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George Washington, who later became the first president of the United States, and some troops built a small fort called Fort Necessity. After many casualties, Washington and his troops surrendered. Their defeat was the beginning of the French and Indian War. The British captured Quebec in Canada in 1759, gaining them the advantage in the war. The war lasted for nine years, but the British eventually won because they were willing to fund military in the Americas. The French preferred to spend…

different groups of Indians. The Native Americans took most of the Atlantic Seaboard area. Woodland Indians were a group which were divided based on their language into three. The first were the Algonquin Indians that stayed in the areas of Canada all the way too North Carolina. The Muskogean took over Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida. Lastly were the Iroquois which controlled the Great Lakes region and created a federation. Some more notable groups were the Plains Indians which lived…

No other country on earth combines religion and culture, with modernization, better than India. India is trying to maintain tradition in a rapidly transforming environment. Indians live with one foot in the past, and one in the present. India has experienced rapid change, especially in the seventy years since Independence and Partition. Mixtures of religions and cultures in diverse India, challenge traditional ideals. India…

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, also known as “Mahatma Gandhi”, was an Indian leader and an Anti-War Activist. He believed greatly in justice for all people and that we are children of God. Gandhi was born on October 2nd of 1869 in Porbandar, India and was unfortunately killed on January 30th of 1948 by a Hindu fanatic in New Delhi, India. As a young man he studied in three different places one of them being Law at the University College in London (Gandhi Timeline). In addition, during his lifetime…

The French and Indian War, which was also known as the Seven Years War, was the conflict in which the British fought against the French and their allies, the Indians. The war actually lasted more than seven years, stretching unofficially from 1754 to 1763. The French and Indian War was important because it planted the idea of one specific country controlling the entire land of the New World. Although the British struggled in the early years of the war, Great Britain, along with the American…

Anita Desai is an Indian author known for her novels and children 's books. She grew up in India while it was occupied by Great Britain. She grew up in the time era known as the Age of Imperialism. This is where many powerful countries conquered weaker ones around the world ("The Definition of"). She was exposed to English, thus Desai 's writing has always been in English. With the wide range of imperialism, Desai 's works has reached a wider audience. Imperialism has influenced Desai 's…

to the Indian Removal Act of the 1830’s. The forced Removal Act was signed into law on May 28, 1830, under the supremacy of Andrew Jackson. Jackson had long despised the Native population and went to great lengths to exclude them from their sovereignty. Shortly after, the U.S. government passed the Treaty of New Echota in 1835 to justify the policies of the removal. The treaty was the result of a mutual agreement between a local Cherokee leader, along with a small constituency of Indians known…

protest was organized in 1972, and was called the Trail of Broken Treaties. The Trail of Broken Treaties was a protest march on Washington D.C., where the Native American leaders were to present a twenty point framework “for considering the status of Indian tribes and the nature of their federal relationship ”. This was originally supposed to be a peaceful protest, timed just before the presidential election in an attempt to work with the federal government in order to further the goals of the…

John Hancock and Samuel Adams? Great amounts of tension had built up over the period of 20 years after the French-Indian War; the Americans developed ill feelings towards the British government, attributed to their mindset that Britain had been crippling their future by donating land to the Indians and the French. In short, a few events that transpired as a result of the French-Indian war promoted a tension that exploded violently as the…

meant that Gandhi was fortunate enough to be born into a high caste of Indian society. Gandhi received a thorough education however proved to perform no better than his peers. Following Indian customs, he was betrothed to Kasturba Makhanji through a marriage arranged by their parents, on the May of 1883. Gandhi continued his education at Samaldas College at the University of Mumbai and soon after had the first of…