Chapter 19 - Attempts at Liberty Flashcards
This country’s original settlers were convicts
Australia
The first treaty Japan ever signed with a Western nation
Treaty of Kanagawa
Baptist missionary to India
William Carey
Dutch farmers
Boers
Explored the Congo for Belgium; hired by a newspaper to find another explorer in the interior of Africa
Henry Stanley
Spaniards born in Spain who represented the king in Latin America
Peninsulares
Englishman was an early explorer of Australia and New Zealand
James Cook
Spaniards born in the New World
Criollos
Missionary-explorer who spent his life among the Africans
David Livingstone
Those of mixed Indian and Spanish blood
Mestizos
Soldiers from India
Sepoys
Missionary to the cannibals of West Africa
Mary Slessor
Pioneer missionary in China
J. Hudson Taylor
Ambitious military leaders in Latin America who overthrew governments and ruled to their own advantage
Caudillos
The “liberator” who led the struggle for freedom in the northern portion of South America
Simon Bolivar
The explosion of this ship precipitated the Spanish American War
USS Maine
Opened Japan’s door to trade with the United States
Matthew Perry
Acquisition of this land from France, doubled the size of the United States
Louisiana Purchase
The act permitted the French Canadians the right to retain their language, law, customs, and to practice freely their Roman Catholic religion
Quebec Act (1774)
Led an army over the Andes to free Chile and Peru from the Spanish
Jose de San Martin
Purchased the Louisiana Territory from Napoleon for the United States
Thomas Jefferson
King of Belgium who conquered the Congo
Leopold II
Empire-builder who sought a string of land in Africa “from Cape to Congo”
Cecil John Rhodes
United States president who refused European intervention in Latin America for any reason; only the United States was allowed to intervene
Theodore Roosevelt
Britain that led his forces to defeat the Indian ruler of Bengal in 1757
Robert Clive
An individual’s right to be tried in his own national court for breaking the law of another country
Extraterritoriality
United States president who refused European intervention in Latin America for any reason; only the United States was allowed to intervene
James Monroe
Declared Brazil independent and became its emperor
Dom Pedro
Mistreatment of this country led to the Spanish American War
Cuba
The 1857 revolt by native Indian troops employed by the East Indian Company
Sepoy Mutiny
The 1894-95 war between China and Japan; won by Japan
Sino-Japanese War
Warning issued by President Monroe that the United States would resist any efforts to colonize the Americas
Monroe Doctrine
Chinese uprising against Western influences
Boxer Rebellion
The extension of power by one people or country over another country
Imperialism
Battle where the British defeated an Indian ruler during the Seven Years War
Battle of Plassey
Drug from poppy plants that wars between China and Britain were fought over the smuggling of
Opium
The mysterious explosion of what ship precipitated the Spanish-American War?
USS Maine
Which Englishman was an early explorer of Australia and New Zealand?
James Cook
Who was the “liberator” who led the struggle for freedom in the northern portion of South?
Simon Bolivar
What term applies to ambitious military leaders in Latin America?
Caudillos
Who declared Brazil independent and became its emperor?
Dom Pedro
Which Britain led his forces to defeat the Indian ruler of Bengal in 1757?
Robert Clive
The Battle of Plassey helped ensure British dominance in which country?
India
The Spanish-American War resulted from Spain’s mistreatment of which country?
Cuba
Canadians the right to retain their language, law, and customs and to practice freely their Roman Catholic religion?
Quebec Act
Who were the first Europeans to settle South Africa?
The Dutch
Which treaty was the first treaty Japan ever signed with a Western nation?
Treaty of Kanagawa
Who led an army over the Andes Mountains to free Chile and Peru from the Spanish?
Jose de San Martin
What did the principle of extraterritoriality deal with?
Westerners who broke Chinese law were given the right to be tried in their own national courts
