Chapter 23 Flashcards
Congress of Vienna
aftermath of the Napoleonic wars, where France wasn’t punished very harshly.
Count Camillo di Cavour and Italian Unification
- formed alliance with France so he could attack Austrian controls of the Northern Italian provinces in 1858, war leading to more nationalist rebellions in Italy until the peninsula was unified under the Piedmontese King, reducing the power of the Pope.
Maoris
native peoples of New Zealand
Aborigines
native peoples of Australia
1770 Bengal Famine
Forced British Parliament to act on the rampant corruption of officials in India, called nabobs, and restructure the East India Company/ Lord Charles Cornwallis also checked the widespread corruption and reduced power of local admin.
Isandhlwana
location of battle fought in 1829 between the British and Sulu, with Sulu victory.
Tropical Dependencies
the great majority of European colonies
small number of Europeans ruled over large number of non-western peoples.
Settlement Colonies
Areas like NA and Australia where large numbers of Europeans came and settled, decimating native population.
White Dominions
colonies where Europeans are the vast majority, like Australia and America.