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The New Zealand Wars were previously referred to as the Land Wars or the Māori Wars, [6] and an earlier Māori-language name for the conflict was Te riri Pākehā ("the white man's anger"). [6] Historian James Belich popularised the name "New Zealand Wars" in the 1980s, [ 16 ] although according to Vincent O'Malley , the term was first used by ...
The Texas Revolution (October 2, 1835 – April 21, 1836) was a rebellion of colonists from the United States and Tejanos (Hispanic Texans) against the centralist government of Mexico in the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas.
The original Māori society of New Zealand was based on a collective identity found on the iwi and hapū. [1]: 20 Iwi are the largest social units in Māori society.In the Māori language iwi roughly means "people" or "nation", [2] [3] and is often translated as "tribe", [4] or "a confederation of tribes".
The Reform Government of New Zealand was the government of New Zealand from 1912 to 1928, led by the conservative Reform Party. It is probably best remembered for its anti- trade union stance in the Waihi miners' strike of 1912 and a dockworkers' strike the following year.
The history of conflicts involving the Texas Military spans over two centuries, from 1823 to present, under the command authority (the ultimate source of lawful military orders) of four governments including the Texas governments (3), American government, Mexican government, and Confederate government.
2001 — President George W. Bush and Mexican President Vicente Fox, friends from Bush’s days as governor of Texas, held high-level discussions on a comprehensive immigration reform plan that ...
The new Texas government had no funds, so the military was granted the authority to impress any supplies that would be useful. This policy soon resulted in an almost universal hatred of the council, as food and supplies became scarce, especially in the areas around Goliad and Béxar, where Texian troops were stationed. [ 45 ]
New Zealand’s new right-leaning government took more than a month to take shape, but Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and his coalition partners are now racing to strip back policies that had ...