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The Reasons for the Rebellion of 1837 in Upper Canada

The Reasons for the Rebellion of 1837 in Upper Canada INTRODUCTION There was neither big revolution nor dependence war in the history of Canada. The Rebellion of 1837 was the first and the only one revolt with certain scale, which occupies an important position in Canada history. In The Rising in French Canada 1837 , Joseph Schull indicates that the Rebellion of 1837 is the mirror of the conflicts among developing national and political philosophy, different life styles. It’s a test for the people and leaders of the country. There were two armed uprisings of 1837 which took place in the lower and Upper Canada respectively. In the lower Canada which was ethnically heterogeneous, comprising both the French and English colonialists; the revolt was due to political ethno-exclusivity. The colonial administration treated the two factions with discrimination. It favored the English colonialists and neglected the voices of the French colonialists. However, in the Upper Canada, t...

HOW DEMAND AND SUPPLY ARE THE MARKET FORCES.

FOOD WINE AND CULTURE OF CARLIFONIA Demand is the quantity of a commodity or service which the consumers are willing to buy at a particular time in a given time. Supply on the other hand, refers to the specific quantity of a particular product or service available in the market at either a specific price or range of prices. There are many factors that have been influencing the supply and demand for food in the recent years. This paper will describe and evaluate some of these factors and the main reasons behind those factors. The paper will first seek to explain the factors affecting the demand for food and then go a notch higher to describe the factors that determine the supply of food over the recent years. First and foremost, Food prices to a higher degree affect the availability of food to the consumers. Although sometimes the demand of a food commodity may be independent of its price; more often than not higher food prices results in a declining demand and vice versa. Th...

The Bridge that Jubilee Repaired.

    Ababu Namwamba the retired general after a long dry spell of loneliness in the political limbo, resurfaces. This time round singing to the tune of Jubilee, without any doubt to try to console himself  from the political blackout he found himself in, all this time. A result of his uncalled for rebellion or is it narcissistic self pride.     How many people saw Ababu namwamba yesterday. The guy was sullen, melancholic cowering in ignominious fear. You can fail to see by the face, a woman with a dead spirit, but a hopeless downtrodden man with no Ego or spirit  inside is like a chicken which has been rained on cats and dogs. The general who now supports Jubilee because a bridge in budalangi was repaired, does not reflect the image of a general anymore but portrays a state of ambivalence and dilema, having an empty party over his shoulders. Of what use is his Labour party, he inherited from a woman who has thrown in the towel of pol...

REAL DONALD GETS TO THE OVAL OFFICE

United States-Russia diplomatic relations could be moving from between a rock and a hard place under Obama administration to a loggerhead status post Obama regime. Going by South Carolina’s, republican senator Lindsey Graham; Americas president elect, billionaire Donald trump could have trumped senator Hillary Clinton courtesy of Russian government cyber attack. Graham, a leading senate foreign policy expert has reiterated allegations by US officials of how Russia hacked on the Democratic national committee. Russian government trespass from which DNC’s sensitive emails were released to the republican presidential candidate Donald Trump acted as a step stone in his campaigns. Though republicans carried the day, Senator Lindsey is not happy with Russia’s misadventure in the whole world over. He maintains that Vladimir Putin should be punished and special senate hearings be held over the same. Through the successful election of Donald Trump Russia has succeeded to circumvent the ...

THE SCRAMBLE FOR NAIROBI GOVERNOR SEAT

PK confirms he is not running for presidency   “This time round I will not be running for presidency”, said he. The words have created a hot debate on the dynamics of Kenyan politics. Very soft, honest and sincere words he uttered but Peter Kenneth hardly knew the political storm he was brewing by speaking his mind. In 1978 former president Hon. Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi, the then vice president was laughed off as a passing wind. While Mzee was just about to breath his last in his illness. An eleventh hour race to amend the constitution with an aim of blocking Daniel Moi from sitting as interim president for 90 days, was flagged off. Only if wishes were horses but alas! Mzee died before this selfish ambition matured. Just as in football, performance history can perfectly foretell future performance.   Perhaps   because naturally, history repeats itself. Similarly in the Kenyan executive structure, history has not defied its order. Right from the first t...