During 1877, the British annexed Transvaal, which was the home to many Boers. The Boers attacked several of the Britain’s, showing no mercy to anyone on their way. They revolted in 1881, which led them to a victory over the British. The Boers were back in control, until further greed got the best of the British. But instead of diamonds, this time Britain’s were chasing after gold.
The revolutionary era for the American Colonies began around 1763 after the British removed the military threat of the French from North America during the French and Indian War, which resulted in substantial economic debt for the British Empire. The debt was due in large part to the British desire for victory, as stated by William Pitt, the acting Prime Minister during the war, “No matter what the cost, our goal is to win.”(Straus Notes. Fall 2008). As a result, the British Government adopted the policy that the colonies should pay an increased proportion, if not all the costs associated with keeping the North American Colonies secure from the French, Indians, and other nearby threats. As a result, Parliament and Prime Minister George Grenville passed the Proclamation of 1763, which stated that settlers were not allowed beyond the Appalachian Mountains as well as stationing ten thousand British soldiers strategically along the Appalachian Mountains.
With all the nations wanting a piece of Africa agreements had to be met so that a Europeans don’t go to war with one another. A decision made in the Conference of Berlin 1884 stated that in order to claim the land, the land must be effectively occupied by that nation. Brittan staked claims on each cardinal direction of Africa but the most important piece of land in British eyes was the Suez Canal. The Suez Canal connects the ports of Said and Suez together and was built with a French, British, and Egyptian agreement. In the follow up to the scramble of Africa, Egypt’s economy tanks because the cotton trade has dwindled in the region which allowed the British to buy more shares of the canal and ultimately in 1870, the British owned the canal.
Europeans conquered America and then brought slaves from Africa and made their own benefits. They started a new political system named democracy, which is a good name to cover Plutocracy and deceiving common people by the word freedom, to reinforce their social power and positions. As this democracy, which was made by the elites, went on, the elites have conquered other parts of the world through war which seemed legitimate by democracy. Moreover, they have continued slavery that changed into the form of labor. American history has been continued by contradictions which are mixed by slavery, conquest, democracy, and freedom.
John D. Rockefeller used his political and legal power, brought on by his great wealth, to increase his monopoly, buying out small companies to decrease competition, and forcing railroads to favor his corporation. As a consequence of these actions, the government sought to rein in his power by enacting the Sherman Antitrust Act, forever changing the laws by which corporations comply. Standard Oil not only encouraged more railroads being built near production factories, but the entire oil industry has had significant impact on our environment. According to the text “Standard Oil Trust and its successor companies have contributed between 4.7 and 5.2 percent of worldwide carbon dioxide emissions.” By the widespread use of high-quality kerosene brought on by Rockefeller, population’s entire lifestyles forever changed, too. People were free to enjoy activities after sundown, work into the night, and be increasingly productive.
The occupation of Egypt was carried out for economic and strategic reasons; however individuals were important in the timing of annexation. In 1881, Colonel Arabi, head of the nationalist movement in Egypt overthrew Turkish rule with a nationalist uprising. Britain was concerned that Arabi might close the canal to Britain, blocking the route to India and ceasing trade in Egyptian cotton which was highly sought. Therefore, then Prime Minister Gladstone decided there was no alternative option but to invade in order to protect these interests. In 1882 at the battle of Tel El Kabir British victory saw the Khedive re-installed as puppet leader under British control.
When Great Britain and France went to war, both nations began seizing American merchant ships. Congress then passed trade laws designed to stop the British and French interfering with American trade. According to Regan, the Secretary of Agriculture asked for the right to seize farms through condemnation and resell them to other individuals, while seeing an increase in the Department of Agriculture employees. However, sixty six shiploads of grain disappeared to Austria without a trace. Ultimately, the 1st Amendment, Freedom of Speech, Religion, and the Press, was discussed early in Regan’s speech, just as it was the first amendment to the Constitution
African Diaspora - Name given to the spread of African peoples across the Atlantic via the slave trade. British/Dutch East India Companies - Private trading companies chartered by the governments of England and the Netherlands around 1600; they were given monopolies on Indian Ocean trade, including the right to make war and to rule conquered peoples. Indian Ocean Commercial Network - The massive, interconnected web of commerce in premodern times between the lands that bordered on the Indian Ocean (including East Asia, India, and Southeast Asia); the network was badly disrupted by Portuguese intrusion beginning around 1500. Potosi - City that developed high in the Andes (in present-day Bolivia) at the site of the world's largest silver mind and that became the largest city in the Americas, with a population of some 160,000 in the 1570s. Silver Drain - Term often used, along with "specie drain", to describe the siphoning of money from Europe to pay for the luxury products of the East, a process exacerbated by the fact that Europe had few trade goods that were desirable in Eastern markets; eventually, the bulk of the world's silver supply made its way to
BELGIAN CONGO Belgian Congo, Congo Free State, Congo, Kongo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zaire are all names for this African country that with no doubt went through some of the hardest times during the age of imperialism. The age of imperialism took place during 1855-1914 and really left a mark within the Congo state. Imperialism is when a mother country, a stronger nation, takes domination of political, economic, and social life of another country. The term “age of imperialism” was first influenced by the activities of these mother nations: France, German, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, and the United States. Belgian colonial rule in the republic of Congo lasted from 1885 to 1908.
Africa Imperialism of Africa was directly related to three factors, economic, political, and social. After the collapse of the profitable anti-slave trade, expansion of European capitalist Industrial Revolution there was a demand and assurance of raw material, because Africa was so large and fruitful this brought about the scramble for Africa. European powers, Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, and Spain sought out to gain control of land. This was so intense that the presence of fear of war would evolve, a treaty instilled by the German chancellor Otto von Bismarck was produced at the famous Berlin West Africa conference known as the Berlin Act in hopes of preventing conflict and war. Africa did not partake in the treaty and eventually use military resistance.