Essays on Colonialism

Research papers are always very stressful because there needs to be a good amount of information that are set up in a cohesive way that make sense to the reader. As college students we get papers a couple of months ahead of schedule and all…

As Europeans moved beyond exploration and colonization in North and South America, they brought changes to almost every aspect of the land and its inhabitants, from the military to trade and hunting. The era of exploration began in the 15th century and continued until the…

Did you know that Polynesians controlled 25,000 islands. This happened before the Europeans invaded them. But bad things only happened to the to certain groups. This all started when the Europeans started going on long voyages to Asia to get spices which were very valuable…

Hammurabi and his Code of Laws (1792-1750 B.C.) Hammurabi, the ruler of Babylon, is best known for creating a system of laws and was able to unite his people to worship a common god. Prior to Hammurabi’s rule, no list of laws or codes existing…

Bacon’s Rebellion within the early fall of 1676, armed horsemen cantered on the Middlesex road. Tumult, riot, and rebellion had come back to Virginia. The troubles had begun aloof from the Indians and English were still in touch (as they weren’t in Middlesex), and also…

The Virginians grow tobacco, in 1617 and need labor, at first, they the Indians and African blacks had begun but was not yet the primary source of Labor in Virginia. So, to get the labor need to run their plantations, another source is the European…

More outposts arose from the major cities along neighboring rivers, but the Chesapeake Bay was the only outpost with no single primary port. Chesapeake Bay’s other ports included: Baltimore, Annapolis, Alexandria, and Norfolk; these of which had expanded from there, though due to the many…

To compare and contrast the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies, this essay provides a comprehensive examination of their unique characteristics, providing a deeper understanding of the diverse experiences that shaped each region. The 3rd chapter of “The Colonial Way of Life” explains the societal…

A true revolution occurs when the citizens of a regime unify to overthrow either a current leader, government structure, or any other fundamental aspect inflicted on society by the current administration. Revolutions may be violent or peaceful, but must attempt to remove a regime that…

Revolutions, in a political sense, are commonly defined as “…sudden and seismic shift[s] from one form of government to another” (National Geographic). They tend to display four common characteristics; dissident elites, mass frustration, shared motivation, and state crises. The effects of these characteristics tend to…

In a letter to James Madison, Thomas Jefferson once said “A little rebellion now and then is a good thing and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.” Rebellions is what was needed to lead up to the Civil War and…

Haiti is a country that has gone through tremendous amounts of struggle and pain throughout its history. One of the most defying events in Haitian history is the Haitian revolution of 1791. Alejo Carpentier’s novel, The Kingdom of This World shows the true struggle that…

Many may have heard of the Caribbean or more specifically the island that seems unified but yet divided into two distant colonies. Living on opposite sides of the island, living completely different lives, religion and beliefs, but many do not know why or how they…

Black Panther tells the story of T’Challa who returns home to Wakanda to take his deceased father’s place as King. Upon his return, an enemy surfaces in Wakanda causing T’Challa’s fate as King and Black Panther to be tried. He is now in a place…

Ever since its beginnings as a colony, America had always had a strong interest in expansion, a fact that is undeniably true even to this day as America seeks to find territory even outside of Earth. America has always found that it is the duty…

There were a lot of events that happened during The Colonial Period. That begins with the settlement in Jamestown and goes into Genres of Literature during that time. Diaries, sermons, and poetry, are several genres that were part of The Colonial Period, which are also…

I have learned many things throughout this course that relates to American literature from that date back to historical times. I believe that learning American literature and history is important because it shapes today’s literature and teaches new things in our society. My evolution as…

In the late 1800s, Europeans took over Africa, took their resources,  enslaved the Africans, and changed the course of history. European didn’t know how to imperialism against different countries around the world until they finally managed by reinforcing their security and making their technology more…

Technology has advanced and spread in many different ways since it was first invented. Technology has made some things easier to use or get. The technology could have been better in the past or in the new type of technology we have today. By evaluating…

When it comes to the term African Diaspora, it is used to represent an industry of a wide variety of individuals today. In fact, there are a plethora of factors that contributed to the development of African Diaspora as a whole. The principal cause of…

