... are described in universal terms. For instance, although all three European main characters are soldiers in the British army, they are not regarded simply as members of a national group. Each man is granted his own individual aspirations: Ballantine plans to leave the army and become a tea merchant; Cutter will stop at nothing to obtain gold. The reverse is true, however, for ... ...
... duty essentially "let go." Backing this further, this almost false yet Whig way of looking at the British Empire meant an arguably ignorant view that the Empire was the white man's" burden and during its end was honourably discharged but deliberately wound up meaning there was absolutely no shame in the loss of the British Empire, rather they felt they had ... ...
... hierarchy and importance of each individual is a key difference between the two colonial regions. Within the New England colony, each individual was given equal opportunity to succeed and become a rich man. (Document A, D) The Chesapeake region provided no such equality. The lower class was exploited and enslaved, (Document F) while the rich enjoyed all the "joys" of life in the New World. Also ... ...
... was distinguished from the darkness, which supposedly characterised the Middle Ages, but also "primitive" peoples. Kant, one of the last Enlightenment thinkers, said that the enlightenment is the emergence of man from his self-imposed infancy. In this way and in the context of imperial expansion, we are left with the image of a totalitarian system that seeks to subsume cultural difference ... ...
... racial distinctions were by far subordinate to those of economic status. One's ancestry was considered more important than mere physical appearance, as a rich black could be referred to as a white man and a poor white was termed black. The senhores de engenho (or mill owners) of the colony were the primary landowners, and their status as the owners of the largest sugar ... ...
