Chapter 10 Flashcards

Question

Canada timeline

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Constitutional Act of 1791 William Lyon Mackenzie Louis Joseph Papineau Lord Durham Act of Union John Macdonald and George Etienne Cartier British North America Act of 1867 Canadian Pacific Railway Louis Riel

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Created English-speaking Upper Canada (now Ontario) and French-speaking Lower Canada (now Quebec) Upper Canada → guided by English laws and traditions Lower Canada → French traditions and Catholic Church

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Ppl of Upper and Lower Canada despised the power held by small group of elites led rebellion in Lower Canada head of French Canadian Reform party

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Ppl of Upper and Lower Canada despised the power held by small group of elites led rebellion in Upper Canada “Put down the villains who oppress and enslave our country”

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Britain sent Lord Durham to report on the causes of unrest in Lower and Upper Canada

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Joined the two Canadas into one province Gave them an elected legislature to determine some domestic policies Britain would still control foreign policy and trade

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urged confederation [unification] of Britain’s North American colonies felt this would strengthen Canada against American ambitions and help economic development

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Created the the Dominion of Canada Canada had its own Parliament, modeled after Britain By 1900s, Canada had some control over foreign policy, but kept close ties to Britain

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linking eastern and western Canada

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led two uprisings of the métis [ppl of mixed Native American and French Canadian descent Many metis were French-speaking Catholics who believed the government was trying to take their land and destroy their language and religion Government quelled both uprisings

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Aborigines A Penal Colony free citizens were encouraged to migrate bc of free land and tools prosperous wool industry bc good conditions for sheepherding gold rush Commonwealth of Australia granted women's rights earlier than US or Britain first nation to introduce secret ballot

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Britain had sent convicts to North American colonies earlier, but American Revolution closed that option prisons in England were full

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Britain was worried about interference from other European powers New country kept its ties to Britain by recognizing British monarch as head of state

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Maori tried to fight back settlers introduced sheep and cattle they started exporting wool, mutton, and beef Won their own parliament, prime minister, and elected legislature Preserved close ties to Britain

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No Creoles replaced peninsulares as ruling class The Roman Catholic Church kept its privileged position and land New constitutions guaranteed equality before the law, but deep-rooted inequalities remained

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loyalty to a local area weakened the new nations

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local strongmen assembled private armies to resist central government Popular caudillos often gained national power and ruled as dictators Power struggles let to frequent revolts that changed little

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Santa Anna annexation of Texas war Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Benito Juarez La Reforma Napoleon III and Maximilian General Porfirio Diaz

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improved Philippines' economy bc trade with European countries was easier Some upper class Filipinos gained better access to education

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inspired Filipinos to work to gain better treatment from Spain

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American naval officers encouraged Filipino rebel leaders to declare independence from Spain Philippines later joined US war effort expected independence but US gave Spain $20 million to control Philippines

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led a Filipino rebellion against the US was quelled

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caudillo posed as liberal reformer, then reversed his stand after brief struggle, Texas gained independence after Texas was annexed by US, war was declared

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Mexico lost almost half its territory to US

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liberal reformer started La Reforma Juarez’s opponents turned to Europe to get rid of him: Napoleon III sent troops to Mexico and set up Austrian archduke Maximilian as emperor Later, Maximilian was caught and shot Juarez returned to office but was unable to renew his reforms

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new era of reform revised the Mexican constitution ended Church's special privileges stripped military of power brought mestizos into politics

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staged military coup after Juarez’s death and ruled as a dictator He strengthened army, local police, and central government Made economic advances at high cost: Capital for development came from foreign investors who were granted special privileges He let wealthy landowners buy up Native American lands Rich prospered, but poor stayed poor Many native americans and mestizos fell into peonage

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hacienda owners would give workers advances on their wages and require them to stay on the hacienda until they had paid back they owed

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Britain and US were chief trade partners foreign goods Latin America, creating profits for foreigners and a few local business ppl With foreign capital, some Latin American economies grew Tiny elite benefited from economic growth, but very little trickled down to the ppl at the bottom Poor earned too little to buy consumer goods, so many industries failed Foreign investment led to local interference as investors would pressure their own govs to take action if politics or reform movements threatened their own interests

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declared that the American continents should no longer be considered to be up for colonization Spain plotted to recover its American colonies, clashing with British economic interests British leaders asked Monroe to join them in a statement opposing new colonization of the Americas Acting alone, Monroe issued the Monroe Doctrine Britain’s strong navy backed this up

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self-issued Gave the US international police power in the Western Hemisphere US sent troops all over Latin America to protect their economic investments ie. When Dominican Republic didn’t pay its foreign debts, US sent in troops

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- Cuba wanted independence from Spain - US joined, leading to Spanish-American War - Cuba won independence - US forced Platt Amendment Cuban patriots had spent years trying to gain independence from Spain US decided to join their cause, leading to Spanish-American War, which they won Cuba was granted independence, but US forced Cubans to add the Platt Amendment to their constitution, which gave US naval bases in Cuba and the right to intervene in Cuban affairs

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US wanted to build a canal across Central America, and Panama was a proposed site, but Panama belonged to Colombia US backed a revolt by Panamanians against Colombia They won and US got control of the land to build the canal Panama didn’t gain complete control of the canal until 2000

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"Yankee imperialism"

Chapter 10 Flashcards

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