the mau mau uprising Change_of_leadership ( unk ) , also known as the mau mau rebellion , the kenya emergency Emergency , and the mau mau revolt , was a war Hostile_encounter in the british kenya colony ( unk ) between the kenya land and freedom army ( unk ) , also known as `` mau mau '' , and the british colonists .

Suppressing Control the Mau Mau Uprising in the Kenyan colony cost Cost Britain £55 million and caused Causation at least 11,000 deaths Death among the Mau Mau and other forces , with some estimates an order Arranging of magnitude higher .

the results included Cause_to_be_included embarrassing the british government ; replacing Change_of_leadership cecil rhodes as premier of the cape colony ; strengthening Cause_change_of_strength afrikaner dominance of the transvaal and its gold mines ; helping start Process_start the anglo-boer war ( unk ) ; and ultimately it was a factor in imposing apartheid Hindering in the union of south africa .

It began Process_start on 22 August 1791 , and ended Process_end in 1804 with the former colony 's independence .

The end Process_end of French rule Control and the abolition of slavery in the former colony was followed Motion by a successful defense Defending of the freedoms they won , and , with the collaboration Collaboration of free persons of color , their independence from white Europeans .

By 1910 , the Kingdom of Portugal was in deep crisis : British pressure Request on Portugal 's colonies , the royal family 's expenses , the assassination Killing of the King and his heir in 1908 , changing Change religious and social views , instability of the two political parties ( Progressive and Regenerador ) , the dictatorship of João Franco , the independence movement Reforming_a_system of its most valuable colony , Brazil , and the regime 's apparent inability to adapt Cause_to_make_progress to modern times all led to Causation widespread resentment against the Monarchy .

The colony of Fiji was also invited Request due to its geographical location on the proposed Statement route of the cable but declined Agree_or_refuse_to_act .

delegates were sent Sending to the conference Communication by canada , new zealand , the australian self-governing colonies of new south wales , queensland , south australia , tasmania and victoria and the south african colony of cape colony .

delegates were sent Sending to the conference Communication by canada , new zealand , the australian self-governing colonies of new south wales , queensland , south australia , tasmania and victoria and the south african colony of cape colony .

Resolutions were proposed Statement to the conference and it was agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act that decisions Deciding would be made Manufacturing on the basis of `` one colony , one vote '' but the resolutions were not binding on the British government or the Colonial Office .

The Tuscarora lived in peace with the settlers for more than 50 years , while nearly every other colony in America was involved Participation in some conflict Hostile_encounter with Native Americans .

The last governor Chris Patten faced Confronting_problem a great deal Resolve_problem of opposition in changing Change the former colony 's political system .

While New Zealand proposed Statement that each colony provide a special force for imperial defence in the case of war , Canada and Australia both believed this idea undermined self-government .

As the UN mission began Process_start to fail , the United Kingdom declared Expressing_publicly its intention to intervene Response in the former colony and Commonwealth member in an attempt to support Supporting the weak government of President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah .

The declarations signed Sign_agreement by the Sultans of Muscat to consult Communication the British government on all important matters , the unequal trade treaties signed Sign_agreement by the two sides favoring British interests , the cessation of the Omani Kuria Muria islands to the British , and the vast control Control over the Sultanate 's government ministries , including defense and foreign affairs , exerted by the British rendered Supply the Sultanate a `` de facto '' British colony .

the capitulation Surrendering of saldanha bay was the surrender Surrendering in 1796 to the british royal navy of a dutch expeditionary force sent Sending to recapture Conquering the dutch cape colony .

great britain was concerned by the threat the dutch cape colony in southern africa posed to its trade routes to british india .

It therefore sent Sending an expeditionary force that landed Arriving at Simon 's Town in June 1795 and forced the surrender Surrendering of the colony in a short campaign .

the batavian government , not yet aware Perception_active of the capture Conquering of the cape colony , but worried by rumors of the loss Earnings_and_losses of this and other colonies of the dutch east india company ( which was about to be nationalized Reforming_a_system by the batavian republic , because it was virtually bankrupt ) , in november 1795 decided Deciding to send Sending an expeditionary force to the dutch east indies by way of the cape , and if necessary recapture Conquering the colony .

the batavian government , not yet aware Perception_active of the capture Conquering of the cape colony , but worried by rumors of the loss Earnings_and_losses of this and other colonies of the dutch east india company ( which was about to be nationalized Reforming_a_system by the batavian republic , because it was virtually bankrupt ) , in november 1795 decided Deciding to send Sending an expeditionary force to the dutch east indies by way of the cape , and if necessary recapture Conquering the colony .

the cape colony was not attacked Attack again before the end of the war in 1802 , when the treaty of amiens returned Arriving it to the batavian republic .

The fall Motion_directional of Denmark in April 1940 left the Danish colony of Greenland an unoccupied territory of an occupied nation , under threat Warning of seizure by the United Kingdom or Canada .

british military efforts were aided Assistance by cape colony , the colony of natal and some native african allies , and further supported Supporting by volunteers from the british empire , including southern africa , the australian colonies , canada , india and new zealand .

british military efforts were aided Assistance by cape colony , the colony of natal and some native african allies , and further supported Supporting by volunteers from the british empire , including southern africa , the australian colonies , canada , india and new zealand .

