Venture Smith. Venture Smith (Birth name: Broteer) (c. 1729 – 1805) was captured when he was a 6 and a half-year-old boy in West Africa and was taken to Anomabo on the Gold Coast (today Ghana) to be sold as a slave. As an adult in Rhode Island (Connecticut), he purchased his freedom and that of his family.
protectorate with the local government controlled by a foreign country. A foreign country can also exert a great deal of economic influence. One of the most widespread forms of imperialism was colonization.
Imperialism Examples and ColoniesFormer European Colonies in North and South AmericaBritain<span>BelizeCanada - British Columbia, Lower Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Mosquito Coast, British Guiana Falkland IslandsNewfoundland and Labrador, North-Western Territory, Prince Edward Island, Rupert's Land, Upper CanadaSouth Georgia South Sandwich Islands<span>United States: 13 colonies, Oregon country in the Pacific Northwest</span></span>
Japan gained control of this country.
Baldassare Castiglione wrote The Courtier during the Renaissance which described courtly conduct for the nobles of Italy. This is where we get the term Renaissance man.
