History year 1 Flashcards
how did France rule
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using direct rule over colonies and replacing local rulers, believing everyone in the territory as french
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how did Britain rule
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indirect rule over colines, allowed to keep local laws except for laws that were deemed to destructive(slavery)
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how did Belgium rule
private imperialism, allowed King Leopold to have a complete rule with no checks or balances
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name 1 unpopular British policies in India(1)
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banned sutte (burning of widows after their husbands died)
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name 1 unpopular British policies in India(2)
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passed the doctrine of lapse which meant that if there was no Indian heir to a throne a British person would step in.
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name 1 unpopular British policies in India(3)
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westernization, especially religion was unpopular
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what was the inciting cause of the Indian mutiny
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a rumor started that the musket cartridges were lined with pork and beef
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what were the 4 motives for European imperalism
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Religious,economic, geopolitical and cultural.
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why did Europe think they needed religion to be spread
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they felt they needed to stop the evils the people were doing and save their souls
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why did Europe think it needed Geopolitical power
becuase you wanted to have as many colonies as your rival counties (important example Britan making sure they held control of the Suez canal)
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why did Europe think they needed Economic control over african
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colonies produced materials and food that couldn’t be found in Europe
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why did Europe think they needed cultural imperialism
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1 idea of the white man’s burden to take over
2 acquisition of colony creates patriotism
3 to improve the life of Africans
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why did the US intervine in Cuba
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1 Cuban immigrants wanted it
2 sympthy for colonized people
3 Us investments
4 humanitarian concearns
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why did Spain lose the war
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they were not prepared for fighting and the US had better ships
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what did spain give up after the loss
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controll of puerto rico, cuba and the phillipieans
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why were the humanitarian reason for the spanish american war on the american side critized
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after taking control of the Philippians they did what the Spanish had done to the Cubans and killed thousands of civilians after a rebellion
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what was the Platt ammendment
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Cuba wouldn’t be allowed to enter any agreements with foreign countries that would stop Cuba from being independent or allow military operations on Cuba, that Cuba’s will have a permanante treaty, and will sell land to the US if asked
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why was there a revolution in 1906
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becuase the liberal party believed that the moderate party rigged the elections
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how did the revolution in 1906 end
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when the moderate party president realized the U.S wouldn’t support him he resigned And William Taft became a provisional governor
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why did the Indian mutiny fail
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1there was no organization between the rebels,
2Many areas were sympathetic to Britain,
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who was Louis Kossuth
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the nationalistic Magyar leader, his speeches were the ones that started the uprisings in Vienna
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Klemes Wenzel von Metternich
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the chancellor of Austria resigned when the riots started
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The march laws
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Independent Hungarian ministries of finance and defense could issue their own currency, nobles payed taxes and peasants could buy land and freedom of press
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Why did the hungarian revolution fail
Louis Kossuth was very nationalistic and so other ethnic groups helped the Austrians. he also made Magyar the official language even though only about 1/2 of the population spoke it.
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who is franz joseph
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the Emporer after Ferdinand said because he did not sign the March laws he would not follow them and took back hungary