To achieve Achieve the seizure of the colony , the British government instructed Causation Lord Hobart , Governor of Madras to use Using the forces at his disposal to invade Attack and capture Conquering the Batavian held Defending parts of the island .

Stuart called Name_conferral on Batavian governor Johan Van Angelbeek to surrender Surrendering the colony peacefully and many trading Commerce_sell posts were taken Conquering without resistance , but Stuart 's forces were opposed Agree_or_refuse_to_act at Trincomalee in August 1795 and briefly at Colombo in February 1796 .

Following short sieges Besieging British forces were able to secure control Control of the Dutch colony , and Ceylon would remain Presence a part of the British Empire for the next 153 years .

During the second phase , lasting from late 1942 until the Japanese surrender Surrendering , the Allies—consisting primarily of Australian and US forces—cleared the Japanese first from Papua , then the Mandate and finally from the Dutch colony .

It was passed Motion_directional on April 21 , 1649 , by the assembly of the Maryland colony , in St. Mary 's City .

( The colony which became Becoming Rhode Island passed Motion_directional a series of laws , the first in 1636 , which prohibited Preventing_or_letting religious persecution including against non-Trinitarians ; Rhode Island was also the first government to separate Forming_relationships church and state . )

Aguinaldo and other Filipino officers exiled Escaping themselves in the British colony of Hong Kong in southeast China .

On April 21 , 1898 , after the sinking of in Havana Harbor and prior to its declaration of war on April 25 , the United States launched Process_start a naval blockade of the Spanish colony island of Cuba , off its southern coast of the peninsula of Florida .

The Patriot War was a conflict Hostile_encounter along the Canada–United States border where bands of raiders attacked Attack the British colony of Upper Canada more than a dozen times between December 1837 and December 1838 .

This Spanish colony included Cause_to_be_included roughly the territories of present-day Argentina , Bolivia , Paraguay , Uruguay , and parts of Brazil .

With the conclusion of the siege Besieging the island of Corsica now became Becoming a British colony , and remained Presence a British base of operations for two years .

Driven away from Cayenne by Portugal ( allies of Britain , and fighting France themselves in be Peninsular War Hostile_encounter ) , who had recently captured Conquering the colony , `` Topaze '' took Giving refuge under the gun batteries of Guadeloupe .

natal and cape colony would unite Cause_to_amalgamate with the two boer colonies of orange river colony and transvaal colony , which had been given Giving self-government in 1907 , to form Coming_to_be the union of south africa as a dominion in 1910 .

natal and cape colony would unite Cause_to_amalgamate with the two boer colonies of orange river colony and transvaal colony , which had been given Giving self-government in 1907 , to form Coming_to_be the union of south africa as a dominion in 1910 .

natal and cape colony would unite Cause_to_amalgamate with the two boer colonies of orange river colony and transvaal colony , which had been given Giving self-government in 1907 , to form Coming_to_be the union of south africa as a dominion in 1910 .

Also attending Participation was Prime Minister Sir Godfrey Huggins of the self-governing colony of Southern Rhodesia , and representing India was The Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir .

The Aroostook War Military_operation ( sometimes called the Pork and Beans War Military_operation ) was a military and civilian-involved confrontation Hostile_encounter in 1838–1839 between the United States and the United Kingdom over the international boundary between the British colony of New Brunswick and the U.S. state of Maine .

By this time it had been abandoned GiveUp by the German troops who had fled to the neutral Spanish colony of Rio Muni .

In 1779 , more than 500 recruits from Saint-Domingue ( the French colony which later became Becoming Haiti ) , under the overall command Control of French nobleman Charles Hector , Comte d'Estaing , fought Hostile_encounter alongside American colonial troops against the British Army during the siege of Savannah .

Lacking the forces to effect an invasion of the Dutch colony , Pellew instead sought to isolate and blockade the Dutch squadron based at Batavia in preparation for raids specifically targeting the Dutch ships with his main force .

The Portuguese conquest of French Guiana was an 1809 military operation Military_operation against Cayenne , capital of the South American colony of French Guiana , in the scope of the Napoleonic Wars .

In 1937 , the British governed Control Burma as a separate colony .

The Ethiopian Empire became Becoming a part of the Italian colony of Italian East Africa .

It pitted Hostile_encounter most of the colony 's ministers and magistrates against some adherents of the Free Grace theology of Puritan minister John Cotton .

During the meetings Communication , Hutchinson criticized Judgment_communication the colony 's ministers , accusing Judgment_communication them of preaching Expressing_publicly a covenant of works as opposed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to the covenant of grace espoused by Reverend Cotton .

She defended Defending herself well against the prosecution Legality , but she claimed Statement on the second day of her hearing Criminal_investigation that she possessed direct personal revelation Reveal_secret from God , and she prophesied Statement ruin Destroying upon the colony .