Essays on British Colony

Circumstances

Both texts were created by Mahatma Gandhi when India used to be a British colony and Gandhi was leading his country’s march towards independence from colonial rule. Since, India was a British colony; the British Empire ravaged local business and forced them to sell on British made goods. The Dandi March was an effort by Gandhi and fellow Satyagrahis to produce Indian salt as a means to to break the British hegemony over Indian public and Indian industry. The first speech came before the Dandi March in 1930 when Gandhi wanted to make sure that his intentions of ...

Introduction

Most of the African countries were under the colonial rule. Due to the growth of industries in Europe, which was facilitated by the concept of industrialization that saw numerous economic, social and industrial changes in Europe, European countries had to look for raw materials for their industries. Consequently, they ventured into the African continent and other parts of the world in search of places where they would get raw materials for their industries back at home (Ahluwalia, 2012). Various European countries portioned Africa into different colonies, and Kenya was taken by Britain. Kenya is a beautiful country that is ...

The arrival of the British troops in Boston in the year 1768 was a cause of much unrest between the relations of the Americans and the British. The American soldiers were just as disturbed as the American citizens, who were forced to be kept under control by the British rule. America being a British colony at the time was forced to follow the rules and regulation imposed by the British. The unrest that ensued came from the colonists and the ones who were loyal to the British Parliament. As much as the personal strife between the colonists and the ...

The Current Effects of Colonialism in Kenya

Kenya was a British colony since the Berlin Conference held in 1885. By 1920, Kenya was fully declared a British colony and the Briton settlers occupied the territory, though the Asians and Africans were banned from any political activities until the year 1944. In the colonial period, Indians were brought to the country to build the Uganda-Kenya Railway Line, which made some of them to settle there, and continued with their trade activities (Berman, 1977). Mau Mau was formed after the year 1942, and started the resisting the colonial rule. As the rebellions continued, multiple Mau Mau leaders were ...