Essays on East India

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Introduction The Boston Tea Party was an important episode in the history of America which gave way to the American War of Independence. This war was fought to highlight the oppressive measures by Britain, or the mother country as it was known. The Boston Tea Party is the reaction to the attitude of Britain towards its American colonies. According to TH Breen, ordinary people in predominantly rural communities were the highlight of the ensuing American Revolution (Carp, 421). This essay begins with the non-importation agreement in Boston. This is followed by the lapse of the ...

What was the Basis of the East India Trading Company’s Interest in India?

The East India Trading Company (hereafter referred to as the EIC) had two purposes in creating an economic foothold in the vast continent of India. First, and perhaps most important, was the fact that Britain was lagging behind the rest of Europe when it came to trade – despite their control of the seas (which, incidentally, interested Indian rulers almost as much as India interested the EIC), they were losing economic control to countries like the Netherlands and the Portuguese. While the Dutch, at least, had already established their own market in India, EIC agents hoped that they would be ...

Why the War for Independence was Justified Rebellion?

The American Revolution or the War for Independence was a justified rebellion because people should be allowed to freely make their own choices within the boundaries of any governmental institution. The British government at the time had according to Thomas Jefferson become destructive of one’s right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. How unfairly it was for Great Britain to impose a tax on the American colonies? There was also no representation in parliament. This was unfair to the colonists, and it needed to be abolished. The politics of taxing the colonists would only benefit the ...

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Leonardo Pisa

Prior to the introduction of modern concepts for calculation, various mathematical operations would have required proficiency in the use of the abacus. However, in 1202, Leonardo da Pisa, an Italian math expert, released a book entitled “Liber Abaci,” or “Book for Calculation.” The book revolutionized the methods of calculating figures by establishing useful approaches in using the Arabic numbers 0 to 9 to the Western world. Though the book did not find immediate acceptance in the West, in the end it revolutionized the areas of commerce, finance, research, science and technology. Furthermore, da Pisa’s work laid the ...

Arguably, the worst artificial famine in human history which was engineered for profit, the Great Bengal Famine of the 1770 occurred between 1769 and 1773. In the Bengali calendar however, the famine is documented as having taken place between 1176 and 1180. The Bengal famine’s scope was the lower Gangetic plains of India and so devastating was the famine that a documented 10 million people were reported to have died due to the famine. Consequentially, India’s population was significantly reduced to 30 million at the time. This manuscript will thus appraise this historical moment in the history ...

The Tea Act Of 1773

Slide 2 The Seven Year’s War of between 1754 and 1763 and the signing of the Treaty of Paris to end the skirmishes formed the foundations on which tensions emerged between the Thirteen Colonies and the mother country (Zinn, 2005, p.59). Two factors facilitated the emergence of independence sentiments in the colonies as the colonies no longer needed the protection of the powerful Britons: The war brought perceptions of equality between the colonists and the English populace residing in the mother country (Foner, 2011, p.189). Britain was at a disadvantage as it remained with an “enormous debt and ...

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Historian Annette Gordon-Reed states: “I think that you should approach the study of history with a spirit of curiosity. Be open minded about the possibility that the story is much bigger than what has been presented.” Considering the textbook and the discussion board content, choose one topic of American History between 1492 - 1865 on which your thinking has changed to a “bigger” understanding. Generally, all historical themes contribute to the improvement of my open-mindedness and expansion of outlook, but I would like to mark the topic of the American Revolution. Indeed, the American Revolution was a crucial part ...

Imperialism is the economic relationship between two states commonly based on unequal rights and a class system. The dominating nation in the relationship often uses its economic power to oppress the people of the less dominant power thus leading to the collapse of the economy and the existing social structures. Despite the fact that imperialism brought nothing but fame and wealth to the colonial masters, some advancements like industrialization and technological advancements brought changes in some of the colonies as in the case of India during the British Raj regime. British imperialism advanced after seven years of war that ...

India has undergone tremendous changes since the colonial era. India was under the European colonial powers. They were colonized through conquest and trade. It is worth noting that trade between Europe and India was the catalyst for European exploration. In the 19th century, British has gained indirect and direct control of India. British India consisted of British provinces and presidents that contained valuable components of British Empire. There are several reasons why Great Britain took over East India at the star of the colonial era (Spielvogel & Duiker, 2015). Great Britain enjoyed superior powers compared to other colonial powers. The ...

The basis of the Dutch East India Company was established by nine most daring merchants from Amsterdam. In 1594, they merged to assemble a small fleet and to send it to India. All four ships returned with rich booty and made their owners rich. Therefore, these associations of merchants to trade with India and other Asian countries were created in large quantities. The influential Dutch politician, a former adviser to William of Orange, Johan van Oldenbarnevelt offered to merchants to unite into a single company in order to avoid internal competition. Merchants managed to reach a consensus, as the ...

Statement of historical question

Consumption of coffee in the America. What role does Starbucks play in the American coffee culture? Thesis Statement The evolution of the American coffee culture traces its origins from the seventeenth century. Over the years, the country would grow to become the largest consumer of coffee in the world. It is corporations such as Starbucks have served to spread this culture across the globe.

Annotated Bibliography

William H. Urke. All about coffee. Newyork, Newyork the tea and coffee trade Journal Company 1922, Retrieved Apr 13, 2016 from http://ibiblio.org/pub/docs/books/gutenberg/2/8/5/0/28500/28500-h/28500-h.htm Urke was an author in 18th and 19th centuries that focused primarily on ...

Throughout the novel, Max Havelaar, there are different narratives, each describing or talking about the world that they inhabit. The narratives offer a view of what the characters think of each other and the system that they live under. The novel is full of interwoven storylines. Together with the narrative of the Multatuli, Droogstoppel and Stern are the native stories. The narratives and the stories in the novel lead to the conclusion that there are different stories told from the perspective of the actors. James Scott in his work, “Behind the Official Story” describes the presence of the public, ...