Ch 25 Flashcards
(48 cards)
Free Trade
trading w/o a lot of gov interference
Imperialism
conquering through gaining land, economically, politically
Imperialism of Free Trade
trading w/o a lot of gov interference
nawabs/maharajahs
local rulers
suti
burning of a widow after husband’s death
thuggi
“thug” strangle people, assasins, worshiped Kali
Sepoy Rebellion/Mutiny
Walmart takes over France
Act of Parliament
declared Victoria Empress of India
Battle of Cawnpore
sepoys vs East India Co
Protectorates
w/o formally assuming responsibility for adm
Spheres of Influences
special commercial and legal privileges(not directly controlling but still in control)
J.A. Hobson
opposed Brit. conquest of Dutch white Africans
civilizing mission
DUTY to help “Backward” people
Joseph Chamberlain
empire=source of income+ fiance domestic reform
Suez Canal
1869;Med+Red Sea
Khedives
kings of Egypt
Muslim Brotherhood
vintage Al’ Qaeda
Muhammad Ahmed
killed Brit. b/c he thought he was Messiah
Battle of Omdurman
killed 10,000 Sudanese only 48 Brit
Anglo-Franco Entente
led to Brit.+French allied in WW1
Fashoda Incident
about to be pre-WW1 but they ended it peacefully
Henry Morton Stanley
Leopold’s man;natives sign; no idea what signing
George Washington Williams, E.D. Morel, Roger Caseman
exposed Leo
Berlin Conference(BC)
divided Af. among everyone