...King Leopold was first inspired by a book titled Java; or How to Manage a Colony. Leopold became so fascinated that he began corresponding with the author, an English lawyer, known by the name, J.W.B Money. In the book, Money mentioned that profit would come from forced labor; however, Leopold agreed and added that forced labor was the only way to improve the undeveloped peoples of the Far East. Not only desire for money but also for power, were Leopold’s dying reasons to acquire a colony. Leopold strongly believed that overseas colonies were key to a country’s greatness, and he worked hard to acquire colonial territory from belgium. The Belgian Government lent Leopold money as a citizen still to try to acquire the colony. In 1866 Leopold instructed the Belgian ambassador to speak to Queen Isabella II of Spain about giving the philippines to belgium. In 1868 Leopold replaced the ambassador with someone that would carry out his plan to acquire the Philippines, but without funds he was not able to. After the failed attempts to acquire the Philippines he then turned his attention to colonize Africa. In 1876 Leopold organized a private meeting called the international African Society. Two years after the meeting in 1878 King Leopold hired an explorer Henry Stanley to explore and acquire a colony in the Congo. Henry Stanley helped King Leopold II of Belgium to claim Congo by negotiating with its local leaders, although he would not apply any treaties that allowed power over Congo...
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...Imperialism has been a major form in shaping the modern world. The effects of imperialism have been interpreted by many different views. The major imperialism occurred during the late 19th century and early 20th century, and had more negative effects in the modern world than the positive. One of its positive side is seen in document 4, where we can see that they were part of a modern culture and the colonial owners were responsible for providing security for a person and his or her land. They were also responsible for the opening of region to the lumberman, miner, and planter to the colony. After this occurred, they were considered part of a modern day culture. A negative effect is seen in document one where it says the white rulers live at the expense of the natives. Took their territory by force, and the most fertile land and minerals re owned by the whites. In this document you can see that the colonies did he work while the white man sat and watched. They had no freedom and had to sit in the mother country and work. Another negative effect is seen in document 2 when it said “civilization was nothing less than savagery”.in this quote you can see that the colonists make themselves superior to the blacks indicating that whatever the blacked do for civilization is savagery and that brought down their self-confidence. In document 3 we see that the Africans are stripped of any type of freedom, and countries were brought down to poverty.in document 5 yu can see that when the whites...
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...According to one of America’s most successful men, Henry Ford, “Failure is the opportunity to start more intelligently.” When considering the Jamestown experience and the development of the great plantation colonies, this quote cannot be more ideal. The lessons learned in leadership, financial stability and native relations during the settlement of Jamestown helped other colonies improve their colonization process. They did this by replicating Virginia’s successes’ and avoiding her failures. First of all, during the colonization process of Jamestown the settlers had no form of leadership. This caused the men to be unsuited for the job and their priorities were irrelevant. For example, The American Pageant states,” once ashore in Virginia, the settlers died by the dozens from disease, malnutrition and starvation. Ironically, the woods rustled with food and the rivers flopped with fish, but the greenhorn settlers, many of them self-styled ‘gentlemen’ unaccustomed to fending for themselves, wasted valuable time grubbing for nonexistent gold when they should have been gathering provisions” (pg29). This statement proves that the first settlers needed a strong leader to discipline them and turn their efforts from gold to the colony’s overall survival. Luckily, Captain John Smith took lead of the...
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...The article describes the living conditions in Jamestown and because the new world was uncharted and unknown it was made difficult for the colonist to settle and thrive as they did back at home causing starvation and sickness, “the pitiful condition of the Jamestown settlers in May leaves little doubt that starvation was a reality, not a rumor”(Bernhard, 1992, 611). The author concludes that English colonization could have started earlier if the residents of Jamestown would have moved to point comfort but because there were women and children living in Jamestown such a trip would have been impossible to make, “If women and children had not been there, Jamestown might have been abandoned, and the history of successful English colonization of...
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...Jamestown and Plymouth were the first two successful English colonies in North America. Jamestown was established in 1607 and Plymouth in 1620. Jamestown and Plymouth had many similarities. For example they both had some sort of government in some way. Jamestown had the first legislative assembly among the Western Hemisphere in 1619. This would later be called the, “House of Burgesses.” This served as a good model for many law making bodies in the U.S. Plymouth had a similar government. Their government consisted of general court. They also had a Governor. The government made laws and also levied taxes. Another similarity between the two is neither of the colonies was funded by the royal family. Colonists at Jamestown and Plymouth suffered greatly in the beginning - the colonists at Jamestown weren't used to the hard labor they had to do and suffered from illness, while the colonists at Plymouth arrived later during the year and suffered from an extremely harsh winter. Plymouth and Jamestown also had many distinct differences. For example, they both had different reasons for settlement. The Plymouth colony was in search for religious freedom from England. Jamestown wanted to spread Christianity to the natives and expand English trade. Another difference in these two was their economic cultures. Jamestown experimented with many different things but their main crop was tobacco. Plymouth didn’t have much luck with farming. They took part of another era, trading. They traded...
