What were the reasons for imperialistic expansion before the Industrial Revolution?
colonialism, mercantilism, gold, silver, spices, power, to get around Muslim control
100
What was a critical factor in the growing tensions between the colonizers and the rising African and Asian middle classes?
growing size and changing makeup, women disapproved of mixed marriages, men established restrictive laws
100
In what way was latin America different from other regions that remained outside the direct control of Western imperialism?
Latin America cast off previous colonial controls through revolutions
100
By what date had all of Spanish South America gained its independence?
1825
100
What European nation was the first to offer recognition of independent nations of Latin America?
Britain
200
What were the motives for expansion in the late 19th century?
need raw products for production, need workers
200
What economic sectors increased as a result of European economic exploitation of their colonies?
mining, cocoa, palm oil, rubber and food production
200
In what century did most Latin American countries achieve their independence?
19th century
200
In what way was the experience of the Napoleonic wars different for Portugal than for Spain?
Portuguese royal families fled
200
The United States expressed attitude toward Latin American independence in 1823 with the _______________.
What were the factors that account for Latin America's economic stagnation from 1820 to 1850?
Monroe Doctrine
too specific constitution that were too often changed and not enough foreign change
300
Where do we see an example of White Dominion?
Canada and Australia
300
What are the similarities in colonialism between Australia and South Africa?
freedom of political rule under the British
300
Which revolution was rejected by Creoles as a model because of excessive radicalism?
French Revolution
300
How was Brazilian independence achieved?
Pedro I declared independence
300
What does Manifest Destiny refer to?
the agreement following the Mexican-American War in which Mexico ceded about one half of its territory to the United States was the Treaty of ________________
the U.S. wanting to rule form the East-West Coast
Guadalupe-Hidalgo (1848)
400
Prior to 1902, what type of colony was South Africa?
mining
400
What event set the Boer colony in South Africa on a different path than the White Dominions of Canada and Australia?
conquest of their capitol of Cape Town by the British
400
What event in 19th century Europe precipitated the movements for independence in Latin America
French invaded Portugal and Spain
400
In what way was the government of independent Brazil different form those of the other newly created Latin American nations?
it was a monarchy
400
Under Juan Manuel de Rosas, the United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata adopted...
What was the export crop in Brazil that made up over 40 percent of Brazil's exports by 1840?
central government and local autonomy (was weak)
coffee
500
What was the European strategy to the government of tropical dependencies?
recruited favored minorities, often Christians, not the civil service and polices (Christians agains Muslims)
500
What were the results of contact between Europeans and the Maoris?
spread of alcoholism and prostitution, Maoris introduced firearms to their army, spread of disease
500
Who was the person responsible for the independence movements in Argentina and Chile?
Simon Bolivar
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What characteristic is associated with the "centralist" theory of government in Latin America?
monarchy
500
Following the 1830s, the literary and artistic style preferred in Latin America was _______
What was the status of women in post-independence Latin America?