Destructive Creations and 1C Company launched a curious action, strategy and stealth video game called Ancestors Legacy last year . With accessible mechanics and a good atmosphere, he invited us to fight as Vikings and Anglo-Saxons in a playable proposal that little or nothing had…

Introduction The story of Christopher Columbus is one of great controversy and mystery, as historical accounts and myths are often used interchangeably by individuals without consciously knowing so. Children’s biographies function as a prime example of the confused custom of myth, misconception, and legend surrounding…

The term colony comes from the Latin word colonus, meaning farmer. This root reminds us that the practice of colonialism usually involved the transfer of population to a new territory, where the arrivals lived as permanent settlers while maintaining political allegiance to their country of…

Have you ever wondered how a mere soldier can become the dictator of Peru? Or even wondered what it takes to have a country named after you? Well Simon Bolivar wondered this and was able to accomplish these feats, as well as many more. Simon…

Many people are quick to hypothesize the initial colonization of America, but few are able to justify as to who, when, where, how, and why the Americas were colonized. The Solutrean hypothesis justifies the migration of humans from central Asia to America because of the…

Afro-Portuguese Ivories are artifacts that are well known and admired throughout history. Ivories are known to be derived from the west coasts of Africa. These works of art are the first known African art pieces to be brought back to Europe through African-Portuguese trading. The…

The colonizers witnessed a change in their sense of identity and unification as Americans on the brink of the Change. Before the French and Indian Wars, the settlers found British people settled somewhere else. After the French and Indian Wars, Britain became more dominant on…

The Battle of Baltimore contend an important role within the War of 1812 and acted as a turning purpose within the war to convey the Americans the superiority within the war. It showed that the Americans service weren’t to be messed with and will hold…

Throughout the beginning of the semester, we have centered our class around a few key terms that we have found to be important. These terms that we have discussed thus far and will be discussing in great detail are Diaspora. Most importantly, we have discussed…

Introduction Freemasonry is one of Europe’s oldest institutions, although the exact date of its foundation is not known. Historians claim that freemasonry possibly comes from the stonemasons, the oldest documents that refers to the masons date back to the 1390s. Freemasonry is a pseudo religious/social…

In studying Simon Bolivar, significantly, he changed history due to his important role in freeing South America from Spanish dominance. This was able to occur by him becoming involved in the resistance movement, which led him into playing a key role in the fight for…

Introduction When people think of Africa and Africans they think of hot dry place, poverty, huts, war, famine, etc. Society and the media has created these misconceptions and stereotypes of Africa and Africans. Africa is the second largest continent on this earth. Africa is a…

The 19th century was very important for the history for America. It saw the rise of populism, Jacksonian democracy and the creation of the ‘Manifest Destiny’, invented in 1845 – an idea that the United States is destined to expand and spread democracy and capitalism…

This essay will talk about the origin moussaka which is a greek dish that many of the locals enjoy. I will also talk about some of the individual ingredients of moussaka and how it found its way into the county and ultimately into the dish….

About the Native American Culture The culture of the Native American people in the United States are known for their wide range and organically diversified lifestyles, beliefs, mannerisms, art forms as well as regalia. The culture of the original inhabitants of North America typically is…

Introduction Following the voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1492, exploration and economic demand was accelerated at the dawn of a new era of transoceanic interactions, prompting permanent and widespread changes on a global scale. Known as the Columbian exchange, this process of trade and diffusion…

Native America Before Columbus In the video Native American Before Columbus, Christopher Columbus left his home in Italy to go and fight for his vision. His vision was to go to Asia, and the era at that time was filled with discovery and with expansion….

The Europeans greatly shaped the Americas with their slaves brought from africa, their crops and livestock, their caste system, their diseases, and most importantly their trading options. When Europeans first came over they brought lots of new crops that the Natives could use and grow…

British Colonialism was successful in the American culture where there was successful colonization and routing out the establishment and locals for all the European and British colonies. European war was mainly independence. It was not categorized as the war between the British and Americans. It…

“The Last King of Scotland” is a historical movie that focuses on the history of Uganda in the early 1970’s during the reign of Ugandan dictator and military officer, Idi Amin,whose regime (1971-79) was noted for the sheer scale of its brutality (Britannica, 2018)). In…

My name is Said Bensoussan, I am old now, but I was young once. It was interesting time. I was only a child, but I still remember these odd times. In European held colonies in Africa, there were many different styles of rule. For example…

Article 5 of the human rights declaration states “No human should be subject to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment”. Yet today over 40.3 million people in the world are subjected to the abuse and torment of slavery on the daily….

