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…an extraordinary round of empire building in the second half of the nineteeth century. Imperial expansion began with the British conquest of India. The British Empire in south Asia and Southeast Asia grew out of the mercantile activities of the English East Indian…

…. While he was in Ecuador, Jim heard of a savage tribe call the Auca Indians. No white man had ever entered the Auca village. Jim felt called to try to reach these people. He and a few other missionaries started dropping gifts from a plane to the Auca Indians…

…was not muscular but what he lacked physical he made up with mental strength. He was assassinated by an Indian who resented his beliefs but before death he achieved his goal of getting India its independence. <Tab/>Gandhi, or The Great Soul, lived his life…

…, the chief's daughter, Pocahontas, "got his head in her arms and laid her own upon his to save him from death" (Smith 69). Because of this, Powhatan, the chief, regretfully said that they were now friends. From this time, the Indians helped the colonist survive…

…destruction to the Indian civilization. By bringing modernization, many jobs will be taken over by machines. Unfortunately, this process will result in the elimination of jobs done by local peasants. There are many additional prices India will have to pay…

…. Throughout his journey, Darwin encountered many different kinds of people. He referred to the troops as "banditti-like". He takes note of these troops, mainly Spaniards, and he takes note of the Indians. He sees that the troops are always in pursuit…

…in their communities. There was a New Deal for Native Americans under Franklin Roosevelt starting in 1933, and the reason for that was the appointment of John Collier as commissioner of Indian affairs.Collier's "Indian New Deal," enacted over the years from 1933 to 1945…

…British parliamentary democracy with Soviet-style central planning. All economists in the world, were advising the Indian government. And the advice was that they must have a state-led model of industrial growth; the public sector must occupy what came…

…At the close of the year 2004, at 7 a.m. on Dec.26, a megathrust quake 160 miles off the Sumatra coast sent 500-mph tsunamis out into the Indian Ocean. The waves hit the Sumatra province of Acch 15 minutes later, and in less than 7 hours it reached…

…another people, such as the Indians. The New Englanders wanted to enforce laws prohibiting Indians from practicing their own beliefs . If the Indians did not follow these laws, that basically forced them to convert to Christianity, the Christians would feel…