controlled colonialism in such regions as Africa and North America. The growth of the colonial impact was characterized by a variety of positive and negative outcomes. In this paper, attention…

China’s growing interest in Africa countries has been viewed by some people as a threat to their sovereignty. In the past decades, Africa’s major source of financial and political aid was the Western countries. However, this started changing after China developed an interest in Africa starting in the 1990s. China’s growing interest is a threat…

American colonial societies, which were known as plantations, did not spring up until the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. These communities were referred to as plantations because settlers were imported from England and “planted” among the local population (Foner 56). Before that, English adventurers and sailors were more interested in raiding Spanish fleets and cities…

The history of the first Americans used to be shrouded in mystery for quite a long, with multiple gray areas remaining. However, based on the existing historical analysis and studies, the first inhabitants of the North American continent were represented by hunter-gatherer tribes. Moreover, the lineage of Native American tribes extends to voyagers who traveled…

When North America was discovered at the end of the 15th century, its territories attracted the particular attention of European colonists. Thus, by the 16th century, when several states claimed their rights on the land, French, English, and Basque fishing fleets regularly visited the continent’s coasts from Cape Cod to Newfoundland (Library of Congress par.…