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343241792Kingdom of Mataramcontrolled most of interior Java in the 17th century; weakness of the state after the 1670s allowed the Dutch to expand their control over all of Java0
343241793sepoysIndian troops, trained in European style, serving the French and British1
343241794Rajthe British political establishment in India2
343241795Plassey (1757)battle between the troops of the British East India Company and an Indian army under Siraj-ud-daula, ruler of Bengal; British victory gave them control of northeast India3
343241796Robert Clivearchitect of British victory at Plassey; established foundations of the Raj in northern India4
343241797Presidenciesthree districts that comprised the bulk of British ruled territories in India during the 19th century; capitals at Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay5
343241798Princely Statesruled by Indian princes allied with the Raj; agents of the East India Company were stationed at their courts to ensure loyalty6
343241799nabobsname given to Britons who went to india to make fortunes through graft and exploitation; returned to Britain to live richly7
343241800Charles CornwallisBritish official who reformed East India Company corruption during the 1790s8
343241801Isandhlwana (1879)Zulu defeat of a British army; one of the few indigenous victories over 19th-century European armies9
343241802tropical dependenciesWestern European possessions in Africa, Asia, and the South Pacific where small numbers of Europeans ruled large indigenous populations10
343241803White Dominionsa type of settlement colony - as in North America and Australia - where European settlers made up the majority of the population11
343241804settler coloniescolonies - as South Africa, New Zealand, Algeria, Kenya, and Hawaii - where minority European populations lived among majority indigenous peoples12
343241805white racial supremacybelief in the inherent superiority of whites over the rest of humanity; peaked in the period before World War I13
343241806Great Trekmigration into the South African interior of thousands of Afrikaners seeking to escape British control14
343241807Boer republicsindependent states - the Orange Free State and Transvaal - established during the 1850s in the South African interior by Afrikaners15
343241808Cecil RhodesBritish entrepreneur in South Africa; manipulated political situation to gain entry to the diamonds and gold discovered in the Boer republics16
343241809Boer War (1899-1902)fought between the British and Afrikaners; British victory and post-war policies left African population of South Africa under Afrikaner control17
343241810James Cookhis voyages to Hawaii from 1777-1779 opened the islands to the West18
343241811KamehamehaHawaiian prince; with British backing he created a unified kingdom by 1810; promoted the entry of Western ideas in commerce and social relations19
343241812Great MaheleHawaiian edict issued in 1848 that imposed Western property concepts that resulted in much Hawaiian land passed to Western commercial interests20

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