Yes, In most of Africa the rainfall regime is characterized by distinct wet and dry seasons. ... Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique) where growing seasons are of less than three months' duration on average.
Europeans used Social Darwinism to justify empire building by their belief that they had the right and also the duty to bring the results of their progress to different countries. I believe that this would be the answer you're looking for :)
The correct answer is the capture and burning of Washington, D.C.
During this war, the British army used the fact that US army men were inexperienced compared to them and swiftly conquered Washington and burned it and pillaged it.
I believe this would be true considering the had lost the civil war