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| 133726317 | British Raj | British political establishment in India; developed as a result of the rivalry between France and Britain in India. | 0 | |
| 133726318 | Boer republics | Transvaal and Orange Free State in southern Africa; established to assert independence of Boers from British colonial government in Cape Colony in 1850s; discovery of diamonds and precious metals caused British migration into the Boer areas in 1860s. | 1 | |
| 133726319 | Boer War | Fought between 1899 and 1902 over the continued independence of Boer republics; resulted in British victory, but began the process of decolonization for whites in South Africa | 2 | |
| 133726320 | Captain James Cook | Made voyages to Hawaii from 1777-1779 resulting in openings of islands to the West; convinced Kamehamehah to establish a unified kingdon in the islands | 3 | |
| 133726321 | Lord Charles Cornwallis | Reformer of the East India Company administration of India in the 1790's; reduced power of local British administrators; checked widespread corruption | 4 | |
| 133726322 | miscegenation | the mixing of races | 5 | |
| 133726323 | nabobs | Name given to British representatives of the East India Company who went briefly to India to make fortunes through graft and exploitation | 6 | |
| 133726324 | Plassey | Battle in 1757 between troops of the British East India Company and an Indian army under Sirud-daula ruler of Bengal; British victory resulted in control of northern India | 7 | |
| 133726325 | presidencies | Three districts that made up the bulk of the directly ruled British territories in India; capitals at Madras, Calcutta, and Bombay. | 8 | |
| 133726326 | Cecil Rhodes | British entrepreneur in south Africa around around 1900; manipulated political situation in south Africa to gain entry to resources of Boer republics; encourages Boer War as means of destroying Boer independence | 9 | |
| 133726327 | sepoys | Troops that served the British East India Company; recruited from various warlike peoples of India. | 10 | |
| 133726328 | white dominions | Colonies in which European settlers made up the overwhelming majority of the population; small numbers of native inhabitants were typically reduced by disease and wars of conquest; typical of British holdings in North America and Australia with growing independence in the 19th century | 11 | |
| 133726329 | white racial supremacy | Belief in the inherent mental, moral, and cultural superiority of whites; peaked in acceptance in decades before World War I; supported by social science doctrines of social Darwinists such as Herbert Spencer. | 12 |
