Essays Tagged: "British Empire"

East India Company and its Impact on Bengal

A new capital city and a new structure of authority in Bengal were direct consequences ofBritish rule. British trade created some new employment opportunities and offeredpotentially more pr ... ew employment opportunities and offeredpotentially more profitable uses for some of their land. The British had a great effect onthe Indians. The reaction the Indians had to the British conquest prove ... effect onthe Indians. The reaction the Indians had to the British conquest proves this. In turn, theBritish benefited highly from Bengal. For instance, Bengal financed a large part of Britishnaval and ...

(7 pages) 91 0 4.1 Jan/1997

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

1926 Balfour Report: Canada Achieves Greater Autonomy From Britain

perial Conference, declared the United Kingdom and its Dominions "autonomous communities within the British Empire, equal in status...and freely associated as members of the British Commonwealth of Na ... onwealth of Nations," which replaced the principle of hierarchal relationships. Based mainly on the British Commonwealth's acceptance of the principles underpinning the autonomy of the self-governing ...

(2 pages) 51 0 3.7 Jun/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers

Who should have won the French and Indian war? An essay that describes important events in the French and Indian war in a way that the reader can decide for himself who should have won it.

trading posts, marked out a great crescent-shaped empire stretching from Quebec to New Orleans. The British were confined to the narrow belt east of the Appalachian Mountains. The French threatened no ... oquois at Albany, New York, in order to improve relations with them and secure their loyalty to the British.The delegates also declared a union of the American colonies "absolutely necessary for their ...

(3 pages) 78 0 3.7 Aug/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers

Analysis essay pertaining to the Declaration of Independence, The Bill of Rights, and The Civil Rights Act.

4, 1976. The issue at hand was the desire of the American colonies to obtain independence from the British Empire. In this document, the thirteen colonies established the desires of equality, life, l ...

(3 pages) 243 2 4.3 Aug/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Qualities that shape an empire

lizations through conquests overtook inferior civilizations to the extent of forming an empire. The British, Roman, and Byzantine empires succeeded at achieving the recognition of obtaining the ultima ... res succeeded at achieving the recognition of obtaining the ultimate goal of becoming an empire.The British Empire in India was one of the most successful European to Asian conquests. Britain took ove ...

(3 pages) 101 1 3.6 Nov/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers

The Changing Role of Accountants in the 21st Century.

iced have changed significantly.The history of accounts does not begin from the colonial era of the British Empire neither does it begin in the fourteenth century Italy, accounts came from the Mesopot ...

(5 pages) 550 7 3.9 Nov/2002

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

The Causes and Consequences of the French and Indian War.

by more than a hundred years of rivalry between the two countries, had several consequences on the British Empire, and impacted the colonies greatly. When the fire of the French and Indian war was bl ... red towards the colonies who were unwilling to help pay this debt. Grennville, and other men of the British Empire bestowed it upon the colonies as their duty to participate in paying the debt.. Grenv ...

(3 pages) 115 0 3.7 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Late-Modern English (1800-Present)

his necessitated new words for things and ideas that had not previously existed. The second was the British Empire. At its height, Britain ruled one quarter of the earth's surface, and English adopted ... nd computers. Byte, cyber-, bios, hard-drive, and microchip are good examples.Also, the rise of the British Empire and the growth of global trade served not only to introduce English to the world, but ...

(2 pages) 89 2 4.7 Feb/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Linguistics

The American Constitution{the bill of rights}

ly 4,1976. The issue at hand was the desire of the American coloniesto obtain independence from the British Empire. In thisdocument, the thirteen colonies established the desires of equality,life, lib ...

(3 pages) 248 1 4.3 Feb/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Did women have a big impact in Canada during World War II?

When the war across seas broke out in 1939 Canada was called to the front as a part of the British Empire. Canada's work force was now severely depleted. Everyone remembers the prestigious me ...