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...How colonial music relates to our day music while helping us form a united country and patriotism. It has been found that music of the Colonial age wasn’t written in America; but, inclusively transported to help define the colleagues and for founders of this country. The music that early Americans have chosen to sing and play helps to clarify the understanding of the colonist themselves. 1 “Their music included ballads, dance tunes, folk songs and parodies, comic opera arias, drum signals, psalms, minuets and sonatas. Such music came mostly from England, Scotland, Ireland, Germany, Italy, France, and Africa, and it was played on whatever instruments were handy.” Many different styles and forms of music emerged in early America to express the full effect of colonial life. Colonial music included both oral and written processes; in which, people most commonly could recognize by ear but frequently came up with new words to the older tunes. The instruments we have today were brought to us by the Revolution age with some in their original form and prevalent. Men from all different classes, from slaves and indentured servants to Thomas Jefferson, played fiddles or violins. While prices varied from high to low violins were usually imported in great numbers. In addition to popular instruments such as the violin, the flute happens to be another prominent instrument that was driven by man. 1 Woman had limited musical options due to high levels of “maintaining reputation” for men. Wealthy...
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...YVONNE MCCLENDON JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA MAY 20, 2013 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WHAT WAS THE NATURE AND CHARACTER OF THESE COLONIES? . . . . CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH GEORGE ALSOP. CONCLUSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . INTRODUCTION How Jamestown was established in Virginia, the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Plymouth Massachusetts and the establishment of Maryland and what was their nature and character of the colonies. Captain Smith major complaint, why the colonist was unable to fish or hunt general misconceptions of the treasure council. George Alsop method of growing and harvesting tobacco. The important of tobacco to the economy of Maryland. What was the nature and character of these colonies? That no man speak imperiously or maliciously against the holy and blessed trinity or any of the three person that is to say, against God the father, God the son, and God the holy ghost or against the krain articles of the Christian or faith, upon pain of death...
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...The Concept of a Community is imagined Communities are imagined so basically Anil’s ghost which is her national identity is imagined and colonial war goes out prove and reveal the truth that these imagined identities are fake and that the only true identifies are ones carved by individuals. The concept of "nation" is truly a cultural construct Nation, and identity, begins with one's family and closest friends, and slowly moves out from this center. In our contemporary example, two residents of the same country may live in completely different geographical climates, having very little in common with each other. In such a case, one may have a personal identity, and identify with a more local "nation," yet be part of a political nation as defined by demarcated boundary lines, drawn on a map. In his definitive book about the concept of "nation" and "nationalism," Imagined Communities, Benedict Anderson says, "In an anthropological spirit, then, I propose the following definition of the nation: it is an imagined political community--and imagined as both inherently limited and sovereign" (Anderson 5). This does not necessarily mean that the imagined nation is a concept that is fundamentally bad. Although merely imagined, a national identity is something that holds a diversely different group of people together to prevent war. As Anderson says, "All communities larger than primordial villages of face-to-face contact (and perhaps even these) are imagined" (Anderson 6). Identity...
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...Women in the Australian colonies: Student’s Name Instructor’s Name Course Date Women in Australia colonies Port Philip grew at an amazing rate in the 1830s when free settlers and female convicts were sent to Victoria to respond to the labor shortage. Women were outnumbered by men with a ration 1 to seven respectively. Women were the small population and were the most vulnerable proportion of the whole population. Initially, the majority of women were unmarried free settlers. There was a great demand for single women to serve as house servants, and the government covered the travel expenses to Victoria with families or married couples. . However, the free female settlers were still vulnerable as they were not lucky enough to get employment and they had to meet their financial needs. If they lost their job or get pregnant, they were forced to depend on charitable organizations or move to the streets. . For the convicts that were sent to Port Philip, the place was worse, with prostitution being their unspoken sentence. Life was difficult on arrival as convict women were taken to settlers households to serve as domestic servants. Some were lucky to marry and start new lives, but the majority of them were victims of prostitution and crime. For the most women, de facto relationships or marriage ensured they were protected and provided for from the rough elements of the society, and security was given at a price. Alcohol was too common in the settlements...
