John A McDonald helped recruit nearly four hundred Canadians to beat back anti-colonial resistance in the Sudan in 1884-85 and during his decades in power Canadians were trained to be officers in Britain’s conquest across Africa. . Wilfrid Laurier’s government oversaw the deployment of seven..…
Meanwhile in the winter months of 1838-1839, a land dispute in the Northeast – known as the Aroostook War – threatened the U.S. and peace with Britain even further. Diplomats eventually resolved both issues with the British in the Canadas as part of the slaveholding Tyler..…
The imperial legacy of Great Britain is also, in way, lesson for United States, much like British Empire of the early to mid-20th century, is experiencing slow decline in influence.. ..…
In the UK, it’s not uncommon for pubs and other public places to advertise themselves as “Britain’s most haunted” pub (etc.). Moreover, you can find spiritualist churches in most British cities and suburbs, where mediums claim to convey clairvoyant visions of spirits of the dead to..…
What explains British policy? . Britain has a long history of supporting Israeli aggression. ... When the Arab revolt against Britain and its Zionist proteges broke out in the late 1930s, the British army brutally crushed it. ..…
“Hong Kong has been part of the territory of China since ancient times; it was occupied by Britain after the Opium War in 1840. On 19 December 1984, the Chinese and British Governments signed the Joint Declaration on the Question of Hong Kong, affirming that the Government of the..…
The Republic of South Sudan came into being in 2011 largely as a result of the contradictions which developed during the period of British colonialism in the late 19th and early-to-mid 20th centuries until the country became liberated in 1956. . Britain ruled Sudan as two separate entities..…
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