Colonial consequences
The name for the British political establishment in India
British Raj
How did industrialized Britain take over most of the world?
Naval superiority, new technology
Intervening in wars fought for the throne of the Mataram allowed ___ to gain major power.
Dutch
The leader who brought victory to the British in the Battle of Plassey
Robert Clive
Troops of recruited Indian men who fought on behalf of the British.
Sepoys
Colonies where Europeans became the overwhelming majority
Settlement colonies
Allowed for better communications
the telegraph
Constant internal conflict between leaders allowed ___ to gain power.
The British
An Indian leader who was educated in the West, who helped to remove the practice of sati
Ram Mohan Roy
This war was fought between the British and the Boer republics.
Anglo-Boer War
Area where majority of the indigenous population still existed in their homeland because relatively less Europeans had migrated to settle there
tropical dependencies
were contructed for mobility and the chance to spread out armies much further.
railroads
British traded ___ for wood and food with the Maori
guns
The teenage Prince of Bengal who fought against the British in the Battle of Plassey and lost
Siraj ud-duala
Location of the battle between the Zulus and the British.
Isandlwana
Where did the Dutch build their center of operations?
Batavia
What were one disadvantage of colonizing so many areas for the British?
overproduction, unemployment, political/economic crises
Schools were implemented by missionaries in ___ that previously had not even had a written-language.
Hawaii
Popular British entrepreneur in South Africa who came to Orange Free State
Cecil Rhodes
When was the Anglo-Boer War fought?
1899 to 1902
The British referred to the colonies where Europeans made up the majority of the population as ___
White Dominions
What were the new artillery that was being introduced by the Europeans?
Machine guns, Muskets were replaced with more mobile, fast-firing and accurate weaponry.
British colony established in South Africa, where a major British outpost was.
Natal
His expeditions had opened Hawaii up to the West and he was able to influence the Hawaiian prince, Kamehameha to adopt western influences
Captain James Cook
Plassey - who fought in it? Who won, and how?
War between Robert Clive. Clive paid spies to give him valuable info, bought off Ud-duala's chief general/other important allies using money from Hindu bankers who wanted to take revenge on Ud-duala. Clive also paid his troops, while the Ud-duala did not.