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9 Cards in this Set
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Economic Motives
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Raw resources, new territories and trade
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The Decline of the Mughals
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Former power in India sub-continent, the Mughals' institution is abolished by the British all together
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East India Company
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British East India Company traded mainly in cotton, silk, indigo dye, saltpetre, tea, and opium. However, it also came to rule large amounts of India, exercising military power and assuming administrative functions
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Boers
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Descendants of farmers in South Africa, fought against the British initially then sided with them in World War I
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Raj
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British rule in India middle of 19th century to middle of 20th century
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King Leopold
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Former king of Belgium, founder of Democratic Republic of the Congo, brutal leader, led violent massacres against public
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Sepoy Mutiny
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Sepoys were a private army of East India Company in India. They revolted against the use of pigs or cow fat to grease bullets; encouraged the end of the Raj
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White Man's Burden
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Justified the policy as a noble enterprise. That non-Europe countries were looked down upon as inferior, especially Africa and India
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Transportation
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East India Company created a railway to connect more trade routes in India
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