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Imperial rule of the colonies was being demonstrated, perhaps over confidence following the 1857 mutiny which had been put down, w...

in binary opposites, most commonly represented symbolically, in contrasts of light and dark, black and white, culturally in civili...

of the least attractive aspects of a nations character. However, after a country has been a colony for a time, that state of being...

When people think of America they often envision a powerful level of freedom and liberty. Benjamin Franklin once stated "Where lib...

In five pages this paper examines colonial Latin American and the impact of manifest destiny related to the Spanish conquest and t...

the style the writing. This pamphlet was phrased in language which was understandable by the common man (Kashatus 53). In this hi...

did improve British relations with Native Americans, the colonials were irate, as they saw the entire point of the French and Indi...

Mississippi valleys and later in the Spanish regions of Florida, the Southwest and California, Catholics were a decided minority i...

In seven pages this paper examines how Puritans and Indian captors are portrayed by Mary Rowlandson in her early colonial memoir o...

of Wales is inextricably linked to the history of the Welsh language and many events were tied to the language; for example, in 14...

of Boston and Philadelphia. Rather, the film endeavors to expose the man behind the myth. It discusses his life essentially in c...

Germany, historically, Turkish families who have lived in Germany for generations are not regarded as German (Ignatieff, 1995). ...

A 9 page paper that answers three questions about historical anthropology. Topics include evolution of social cultural change, col...

(Demos, 2000, p. But this common kitchen tool was also "used by conjurers magicians in obscure ceremonies of fortune-telling" in t...

one stroke" (Demos 29). Williams and his five children make it to Montreal alive. Once they arrive in Montreal, the Indians begin ...

hopes and expectations which constantly supported and carried them through all the hardships with patience and resignation. Let us...

formal education or technical training, women would be hired. The obvious vocational choices were extensions of their housekeepin...

slaves are forcibly taken from their native lands, "Husbands from their Wives, Parents from their Children," which he argues goes ...

he is not Dutch. He is only really being given the education as an outward sign of respect and acceptance. Even though he proves t...

to develop a work force among Native Americans and white immigrants. Colonists, finding that Africans were cheap and relatively im...

became so dependent on the Indians that they took to raiding them; the Algonquin chief, Powhatan, decided to starve them out, and ...

how the peasantry had a long history of such struggles and were not new to such fights whereas "the workers lacked not only the mo...

A 3 page book review on David Weber's text Barbaros: Spaniards and Their Savages in the Age of Enlightenment. This comprehensive t...

Europeans would own the land and be in charge. But again, things were not simple. The intricacies of the changes which did occur d...

Indians, but rather how scholarship can lead an historian to this answer. What is her conclusion to this overriding issue? Over...

Accra's Hauka community during colonial rule as depicted in Les Maitres Fous by director Jean Rouch is the focus of this paper con...

Europeans were conquerors. They wanted land and they needed slaves to build the country economically. It is also interesting to no...

In some cases, the charges have been valid. Many Asian and other nations see no real problem with sweatshop conditions or child l...

French Huguenots, African slaves, Spaniards, Italians and Portuguese.v South Carolina, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Virginia and M...

the pressure put on them by the Puritans were generally members of the larger, autonomous tribes, such as the Narragansett, the Wa...