Boxer Rebellion: Seeds of Revolution For many years, the Christian people have tried to spread their religion to different people as well as different parts of the world. In the late 1890s, a group of missionaries went to China in hope to gain more Christian followers. Man Chinese people had not welcomed those foreigners, but shunned what they had brought with them. Foreign influences were not accepted by the majority as, in the past, foreigners had only brought destruction and chaos. Missionaries
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War of Independence 1857 and the Role of Urdu and Persian Newspapers Dr. Seemi Naghmana Tahir ∗ & Dr. Munir Ahmed Baloch ∗∗ Abstract Much has been written on the causes and consequences of the War of Independence 1857, as one of the most significant events of the history of Subcontinent. Both historians and fiction writers have drawn conclusions from diverse perspectives of the War. But still many of its facets seem to be enveloped in ambiguity. The role of press during the War is one of those dimensions
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Introduction UK’s invasion of India had different kind of strategy than we saw in history books. It was not with guns or army but it was with power of wealth. The East India Company was founded by British merchants and traders to trade with India. The mostly traded goods were items like spices, tea and cloth at first. In addition to goods like that mentioned above, English traders mostly traded raw materials. These materials were then become finished goods in England then traded back to India
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In Metis Land Rights and Self-Government, Leah Dorion and Darren Prefontaine describe how the scrip system ended up eliminating land base for Metis families, further marginalizing an already heavily discriminated population. They also discuss Metis activist groups and their attempts at recovering land to move towards self-governance. In Rooster Town: Winnipeg’s Lost Metis Suburb, 1900-1960, David G. Burley recounts the history of a shantytown consisting of mostly Metis families before they were forcibly
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Discuss the rise of imperialism in India, with special reference to the establishment of British colonial rule in the subcontinent. Why did the British succeed while other empires failed? • Imperialism is when a country dominates another country politically, economically, culturally, etc. o And for the British this was the bigger picture that they had in mind for India. • The British succeeded in India because: o Disunity among Indian princely states. India was more a collection of militaristic
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The sepoy rebellion began with the sepoy Indians refusal of using the newly issued rifles that were greased with pig and cow fat. To reload the rifle, they had to bite off the ends of lubricated cartridges. Tasting the fat of animals would be unfaithful and disrespectful for the Indian culture. The British’s discriminatory and unjust policies led to the angry and upset Indian population. The sepoy rebellion was significant because it was the first unified protest against the powerful English rule
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Imperialism is The policy of extending a nation's authority by acquiring territory or establishing political and economic dominance over a territory. Beginning in the late 19th century Imperialism began to remodel the world new way. Countries like France and Britain were some of the first countries to imperialize, France took Algeria and Haiti, while Britain took Egypt, India, South Africa, and Burma. Each country and Individual person had a different reason to imperialize, some for profit, some
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To this day, Louis Riel remains one of Canadian history's most complex yet captivating figures. This is due to the multitude of ways he was seen and portrayed by others over the course of his life - varying from hero, to murderer. On one hand, he was regarded as both a founding father and a key component in the Metis' fight for rights. On the other, he was perceived as a criminal and a traitor. Overall, Louis Riel should be remembered as a murderer and traitor for his actions, and religious extremist
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Intro. Louis Riel was one of the people that was important during the red river rebellion. Riel was a french canadian mati. After his education in montreal he went back to his homeland only to find some servaiers who were surveying the land where he lived. He decided that he was going to rise up against the canadian government and stop them from giving their land away. Body. 1. One of the reasons why Louis Riel is sort of a big deal is because he defended the land of the mati and he even got John
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Leading a firing squad, Riel murdered Thomas Scott, a land surveyor who had grown to dislike Riel’s rebellions towards selling the land to settlers. Executed for murder, Riel betrayed his people, and could easily have prevented Scott’s murder, and his own execution. On November 16, 1885, Louis Riel died a contentious leader: a hero to his people, yet a traitor
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