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8405238256MataramKingdom that controlled the interior regions of Java in 17th Century; Dutch East India Company paid tribute0
8405238257SepoysTroops that served the British East India Company; recruited mainly from various warlike peoples of India1
8405238258British RajBritish political establishment in India; developed as a result of the rivalry between France and Britain in India2
8405238259Battle of PlasseyBattle in 1757 between troops of the British East India Company and an Indian Army under the ruler of Bengal; Marked the rise of the British control over Northern India3
8405238260Robert CliveArchitect of the British Victory at Plassey; established the British Raj in northern India4
8405308317PresidenciesThree districts that made up the bulk of the directly ruled British territories in India (Madras, Calcutta, Bombay)5
8405308318Princely StatesDomains of Indian princes allied with the British Raj; made up of 1/3rd of the British Indian Empire6
8405308319NabobsName given to British representatives of the East India Company who went briefly to India to make fortunes through graft and exploitation7
8405340082Lord Charles CornwallisReformer of the East India Compay administration of India in the 1790s; checked widespread corruption; reduced power of the British Raj8
8405385376Ram Mohun RoyWestern educated Indian leader; cooperated with the British to outlaw sati9
8405440336IsandhlwanaLocation of battle fought in 1879 between the British and Zulu armies in South Africa; resulted in defeat of British; one of the few victories of African forces10
8405440337Tropical dependenciesColonies with substantial indigenous population tht are ruled by small European political and military minorities with the assistance of colonized bureaucrats, soldiers, clerks, and servants11
8405506630Settlement coloniesAreas conquered by European invaders and settled by large numbers of European migrants who made colonized areas permanent homes and dispersed and decimated the indigenous people12
8405530845White DominionsColonies in which European settlers made up the overwhelming majority of the population; native population is reduced by disease and wars of conquest13
8405573578White Racial SupremacyBelief in the inherent mental and moral and cultural superiority of whites; peaked in acceptance in decades before WWI; supported by social darwinists14
8405629452NatalBritish colony in South Africa; developed after Boer trek north from Cape Colony; major commercial outpost at Durban15
8405757335Boer RepublicsTransvaal and Orange Free State in Southern Africa; established to assert independence of Boers from British Colonial government16
8405757336Cecil RhodesBritish entrepreneur in South Africa around 1900; manipulated the political situation in South Africa to gain entry to resources of Boer Republics17
8405757337Anglo-Boer WarFought over the continued Independence of Boer republics; resulted in a British Victory but began the process of decolonization for whites in South Africa18
8405757338Captain James CookMade voyages in Hawaii resulting in opening of islands to the west; convinced Kamehameha to establish unified Kingdoms in the islands19

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