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331171694MataramKingdom that controlled interior regions of Java in 17th century; D E I C paid tribute to the kingdom for rights of trade at Batavia; weakness fo kingdom after 1670s allowed Dutch to exert control over Java0
331171697sepoysTroops that served the British East India Company; recruited from various warlike peoples of India.1
331171709British RajBritish political establishment in India; developed as a result of the rivalry btw France and Britain in India2
331171715PlasseyBattle in 1757 between troops of the B E I C and an Indian army under Siraj ud-daula, ruler of Bengal; British victory resulted in control of northern India3
331171723Robert CliveArchitect of British victory at Plassey in 1757; established foundation of British Raj in northern India4
331171735presidenciesThree districts that made up the bulk of the directly ruled British territories in India; capitals at Madras, Calcutta, and Bombay5
331171741princely statesDomains of Indian princes allied with the British Raj; agents of E I C were stationed at the rulers' courts to ensure compliance6
331171751nabosName given to British representatives of the E I A who went briefly to India to make fortunes through graft and exploitation7
331171760Lord Charles CornwallisReformer of the E I A administration of India in the 1790s; reduced power of local British administrators; checked wide spread corruption8
331171765Ram Mohun RoyWestern-educated Indian leader, early 19th century; cooperated with British to outlaw sati9
331171770IsandhlwanaLocation of battle fought in 1879 btw the British and Zulu armies in south Africa; resulted in defeat of British; one of few victories over w. Eu by Africans10
331171780tropical dependenciesThe greater portion of the European emires consisting of Africa, Asia, and the South Pacific where small numbers of Europeans ruled large populations of non-Western peoples11
331171791settlement coloniesAreas, such as North America and Australia, that were both conquered by European invaders and settled by large numbers of European migrants who made the colonized areas their permanent home and dispersed and decimated the indigenous inhabitants12
331171796White DominionsColonies in which European settlers made up the overwhelming majority of the population13
331171811white racial supremacyBelief in the inherent mental, moral, and cultural superiority of whites14
331171821NatalBritish colony in south Africa; developed after Boer trek north from Cape Colony; major commercial outpost at Durban15
331171832Boer RepublicsTransvaal and Orange Free State in southern Africa;established to assert independence of Boer from British colonial gov in Cape Colony in 1850s16
331171844Cecil RhodesBritish entrepreneur in south Africa around 1900; manipulated political situation in south Africa to gain entry to resources of Boer republics17
331171857Anglo-Boer WawrFought btw 1899 and 1902 over the continued independence of Boer republics; resulted in British victory, but began the process of decolonization for whites in South Africa18
331171869Captain James CookMade voyages to Hawaii from 1777 to 1779 resulting in opening of islands to the West;convinced Kamehameha to establish unified kingdom in the islands19

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