CMST 2010 Chapter : CMST2010
Document Summary
Black guy, smart, union fighter, traveled to republic of congo (colony of belgium), wrote letter to. Belgium (king leopold ii) saying the way they ran hospitals/education/slavery was not working in congo. Joules ferry -french magistrate, gave speech in front of senate, said it was a european duty to civilize inferior races (white man"s burden) Mustafa kamal-, sultan of ottoman empire (after wwi) disgusted with actual sultan, made turkey a sovereign state, education no longer under islamic rule. Gandhi (film)- english were rulers on someone else"s land, indians (both hindi and muslim) wanted. Home rule and expulsion of british forces out of india, gandhi was all about non-violent non- cooperation in order to shut economy down. There were many peaceful gatherings, one of which resulted in a british general (dyer) commanding his troops to fire on civilians including women and children, there were over 1000 casualties (amritsar massacre).
