Reasons for the British Colonization of North America The English had many motives for founding the colonies in America. The migration was provoked by various reasons. It is said that religious motives played the most important role but economic motives played just as big of a role. Social and political reasons did not play such a prime role but they did certainly affect the decision of the English into making the hard and long voyage. New economic opportunities
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THE STORY OF HARIMAU MALAYA Malaysia National Football team that is popular with the nickname of “Harimau Malaya” was established in 1926 when five football associations which included Selangor‚ Negeri Sembilan‚ Melaka and Singapore united to form a Malayan team that prepared to against Australia team in Singapore. Before that‚ this sport has been introduced in Malaysia by British when they arrived during the colonial era. Thus‚ this sport attracts the Malaysian and became country’s leading sport
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under the pretext of liberating the Malayans from the British power through propaganda such as “Asia for Asians”. On December 8‚ 1941‚ the Japanese invaded Malaya. The root of their success not only lies in their well-trained soldiers but also in their use of bicycles enabling them to travel through jungles towards the South of Malaya in a short amount of time. During the Japanese Occupation‚ Malaya was affected in many aspects. Politically‚ Malaya was ruled by a Military government under the Japanese
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Introduction The Federation of Malaya (Malay: Persekutuan Tanah Melayu) is the name given to a federation of 11 states (nine Malay states and two of the British Straits Settlements‚ Penang and Malacca) that existed from 1 February 1948 until 16 September 1963. The Federation became independent on 31 August 1957. It was reconstituted as Malaysia with the addition in 1963 of Singapore‚ Sabah‚ and Sarawak. History After World War 2‚ the British came again to Malaya and Britain suggested the formation
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Japanese occupation of Malaya The Japanese Empire commenced the Pacific War with the invasion of Kota Bahru in Kelantan on 8 December 1941 at 00:25‚[1] about 90 minutes before the Attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii at 07:48 on 7 December Hawaii time‚ or 01:48 on 8 December Malayan time. They then invaded the island of Borneo in mid December 1941‚ landing on the west coast near Miri in Sarawak;[2] invasion was completed by 23 January 1942 when they landed at Balikpapan in Dutch Borneo on the east
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able to defeat the British in the war for Malaya and Singapore in 1942? The Japanese defeated the British in the war for Malaya and Singapore for a number of reasons. The British underestimated the Japanese and thought that Singapore was an impregnable fortress‚ meaning that they believed that Singapore was a country that could not be conquered. Therefore‚ they did not put much effort in trying to project Singapore. In this essay I will be comparing the Japanese and British in terms of their leadership
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(slide 1) Hello everyone I’m ….. we are gonna talk about an interesting topic which is Decolonization in Yeats’ poems The first thing that comes to our mind after hearing Yeats’ name is the word decolonization Before we’re gonna talk about him ‚ there’re some details about the Irish literature in general . Also‚ in our presentation we selected the important points because all these points if we take them individually we’ll not finish (slide 2) So‚ If you look at this sentence ‚ the main
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Affects of WW11 on Malaysia The early 1940s were important in Malaya history because it brought with it the Japanese who were looking to expand their territory into other Asian nations. Malaya caught their attention due to strategic location and an abundance of resources. They sought to make Malaysia as an annexed part of Japan but failed to take note of the general animosity between the Chinese and Japanese at the point due to war between China and Japan previously. They succeeded in occupying
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British and Spanish Colonization Efforts in North America Prior to 1763 Starting in the late 1400s‚ and continuing for hundreds of years‚ Spanish and British colonization efforts have‚ in many ways‚ shaped North America. Because they had different goals‚ the Spanish and British went about their pursuit of the Americas in very different ways‚ and did not do many things similarly. When the Spanish came to America‚ they were mainly in search of silver‚ and gold‚ but they also wanted to spread their
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OPPOSITION OF LOCAL PEOPLE TOWARDS THE BRITISH COLONIZATION (TERENGGANU AND KELANTAN) THE ARRIVAL OF THE BRITISH TO THE MALAY PENINSULA * The British first became involved with Malay politics in 1771 * Francis Light was sent to meet the Sultan of Kedah‚ Sultan Muhammad Jiwa to open up the state’s market for trading. * Kedah faced multiple external threats during this time period from Siam(also known currently as Thailand) * Two parts of story involving two Sultans. * PART
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