The British granted New Zealand independence in 1935 but by 1940 it had become obvious that Britain needed to take control of New Zealand, this greater form of control was to come in the treaty of Waitangi in 1840. The motives behind the signing of the treaty vary greatly from Maori and Pakeha. Britain held very little control in New Zealand. Captain William Hobson noticed this when he was sent to investigate the situation on behalf of Governor Bourke of...
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āThe Divine Comedyā written by the Italian poet Dante Alighieri was published in 1320 a year before his death. The long narrative is written in the format of a poem, which is divided into three parts and explores the journey of Danteās alter ego and his fictional self which exists within the poem is in search of the true way to live life in accordance to the Christian teaching and morals of life. Dante the pilgrim explores the different realms...
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This paper analyzes the concept of āpilgrim tourismā with reference to the occasion of Arbaeen and the great walk associated with it, which has continued for the past 1400 years despite all odds. It also looks at the exchange of socio cultural experiences of the tourist who travel form India. This paper also makes an attempt to explore the economic aspects of Arbaeen and how Indian tour operators and SME can benefit from the business opportunities available during the period...
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In the early 16th century, the European super powers, England, France and Spain decided to ābroadenā their horizons. All three set sail in an attempt to further their power. But when they reached the shores of what is now known as Canada and Mexico what would they find? Would they find a land already occupied by a new and distinctly fascinating society? No, they found a land for the taking. These European āsettlersā gave no regard to the native populations...
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History has played a significant role in shaping New Zealandās current constitutional system. New Zealand has no entrenched single document that forms our constitution. Rather, history has shaped the evolution of New Zealandās current constitutional system. Since colonial times New Zealandās legal history has had a marked effect on the development of our constitution. A number of significant historical events have helped shape this. These include the 1840 signing of the Treaty of Waitangi which enabled New Zealand to inherit...
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Tourism as well as religious tourism is a fast-growing sphere. The potential pf the development of the religious sites cannot be predicted so while developing a tourist site the community might face both positive and negative changes. Those changes can be from very different perspectives, for example economic, environmental, cultural, urbanistic, etc. Itās a no surprise that increasing tourist flow in the area boosts the economy as well as influences itās political, socio-cultural and environmental perspectives. This could be proved...
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Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich was the first man to travel in space on April 12, 1961. Since then, hundreds of people have explored past the earthās atmosphere. Many discoveries and advancements have been made since then. Health and medical fields have benefitted from groundbreaking technology. We now have soil samples and extensive information on Mars, a spacecraft successfully landed on a comet for the first time in 2014, and black holes have been proven to exist. Everyday NASA is working...
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The Treaty of Waitangi, often referred to as the founding document of Aotearoa New Zealand. Signed on 4th February 1840, the treaty formalized the relationship between Maori and the Crown (Kingi 2007). The Treaty of Waitangi consisted of 5 parts namely: the preamble, 3 articles and the postscript and exists in Maori and in English. Issues arose due to poor translation of the treaty and as a result there were different interpretations of the treaty between the English and Maori...
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Colonialism and its aftermath in twentieth-century British literature constructs a genre of literary analysis that is important in interpreting its impact. Literary theorists, Edward Said, Homi Bhabha, and others respond with observations and analysis, focusing on relations between the colonizers and the colonized. In reading for colonialism and its aftermath in twentieth-century British literature, evidence of a hierarchy appears that establishes a usurper-usurped relationship in which the usurper becomes the governing culture. As the authoritative culture, the usurper secures a...
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Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States. Jefferson was, in the eyes of the people, a great president with strong political views. He spoke out against slavery. He believed that the governmentās power was limited to what was written in the Constitution. He believed that the peopleās freedom was more important than laws and regulations. However, what is often overlooked is that he owned slaves and made love to one, he did many things one could only...
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When comparing relations between the native populations of the āNew World ā and the French Explorers as well as Spanish Conquistadors , one needs to look no further than historical accounts dating back to the time period. In short, the relationship between the ānative populationsā in the New Worldā and the arriving Spanish Conquistadors was brutal, inhumane and genocidal to say the least. Some instances of these sheer cruelties were highlighted in the āLetter from Hernando Pizarro to the Royal...
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The American Revolution against the English Colonization as well as other European colonizers has multiple perspectives despite sharing common goals. In general, the colonies were tired of impositions and control from the European masters that kept changing and were sometimes unreasonable in executing the goals of the colonialists. One notable example is Englandās persistent mixing of religion and government business against the wishes of majority of colonialists. The Church of England had become an instrument to enforce punitive laws and...
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What is a primary source? Primary sources can be defined as sources that solely come from an individual who has had personal contact with someone or something. When are primary sources vital? Some people would answer always, but I believe primary sources are most vital when collecting factual information pertaining to history. What is the Stamp Act? The Stamp Act is an act created in 1765 by the British Parliament in which took income from the American colonies by placing...
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To answer the question directly, yesā āunequalā diplomatic interactions in the pre-Westphalian period can be understood as real diplomacy. According to Wallersteinās world systems theory, there are core and peripheral states in which core countries benefit and peripheral countries are exploited, creating an inescapable unfair exchange due to the natural economic/power imbalance of the world (Skocpol, 1977). In other words, there will always be more powerful advanced countries and weaker poorer countries that add to an imbalanced and unequal diplomacy...
