Their main reason, among others, for wanting to be there was because of economics. In order to gain their trust, Englishmen adopt and adapted to Indian culture. The most intriguing fact in this tale of events is how overtime British attitudes change from eagerly wanting to be apart of this specific culture to not wanting to be associated with them at all. The details of how and why this happens gradually unfold and develop in Dalrymple’s novel White Mughals-Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth Century India. In the beginning of the English-Indian relationship, things flowed very easily.
They fought in many battles like Gallipoli, Ypres, the Somme and on the Western Front. India played a huge part in World War One but has always been slightly overlooked. They alone contributed the largest numbers of volunteered soldiers. Princes in British India or better known as Maharajas offered large sums of money to contribute towards the war and for the men. Soldiers also volunteered from parts of India that weren’t under British influence.
As a result they were prepared to take any jobs offered to them and to work hard until they were successful. They also had a driving ambition to put enough money together to buy a home in a good area. Many Asians were prepared to work very hard and also understood the value of education, and by 1981 1/3 of Indian men in Britain were highly qualified professionals and many were working in high technology industries and in banking, insurance, education and the law. By the 1960s many local shops were closing down but Asian immigrants revived corner shops which helped local
After 1905 the Tsar seemed to be giving in slightly and live did improve for people in little ways, people were mostly worse off than before though. Although the Tsar started a Duma he did not give them much power and he still made most off the decisions. For the first three Dumas the Tsar did not work with them at all but by the fourth he began to. The Duma could also just be completely dissolved by the Tsar at any time. For some peasants life did improve dramatically, Stolypin set up banks that would help peasants get loans and buy land.
This left the tribes in the areas suddenly changing their view of British colonists from that of oppressors to peacekeepers. At first the British had come into the tribes land and simply said it was theirs, offering them nothing in return. However they did bring stability and unity to the once rival tribes. The British did two things, they united the tribes through a dislike or distrust of the colonists, but they also protected the tribes; be it from each other or western powers. Lord Curzon also helped improved the development of India, helping add around 6000 miles of railway to India’s network, and settling up a railway board.
After this horrific event, many Indians saw the racially motivated repression and chose to avoid distinctive Indian clothing or Indian customs, they started to become invisible. 1 Before the peasant rebellion in 1932 took place, social unrest began to spring up around 1920 in El Salvador. A major reason for the tension was from the abuse of the political classes and the obvious social inequality between landowners and the peasants. Part of the mistreatment of peasants by landowners was because of the policies of the latifundia. A latifundia is a huge piece of property run by a landowner who brought in peasants to do forced labor.
Since the low class poor people are not usually educated, they often easily “pushed” into the crimes by the high class people. Usually the upper class people are invisible and at the end the poor is the ones who get blamed. Certainly the rich benefit more than the poor. That has always and will always be the case in every society the world has known. Very often the rich push the poor by removing workers rights, by limiting corporate liability, by instigating war.
Typically, when one thinks of Great War, they think of extensive fighting in Europe but in reality the Great War had numerous battles in the colonized states where there were clashes between Triple Alliance and the Allies. Particularly, in Africa and in Ottoman empire where the clashes would lead to hundreds and thousands of fatal deaths and injuries. The Great War brought devastation and thousands of losses to both Ottomans and the Africans and caused a severe decline in economies but the Great War brought an end to Ottoman empire however Africa would still remain colonized. Furthermore, Since thousands of lives were constantly being lost so their was shortage of men so Great Britain and France brought soldiers from their colonies in Africa to fight for them in Europe. In addition, the war caused severe damage to economy since their were less men to work for in the fields and more Raw material was needed for the War.
Civilians also loved the idea of exploration because they believed in a paradise in another nation. Furthermore fate had a hand in the matters by presenting the nations with a need to go elsewhere to avoid the Ottoman Empire. The geographical location of Spain and Portugal made them perfect nations for the job along with discovered wind systems that made travel easier. Fortune played its role in creating the time period. The European nations had an economy that was unmatched by other nations and had a powerful merchant class pushing the trade options, all the while pushing through struggles with Muslim taxes.
It has been stated that the very success of the Roman Republic in war and imperial expansions led to its defeat. While this statement makes several valid points, it is likely that numerous other facets functioned in the fall of the Republic---especially that of Senatorial corruption and its ensuing lack of popularity. Gradually and with little warning, the surface of Roman life as a Republic began to transform at a rate that threatened the very fabric of the governing body. With the commencement of the second Punic war, a great disproportion of wealth grew evident. Whereas prior most plebeians were farmers or laborers who owned small but significant portions of property or earned adequate payment for their toils, upon the second Punic War, Hannibal destroyed this land, leaving plebeians homeless with little source of income.