Prejudice and discrimination amongst european explorers against the American Indians is an issue found in Christopher Columbus’ two letters concerning his voyages to America. To explain how prejudice attitude arises, Tajfel proposed the social identity theory. According to this theory, belonging to a group is…

Two explorers that were alike in many ways, but had different viewpoints on the Indians. In Christopher Columbus’s letters he tries to show the court that the Indians were easy to manipulate and talks about how “freed and converted to their Holy Faith by love…

Hunting in Africa Hunting, one of the most controversial topics that any person can bring up. Many people in this world do not endorse hunting, especially in Africa. This is because some people feel that the killing of animals for sport is inconsequential, cruel, and…

The Columbian Exchange has been known to be one of the most significant occurrences in human history. This crucial human intervention changed the world the way we know it, however this exchange mainly benefited the people of Europe and its colonies in the New World…

King Mohammed VI despatched a message to the contributors of the 2nd annual summit of the initiative “Ladies in Africa”, the primary worldwide platform to help the financial growth and accompaniment of African girls leaders and excessive potential, which opened its work Thursday in Marrakech….

Diaspora for Development in Africa is quite an interesting read, as it is based on papers selected from a conference on Diaspora and Development that was organized by the World Bank in 2009. In addition, many chapters, although relating to the African diaspora and its…

The letter served as Europe’s first introduction to this new land and shaped their views on the indigenous people for many years.Most of Europe thought of the people as barbarians until a french philosopher, Michel di Montaigne, wrote an essay completely rejecting that idea and…

What exactly are “imaginative geographies”? They are ideas or knowledge about a place, knowledges that ascribe meanings to places (qualities or feelings). Imaginative geographies correspond to qualities or feelings, rather than to reality. They are distinct from empirical (or positive) knowledge. Mimi Sheller’s work on…

Dear Captain Philips, I have written to you because I wish to help you decide whether or not to continue the slave trade. You should because according to Facts on File, at your time people believed that slavery in the Americas gave a better life…

Sacagawea’s accomplishments were never acknowledged much through the journals of this expedition, but today she is considered a national heroine! Meriwether Lewis and William Clark had come to encounter many obstacles throughout their trip through the Louisiana territory and to the monstrous fish: the Pacific…

African diaspora means communities that are descended from the historic movement of peoples from Africa to Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Middle East. African diaspora has been applied to the descendants of the West and Central Africans who were enslaved and shipped to the…

The African Diaspora is more than what is often assumed. It is more than just those in America. It is more than just what is shown in the media. The African Diaspora community spreads across the entire globe and each person bring a unique perspective…

The music rings loudly through the salon. “A ella le gusta la gasolina. Dale mas gasolina…” This Reggaeton breathes life into us. Makes our hips move from side to side, our bodies shift up and down. The celebration is nowhere near over. We heard that…

My names, for the sake of those who do not know me, are Simon Bolivar. But my name is not what brings us to this gathering my fellow people. My names are not important because our colonizers make sure that the names of the local…

“Colombians! My last wish is for the happiness of the patria. If my death contributes to the end of partisanship and the consolidation of the union, I shall be lowered in peace into my grave.” (Simon Bolivar) It is a quote like this that confirms…

Outside knowledge refers to the knowledge acquired through outside sources for instance, through schools, vocational training or from reading books. By contrast, self-knowledge is theknowledge that we acquire through life experiences. In most cases, self-knowledgeshapes how we perceive our world. Both outside knowledge and self-knowledge…

On Friday, April 29th, I attended the showing of Pilgrims of the Night. This show was a vibrant mixture of emotions. At points it was refreshingly hilarious and at other points it was sobering and poignant. With multiple stories, within a story, within a story,…

Before the author begins the story, Bunyan offers a sort of apology, and an explanation about how the story came to him in a dream. This is very brief, and he then then wastes no time delving directly into his narrative. Pilgrim’s Progress opens with…

On July 24, 1534, Jacques Cartier erected at the mouth of Gaspe harbour and placed a thirty foot cross in the name of France. Cartiers traffic sign had pointed the way for explorers, missionaries, traders and settler who had gradually changed, dispersed, and enclosed the…