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When looking back at the American Revolution most history books between the grades of 1st-12th majority public schools, have it written that the British were unfair and unjust in their ways with how they treated/ handled the colonies. After taking this particular course on American history it's come to my attention that it may not have been the case and the British were completely in their rights and standings politically. Also, that we as a colony were being like children...
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The United States of America, land of the free and home of the brave, one of the biggest powers in the world and the most influential. We live in a society, where success can be achieved if your willing to put in the hard work. We aspire to be successful, to be well off on finances, to be able to purchase whatever we would like and to be generally independent with ourselves. All these actions occur within a Capitalistic society....
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The original colonists of America believed in the right of revolution. They believed that the people had an obligation to revolt and become independent from their rulers, their rulers had become tyrants. They also believed that in these circumstances, the people must declare the causes which impelled them to the separation of Great Britain. When the colonists declared independence from Britain they listed several cases of abuse in the Declaration of Independence to prove to the world their reason to...
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Thomas Jefferson has long been casted in a positive light as one of the nationās most accomplished and esteemed founding fathers, yet not all of Jeffersonās actions are worthy of warranting such praise. There were often times when Jefferson appeared to renege on his preached virtues, which may cause some to characterize as hypocritical, but Jefferson never strayed too far from what he stood for. Jefferson was simply playing politics and leveraging the public opinion because he wanted to advance...
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During the American Revolution both the British and the Americans used spy tactics to help boost their side. America had overall more people working on their side than the British and the success of the American spied was a major reason that the colonies won the revolution.. The British also had many tactics and ways to get information from the colonies but they were also good at confusing the Americian army with the wrong information. Overall, American spy tactics were...
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āI teach kings the history of their ancestors, so that the lives of the ancients might serve them as an example, for the world is old, but the future springs from the pastā, states Griot Djeli Mamadou Kouyate in āAn epic of old Mali study guideā (Kouyate, 2019, p.1). The succession of kings in Mali indicates that, all the kings had the same goal of making Mali a great empire in the whole world (UNESCO, 1979, p.60). Maliās civilization left...
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The manifest of destiny was a term that was coined in the mid-18th century by a journalist called John L. OāSullivan, where he urged his fellow Americans to uphold their Divine Providence and undertake the mission to conquer the entire country. Furthermore, the American frontier refers to continuously advancing western border in North America. This essay will examine and interpret these two terms. Religion and colonization also played a massive role in North America, in the 17th century. The Americans...
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The Mali Empire was established in 1235CE and is located in Western Africa along the Niger River (Nelson, 2019). Although the Mali Empire collapsed in the 1600s, the Malian culture still continues to live on today. It is known for its abundance in gold and salt mines (Nelson, 2019). It is also the second largest producer of cotton in Africa (Countries and their Cultures, n.d.). Mali proves to be one of the poorest countries today (Iexplore.com, n.d.), but values collectivism...
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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 across the entire North American continent. The rapid expansion of the United States intensified the issue of slavery as new states were added to the Union, leading to the outbreak of the Civil War. The...
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The American Revolution is one that some regard as not so revolutionary. The relative tameness of the revolution as compared to others is what leads to this idea. However, the usage of espionage at the time was extremely advanced and was a precedent to many agencies known today. A combination of enlightenment ideals and espionage technologies are what ultimately lead the colonies to win the Revolutionary war. The period of enlightenment was proclaimed in the eighteenth century by philosophers who...
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West Africa is from modern-day Mauritiana until the Republic of Congo. It was an area with rainforests around the equator, also there are savannas on both sides of the forest, there sadly is a lot of dry, dead land to the north. This all changed on 600 CE, the majority of the Africans that lived near this area, which were hunter-gatherers. In the places, where land was very dry farmers had sheep, goats, camels and cattle. Near the equator, there...
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āLife requires movement'ā- Aristotle. Movement doesnāt have to be moving from house to house or country to country. Movement can be as simple as changing schools or changing classes. Movement has been something that has been going on since the beginning of time. From the birds migrating to warm areas when it's cold in their current environment to people moving in order to get resources that their area lacks. Changing cultures, spreading ideas, and sharing resources are ways that movement...
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The most vital part of living and basis of human life is the ability to survive and adapt. This is evident through the years as humans have migrated across the globe spreading to all corners of the world. For centuries upon centuries, these people did not build their capitals or cities in one place. Instead they were migratory for the duration of their lives. They flowed with the seasons and followed resources from place to place instead of staying in...
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In March 1861, President Abraham Lincoln was faced with one of the most difficult decisions in the history of the United States, which would decide the fate of the Union. When Americans elected Abraham Lincoln as the nationās first Republican president in November of 1860, there was already tension between the North and the South because of their differing views on the spread of slavery. Ever since the first slave arrived in America in 1619, there had been many disputes...
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In 1492 Cristoforo Colombo discovered The Americas. He had rallied three Spanish boats on a voyage to prove that he knew a faster way to India also proving his theory that the earth was round. He accidentally found America and mistook it for India not realizing it was a whole new world he had just found. Since they did think this was India they mistook the people native to America as Indians and they have kept that name for a...
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Jon Meachamās āThomas Jefferson: The Art of Powerā takes a look into the life of the 3rd President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson. However, his story does not begin there, Jefferson was a well-known individual before his presidency. He was a man of culture, philosophy, and politics. Jefferson defied the original thinking of having to be either a person intensely knowledgeable on culture or just politics. Instead, he pursued both of these areas and created thought through looking at...
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