Chapter 19 Flashcards
(43 cards)
The purchase that President Thomas Jefferson purchased more than 800,000 square miles of French territory west from the Mississippi River
Louisiana Purchase
European powers should not attempt to extend control over Western hemisphere
Monroe Doctrine
An Australian Archduke that Napoleon III placed in charge of France
Maximilian
A corollary proclaimed that the U.S. has the right to intervene in Latin America
Roosevelt Corollary
This legislation permitted the French Canadians to retain their language, law, and customs and to freely practice their Roman Catholic Religion
Quebec Act in 1774
An act which created the Dominion of Canada, a federation of four provinces
British North America Act
An Englishman, who explored the eastern coast of Australia
Captain James Cook
When was the American War for Independence
1775
People who resented the British Rule
Boers
Hundreds of them began a migration called
The Great Trek
Growing Tension between the Boers and the British led to what war
Boer War
These people were Spanish Civil Officials called
Peninsulares
Spaniards born in the New World
Criollos
Those of mixed Spanish and Indian blood
Mestizos
2 men who dreamed of a Spanish South America free from outside control
Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin
Military Leaders
Caudillos
A new form of empire-building known as
Imperialism
What battle did British forces defeated the French and Indian forces
Battle of Plassey
Who led the British forces to defeat France and India
Robert Clive
Was the introduction of new rifles cartridges. The cartridges were greased with sheep fat to keep the powder dry.
Sepoy Mutiny
Dynasty which ruled China since 1644
Manchu Dynasty
War in which British forces were used to preserve the profitable but destructive opium trade
Opium Wars
A missionary who brought his family with him to China to preach the Gospel.
J. Hudson Taylor
A principle that states that Westerners who broke Chinese law had the right to be tried in their own national courts rather in Chinese Courts.
Extraterritoriality