The Foundations of New France In New France’s history we have many important figures that helped to bring New France to reality such as Jacques Cartier who came first and Samuel de Champlain who came later. However we only recognize one as the Father of…

The Question of Choice At the beginning of Strange Birds in the Tree of Heaven, Ruth says to Andrew, “There’s a choice…You know that every time you head out like you do… With that boy” (5). Strange Birds in the Tree of Heaven, written by…

Discovering the Definition of Family When you ask people what family means to them, there are high chances you will get a variety of answers. Some of them may be similar while other answers might be distant in terms of their definitions. One definition of…

Advancement of modern technology in the past centuries has led to the transition of medicine from a caring and service-oriented model to a curative-oriented model. Consequently, advanced technology has contributed to phenomenal advancement in healthcare, and hence giving the ability of prolonged life. Nonetheless, psychiatrists…

Up until the 1750’s Britain governed the American colonies with an undocumented policy know as salutary neglect. The undocumented policy of Salutary Neglect stated that the British Government would avoid strict enforcement of parliamentary laws to keep the American colonies at peace with the British….

From 1763-1776, tension between the colonies and Britain increased until at last, the colonists declared independence. After the French and Indian war ended in 1763, Britain was deeply in debt and began taxing the colonies. Gradually, the colonists became resistant to British rule. Their unrest…

How American Colonies and England Drew Closer Together in the 1700’s-1770’s During the years 1700 to 1770, the American colonies and England were drawing closer together. The main cause of this drawing together is the American colonist wishing to keep their heritage. The colonists in…

Introduction Chinua Achebe’s magnum opus Things Fall Apart is perhaps one of the most seminal texts in the genre of Postcolonial literature. Achebe has been applauded by his readers and critics for his literary genius while dealing with the subject of colonisation in Africa. One…

An Unlikely Victory The biblical story of David and Goliath is an excellent example of how an underdog can defeat a giant. In this tale, the Philistine giant named Goliath challenged the Israelites to fight him. Although the majority of Israelites were afraid of the…

The prominence of education keeps gaining ground despite the latest trend in the sudden belief and quest for handworks. This was the case in the past as traditional African communities had thrived on handworks such as beadmaking, clay works, tye and dye, iron works and…

Nature is the physical world, and what made of, this includes plants, animals, landscapes. It is the characteristics of what an environment is made up of. The scientific name for plants is flora; that are the plants of a specific region. There is also another…

To the “politically correct,” the 500th anniversary of the discovery of America is no cause for celebration. And even before 1992 began, their protests resulted in a significant victory: the naming of an American Indian as co-grand marshal in the 1992 Rose Parade. Parade officials…

We are Africans, despite the geographical delineations; we are Blacks, regardless of the diversity in culture, language and physical trait. We are bold and resourceful, in spite of the uneven distribution of mineral deposits & resources across the continent. We are one because we are…

Before the Spanish entry to America for the reason of colonizing them, the people of America had their own religion and beliefs. Because the Spanish had already put pressure on Americans, Sepulveda finds that to introduce Christianity, which was a new religion to American, will…

It is important to understand the situation of the Botswana before and after independence to fully understand how far they came, where their accomplishments lay and how the various successful factors came to be. Once this has been achieved it is then safe to look…

The ‘discovery’ of ‘the Orient’ by Marco Polo and the new world by explorers such as Las Casas and Christopher Colombus laid the foundations for the way in which Europe came to ‘know’ the other, this is evident particularly in Colombus’ writing who, on arrival…

Tenochtitlan – The capital of the Aztec empire (located in present-day Mexico). The first European explorer to set foot on the land was Hernando Cortes. It contained massive buildings, and it was known for its temples, along with it being a center of power and…

The Columbian Exchange Comparative Essay Similarities and differences of demographic effects of the Columbian Exchange in Europe and America through the midst of 1492 and 1750 were toward the begin of the Columbian Exchange, things were being traded from Europeans to Americans, for instance, social…

Critique on Columbus The Western Hemisphere cannot get enough of Christopher Columbus. In his name, there have been 14 cities, 5 counties, and a national holiday. Many recall his image with pride, for he discovered the Americas. But yet with just the smallest amount of…