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...During 1607, three ships were sent from Great Britain to the Chesapeake Bay, specifically the James River in Virginia. The colonists’ incentives were riches and gold, as well as potentially spreading Christianity and possibly finding a trade route to China. Many dangerous obstacles such as warships were ahead, which could lead to failure like the previous unsuccessful settlement of Roanoke Island. While the colonists were expecting lots of land filled with gold, the Powhatan Indians were already living along the coast of Jamestown. The English settlers built a fort known as Jamestown, but unfortunately over half the settlers ended up dying. More colonists, most young and poor, came with the desire of working off their debt. They produced the cash crop tobacco, but sadly eighty percent of these colonists died. What caused the death of the colonist in Jamestown from 1607-1611? Many settlers in Jamestown died from 1607 - 1611 because of lack of fresh water, disease, and conflict with the neighboring Native Americans. The first reason colonists of Jamestown died was because of lack of fresh, clean water. Colonists had no fresh drinking water and tried to fix this problem by building wells, which hardly helped (Doc A). Jamestown was also under a drought since the amount of rainfall was less than average. (Doc B). This evidence helps explain why so many colonists died because the tide would come twice a day, contaminating the water from the wells, so colonists had no clean water to...
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...along with being a frontier Indian fighter, a playwright and scholar. There are multiple explanations as to what caused the rebellion to take place. Tobacco prices were sinking very low in the colony. The struggle for political reform against the oppressive rule of the governor, and the disagreement over Indian policies in regard to how they were handled. The rebellion all started when Governor Berkeley did not grant permission to Nathaniel Bacon to create a party to carry out attacks against all Indians living near the colony. Even though he did not have consent from Governor Berkeley, Bacon rounded up hundreds of men and started attacking the Indians. After some success, Bacon became a popular figure and more people...
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...their religion but their source of life. Indians were an enormous help for the immigrants that arrived into their land. Pokahontas, Squanto and Pontiac were some of the most famous Indians that help the immigrants to survive…. All the abuse and ambition for wealthy from the colonist forced the Indians to stand for their land by starting war against the aggressors. Pontiac’s rebellion, as an example….. In conclusion, the relationship between colonist and Indians was perfect until….. 4-ROANOKE, JAMESTOWN, PLYMOUNT Roanoke, Jamestown and Plymount were similar in many aspects but also have their own contrast like the people who were their members, their religion, their knowledge, their resources…. For example each one of these colonies economy was...
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...Many settlers migrated to the Virginia Colony in search of wealth or religious justice, but they did not find it. Nevertheless, after years of efforts, Virginian colonist established an unshakeable economic and social system which made the Virginia colony extremely important. Document four illustrates that Virginia settlers faced one main hardship, disease. Documents one, _ _ _ _ display panaceas for difficulties colonist faced in the 18th century. Along with diseases, Virginia settlers also faced malnutrition which resulted in lack of energy and strength. Settlers that were eager for gold spent an excessive amount searching for their wealth rather than preparing for the brutal winter ahead. Winter eventually arrived which “causth much sickness…which...
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...e environment and atmosphere of the first colonies to settle in the new world was widely dissimilar, and some found success while others suffered harsh conditions. Virginia as labeled by Captain John Smith would fall into the last category. The colony of Jamestown came to the New World seeking land, assets and commerce, and settled in a coastal area, which did not provide the freshest water and proved to be abundant with disease. Jamestown was the first English settlement in America (1607). It had a stiff time at first and did not thrive until the colonists received their own land and the tobacco industry began flourishing due to Mr. Rolfe, the settlement took root. People continued to arrive and new settlements arose. As we can see with the article entitled “The Starving Times,” Jamestown suffered significantly when John Smith, their greatest capable leader, returned to England. Smith even records that he heard of a wife being murdered and cannibalized because of lack of food. This colony did eventually find some strength when it began to harvest tobacco, rice and indigo. Lord Baltimore received land from King Charles I to create a sanctuary for Catholics. His son, the second Lord Baltimore, personally possessed all the land and could use or sell it as he wished. In 1649, the Toleration Act was approved allowing all Christians to worship as they pleased. Maryland seemed to find more success in the New World thanks to its harvesting of tobacco, furs and flesh. Adjudicating by...
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...and expansion for both the Monarchies and the Colonies. In Virginia and Maryland the boom of tobacco would take hold and both of their economies would be based solely off of the production and trade of this product. Other colonies prospered off the production of corn, fishing, and even fur trade with the Indians and other colonies. The English however, would look to monitor the trade system and implement acts and regulations to control trade. The Navigation act made it so that all goods brought from Asia, Africa, and America to England had to be carried in British ships. When the British would eventually conquer islands in the West Indies they would replace tobacco production with sugar. They would later revise the Navigation act to ensure that goods were carried in a British Ship, with a British captain, as well as a British crew. Eventually Parliament would enact the Plantation Duty Act which would require merchants to pay a duty on anything shipped between the colonies. This would extremely benefit the monarchies back home and help the British monitor any violators of these rules. These regulations and acts did not sit well however with the colonists at the time. Eventually over time this allowed for many of the rich prosperous land owners to be the only ones growing more and more successful in the trade industry. The relationship’s that the colonists had with the Native Americans also affected the trade system. Some of the colonies relied heavily on trade with the tribes in the...
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