In pointing to the right direction,those who claimed that Nigerias amalgamation may be responsible for our present and past challenges or to those who constantly claim that without the separation, we cannot move forwarded. I hereby present a comparative situation for our esteem audience to ponder. The history of America mostly told is that of its independent and glory, but a careful look at the American history would place it side by side with Nigeria in term of amalgamation and merging done by Britain. The merging of province or protectorate does not just begin in Nigeria; it has always been Britains pattern in most of their colonized areas. If we, Nigerians claimed that amalgamating southern and northern protectorates means falsehood in itself, if we claim that the amalgamation is the cause of our past and present challenges, if we claim that the only solution to our present situation is separation,if we claim that we can not forward with the beautiful union, this must be the greatest joke of the 21st century. It does not only portray us as intellectually lazy which of course I know we are not, but also portray us as untruthful and insincere with our self. Using the U.S as a model, when the U.S was under British colonization, British captured America and with time divided it into 13 colonies, the 13 colonies were the colonies on the Atlantic coast of north America, founded between 1607(Virginia) and 1733(Georgia), they Americans revolted in the American revolution, starting in 1775-1776 and declared their independent from the British empire and formed the new nation now called the united state of America. The United state of America can be said to be a great nation today, not just a great nation, but the most powerful nation as far as the world is concerned as at today. This implies that if I use the U.S as a model of comparison, it would not only be suitable, but would also be a perfect match. We often hear the story of U.Ss victory and success, but none cared to know the story, this is why I say that before you envy the glory of the U.S,pls,try to know the story. The United state was colonized by Britain in 1774, when Britain conquered many of the town, cities and villages; they made them into 13 colonies. The 13 colonies were Delwwere,Pennysylania,New jersey,Georgia,Connecticut,Massachusettsbay, Maryland, South caroline,New hempshere,Virginia,New York, North caroline,Rhoda island and province plantation. Each colony developed its own system of self Government at first under British rule. Other division prior to 1730 was, the dominion of new England, created in 1655 by the decree from king James II that consolidated Maine, new hemspere,massachusett bay colony, Plymouth colony, Rhoda island,Connecticut,province of new York, east jersey and west jersey into a single larger colony. King James merged the 13 province of America together to form what is today known as United State of America. after the merging, the middle colony of America was characterized by a large degree of diversity, religious, political, economic and ethnic. It was the same 13 province of America that was merged that later revolted and formed the todays U.S. They were initially not together, they were merged by Britain and are characterized with so much struggle of leadership hiding under self determination and ethnicity, they fought their own civil war and after which they came to an understanding. The American Civil War (1861– 1865), in the United States often referred to as The Civil War and sometimes called the War between the States, was a civil war fought over the secession of the Confederate States. Eleven southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America (the Confederacy); the other 25 states supported the federal government (the Union). After four years of warfare, mostly within the Southern states, the Confederacy surrendered and slavery was abolished everywhere in the nation. Issues that led to war were partially resolved in the Reconstruction Era that followed, though others remained unresolved.It was the result of their understand that we see today and envy. If they had separated in their illusion of incompatibility and struggle for leadership,ethnicity,religious dominance and so on which even made them to fight a civil war just as Nigeria did, what would we call the great United State of America of today that we envy?
Posted on: Tue, 03 Dec 2013 15:10:24 +0000
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