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The first fleet under Arthur Phillip arrived in Australia on the 26th of January 1788 and was the first European settlement and penal colony at Sydney Cove, New South Wales. It is on this day, every year, Australia Day is celebrated. Governor Phillip was instructed to establish the first British colony and was made Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of New South Wales. In 1791, another British colony arrived in Western Australia when George Vancouver claimed the Albany region in the name of King George III. In 1827, Western Australia was established.
Columbus also convinced King Ferdinand to fund his explorations. 10. Where did Columbus land in October, 1492? the bahamas 11. What was the "fundamental difference" between Columbus' voyage in 1492 and other Portuguese explorers of that time?
Xavier Baker Chapter 3-Age of Exploration Section 1 Assessment 1.Dutch East India Company was formed to establish and direct trade throughout Asia. -Treaty of Tordesillas was a treaty signed by Spain and Portugal -Vasco De Gama was a Portuguese Explorer who explored the east African coast. -Prince Henry was the son of Portugal’s king. -Bartolomeu Dias was an early Portuguese explorer. 2.Europeans seek new trade routes is the most significant because it opened up new trading opportunities.
The Shoe-Horn Sonata 1. Why was Singapore so important to the British at the beginning of WWII? Singapore was Britain's foothold in South East Asia, a formidable trading post and fortress at the tip of the Malayan Peninsula. The total of British and Commonwealth forces stationed on the Malayan Peninsula and Singapore was over 130 000 troops. 2.
The story Ghost Soldiers: The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II Most Dramatic Mission is based in the Philippines during the 1940's. Around this time period 121 hand-selected troops from the elite U.S. Army 6th Ranger Battalion slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Their goal was to march thirty miles in an attempt to rescue 513 American and British prisoners of war who had spent three years in a harsh Japanese camp near the city of Cabanatuan. The prisoners included the last survivors of the Bataan Death March left in the camp. The survivors extraordinary will to live almost came to an end when the American troops moved through enemy-occupied territory, and they learned that Cabanatuan had become a major point for the Japanese retreat.
homework7 1.identify: B-e day: Research for the Royal British Legion found that only 20 per cent of 11- to 18-year-olds could identify VE Day as the end of the Second World War in Europe and only a quarter knew that it stood for Victory in Europe. Bataan Death March: Forced march of 90,000 to 100,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war captured by the Japanese in the Philippines in the early stages of World War 2. Starting out from Marvels, on the southern end of the Bataan Peninsula, on April 9, 1942,
When looking at the democratization of a nation, India and South Korea share a lot of similarities. South Korea was occupied and governed by Japan pre WWII and India was ruled by Britain colonialism. Looking at Mill’s method of difference, there is one distinct variable that differentiates the states in their ascent to democratization. After WWII India was given its sovereignty by British rule in return for their military aid in the war against Japan, where as when Korea was not. After Korea was free from Japanese colonialism due to their loss in the second WWII the US military eliminated the left wing government.
The focus of this paper is to determine how the outcome of this battle became and the significance of this battle. On December 1941, the Japanese decided to conduct operations against the United States, the British Commonwealth and the Dutch possessions. According to studies, the attempt to seize Midway was done