British Colonialism
Colony is a geographical unit outside the borders of a state, which is connected to the state financially and managerially. As Barbara Ward states in her book "5 Ideas That Change the World", when we study colonialism, we are looking at one of the most far-reaching and widespread activities of mankind. It seems to be a fact of human nature that when one group of people becomes more powerful than another group, its instinct is to take over the weaker neighbor. (Ward 79)Colonies where created since the beginning of civilization. First the ancient Greeks and the Phoenicians created colonies all over the Mediterranean Sea. Those colonies where trading posts and they where made in order to make travelling and trading easier. Then the Romans built colonies all over Europe in order to control better their empire. Then the motives for building a colony changed. Colonialism as we know it today started in
Nowadays there are very few colonies all over the world. After the World War II the Europeans abandoned most of the colonies. One of the last colonies was the English Hong Kong. Unfortunately most of the colonies managed to liberate themselves after a long fight with their oppressors like India and Pakistan. The British colonialism was the most complex colonialism because beside the trading motives there were other motives like religion and politics. By the end of the 18th century the British Empire included Australia, Canada, Guinea, part of India, Senegal, Gambia, Sierra Leone, and Malaysia. One hundred years later Egypt, Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, and South Africa where added to the British Empire. The situation was even worse for countries in Africa. According to Barbara Ward, in many areas of Africa, the Europeans came, as they came to Asia, as traders and they stayed for many of the same reasons
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Approximate Word count = 612
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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