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| War in which the British forces defeated the French forces at the Battle of Plassey for revenge after the “Black Hole of Calcutta”. |
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| Lead the British forces at battle of Plassey |
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| Caused the “Black Hole of Calcutta” |
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| INDIA: Treaty of Paris 1763 |
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| Treaty in which France lost India and Canada to Brittan |
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| INDIA: East India Company |
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| Force that rules India but abuses it’s powers |
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Rebellion caused by the abuses of the East India Company
1. Moslems fired bullets with meat in them because the Hindus viewed cows as sacred |
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| Appointed as ruler over India when the East India Company was abolished. |
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| Tradition where widows were burned alive with their deceased husband that was abolished by British reform |
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| CHINA: The sleeping dragon |
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| Last dynasty to rule China full of revolts and a decline in leadership |
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| War with G. Brittan forcing China into trading with them. They mainly wanted Opium from India and got 2,600 tons of it per year. |
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| Treaty issued after Brittan’s victory over China that gave Hong Kong to Brittan and opened Chinese trade. |
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| War with China against Brittan and France that lead to China’s defeat and legalization of Opium trade, and extraterritoriality |
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| CHINA: Extraterritoriality |
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| Privilege of being tried in one’s native country for crimes committed on foreign lands |
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| War between Japan and China that showed how helpless China was. Japan carved up China into ‘Spheres of Influence’ |
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| Policy issued out of fear for trade loss that gave U.S. an equal opportunity to trade with China. Hawaii was overthrown by U.S. and Queen Liliuokalani was ousted. **This kept China intact territorially. |
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| Patriotic movement led by Society of Harmonious Fists which was anti-Western but ended up put down by combined western forces. |
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| Time when Japan closed to all foreign influence under rule of Shogun |
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| JAPAN: Treaty of Kanagawa |
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| treaty issued by Commodore Matthew Perry that re-opened trade with Japan. **This lead to Japan’s ‘transformation’ or modernization |
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| Time when political powers of the emperor were restored in Japan with Emperor Mutsuhito |
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| Abolished power of Shogun/ Feudalism, and Samurai warrior class |
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| Proved to Western nations that Japan was a major modern power and marked end of ‘transformation’ leaving Japan as a modern nation |
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| War for control of Manchuria which was ended by the Treaty of Portsmouth. Theodore Roosevelt received a Nobel Peace Prize for involvement in the treaty. |
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| nickname given to Africa because of lack of territorial knowledge on the part of Europe |
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| Physician who explored Africa |
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| Writer for the Daily Herald who explored Africa and found Livingston in 1871 |
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| AFRICA BRIT RULE: Egypt/ Sudan |
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| territory eventually won by Brittan in the Battle of Disraeli against France. |
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| AFRICA BRIT RULE: Ben Disraeli |
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| acquired Suez Canal for Brittan |
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| AFRICA BRIT RULE: Ferdinand DeLessepes |
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| AFRICA BRIT RULE: Suez Canal |
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| canal that was known as Brittan’s ‘life line’ to India |
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| AFRICA BRIT RULE: Battle at Khartoum |
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| British led by, Charles Gordon, are massacred by the Dervishes while British military occupied Egypt. |
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| AFRICA BRIT RULE: General Lord Kitchene |
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| got revenge in 1898 by defeating the Dervish at Omdurman |
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| AFRICA BRIT RULE: Fashoda |
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| Site where Kitchener’s forces and French forces clash, but France backs down |
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| AFRICA BRIT RULE: John Speke |
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| proves that Nile flows from Lake Victoria |
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| AFRICA BRIT RULE: Cecil Rhodes |
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| “the empire builder’ envisioned a Cairo to Cape Rail Road and expanded British rule by founding Rhodesia |
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| AFRICA BRIT RULE: Boer War |
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| War between British and Dutch (boers) where the British won South Africa |
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| AFRICA FRENCH RULE: France had control over...? |
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| Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco |
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| AFRICA GERMAN RULE: Germany had control over...? |
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| German S.W. Africa and German E. Africa |
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| AFRICA GERMAN RULE: German E. Africa |
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| most important German colony in Africa |
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| AFRICA GERMAN RULE: Berlin to Baghdad Railroad |
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| Germany’s attempt to capture the Suez Canal from Brittan |
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| AFRICA BELGIAN RULE: Belgian Congo |
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| was Exploited by Leopold II |
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| RESULTS OF EUROPEAN IMPERIALISM: Benefits to Nations |
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Better government administration which lead to improved public health
Economic expansion but with benefits going to Imperialistic Power
Improved education (although only for native elite) with generally more stable security |
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| RESULTS OF EUROPEAN IMPERIALISM: Disadvantages to Nations |
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Often brutal exploitation and humanity at its worst with draining of wealth
Restrictions on development
International tensions increase which are a factor in the start of WWI |
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