After losing Indonesia in 1949, the Dutch became more willing to grant autonomy to Caribbean territories. How did Aruba's secession in 1986 influence the Netherlands Antilles? Aruba became a separate entity within the Kingdom, setting a precedent for other islands and intensifying debates about the...
North America was a prize for European imperialism. The British, Dutch, French and other powers competed for the opportunity to establish settlements to give themselves a foothold in the New World.Answer and Explanation: The French began to settle colonies in North America in the early 1600...
France is a large country in Western Europe. The capital and largest city is Paris. France once had a colonial empire that spanned parts of Africa, the Pacific, as well as North and South America. Answer and Explanation: Haiti and Mali were both French colonies at one time. Haiti is loc...
Already pre-occupied in the land, were the Native Americans. The Native Americans refused the Europeans colonization in the America’s, but not all colonies in the Europe just wanted to colonize with the Natives. The intentions of the Europeans colonies were all different, as the Dutch solely ...
Indes Occidentales (West Indies Company); in 1674 it was made part of the French crown domain and was administered according to the Pacte Colonial, a body of principles summarized in the statement “The mother country founds and maintains the colonies; the colonies enrich the mother country.”...
The revived company obtained the colonies of Mauritius (Île de France) in 1721 and Mahé in Malabar (India) in 1724. By 1740 the value of its trade with India was half that of the British East India Company. The ablest leader of the company, Joseph-François Dupleix, was appointed th...
The tide turned in 1757 because William Pitt, the new British leader, saw the colonial conflicts as the key to building a vast British empire. Borrowing heavily to finance the war, he paid Prussia to fight in Europe and reimbursed the colonies for raising troops in North America. ...
Designed as a follow-up to issues the French Cavalry had with the AMR 33, it lengthened the vehicle and adopted a more standard configuration with a rear engine. Although it improved on its predecessor in some ways, the AMR 35 would… ...
carriedintosomepartoftheEnglishcoloniesinAmerica. Backgroundnote FrenchWestIndies Around1630,thefirstpermanentFrenchsettlementintheAntilles(alsoknownasthe WestIndies)wasestablishedonTortuga,aftertheFrenchseizeditfromtheSpanish. Overthenextseveraldecades,France,England,andSpainviedforcontrolofislandsin ...
Still smarting from its defeat in the Seven Years’ War and loss of colonies worldwide, including much of Canada, France saw America’s rebellion as an opportunity for revenge—and to re-establish part of its own empire at British expense. The wily Comte de Vergennes, France’s foreign min...