(13 pages) 103 1 2.8 Mar/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Rudyard Kipling

was a prolific writer and he achieved fame rather quickly with his writing. He was the poet of the British Empire and the common solider, whom he glorified in many of his works and especially in his ... writings and became known as the successor to Charles Dickens. He was then known as the poet of the British Empire and he started to write many great works such as his book "The Jungle Book" and the b ...

(5 pages) 56 1 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature > Authors

Aboriginal resistance in australia.

ne. This resistance has never ended.This 'war' was never sanctioned or officially recognized by the British Empire, because it undermined their claim of our continent being terra nullius - land belong ... as the first Aboriginal Resistance Leader in this country. Pemulwuy led the Eora people against the British at Sydney for 12 years. From 1790 to 1802 he conducted guerrilla warfare against soldiers an ...

(5 pages) 94 0 4.7 Apr/2003

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Terroism.

1870's and terrorist tactics were subsequently adopted by some dissident groups in the ottoman and British Empire and by some anarchists in the United States and Western Europe. Late nineteenth and e ...

(5 pages) 78 0 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

"Lives of a Bangel Lancer" and "Stanley and Livingstone".

Comparing and Contrasting The Lives of a Bengal Lancer and Stanley and LivingstoneIn the British Empire films, The Lives of a Bengal Lancer and Stanley and Livingstone, the focus of the fil ... his humor is appropriate. He also demonstrates that his has a soft side, not common in a lot of the British Empire film heroes but similar to that of Dr. Livingstone. His soft side is for the son of t ... he harsh cockney character, lovingly looks down at the boy. Grant also dies for the cause, which in British Empire films, or any film for that matter, is probably the greatest example of heroism. Gran ...

(6 pages) 24 0 5.0 May/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

A mock newspaper article about Ghandi which describes his basic achievements.

amazing man who goes by the name Mahatma Ghandi has recently shook up the world by having the great British Empire grant India home rule. On the 15 of August 1947, Britain granted India independence. ... volutionize the art of rebellion. With his passive resistance, the people of India have brought the British Empire to its knees. This moment is not to be thought of as a loss for England, but as trium ...

(3 pages) 65 1 3.7 Jun/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Canadian Confederation Was Not Inevitable.

om the past were dealt differently, the outcome would surely differ from today. First of all if the British hadn't changed their attitude towards the colonies, or in other words they still believed th ... s Britain, no further action would be done. Canada would continue to remain as a colony of the vast British Empire. Secondly, the colonies could have decided not to build a railway at all due to the h ...

(1 pages) 32 0 0.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > Canadian History

Australia's Involvement in International Conflicts.

"Although the theatres of war were very distant from Australia, its membership of the British Empire ensured that there was strong (although not universal) public support for involvement ... lassroom/fffile.htm)In 1915 Australia fought alongside the Allies (the major allied forces were the British Empire, France, and the Russian Empire and later the US) against Germany, Turkey and Austria ...

(2 pages) 33 0 4.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History

The American Revolution.

ize that they must break from Britain due to the growing feeling of being considered lower than the British. They realized they had no say in government, and under the rule of the british, they would ... truction of parliament becomes more and more powerful and intolerable. The language used to protest british, throughout the time, leading up to the revolutionary war, were legal, and political, but th ...

(6 pages) 90 0 5.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars

American Revolution.

ize that they must break from Britain due to the growing feeling of being considered lower than the British. They realized they had no say in government, and under the rule of the british, they would ... truction of parliament becomes more and more powerful and intolerable. The language used to protest british, throughout the time, leading up to the revolutionary war, were legal, and political, but th ...

(6 pages) 78 0 5.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars

"To what extent had african americans acheived equal civil rights by 1940?" A reviw of the civil rights and treatment of blacks in pre-civil-war America.

wo hundred years earlier.In 1776, the white American colonists demanded freedom from the rule of theBritish Empire with their Declaration of Independence. However, few slave ownersrecognized the contr ...

(4 pages) 144 2 1.7 Oct/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism