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Marxism
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an economic and political system by Karl Marx. Stated that the state throughout history has been a device for exploitation of the masses by dominant class and that the capitalist system, containing from the first seeds of its own decay will be superseded by a socialist order and a classless society
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19th Century- major events
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Defeat of French Empire in Napoleonic Wars
British Empire world's leading power Industrial Revolution in Europe |
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King Leopold’s Congo
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The Congo Free State was a government privately controlled by Leopold II King of Belgians.
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Brooks
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A slave ship that crammed over 600 slaves into a space designed to carry no more than 450 people. 60 slaves died.
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Elmina
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Portuguese founded this fort on the underside of the West African bulge. The Dutch captured it in 1637
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Mahdi
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a Muslim messiah, whose presence was foreseen in a prophecy as preceding the end of the world.
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Alejandro Malaspina
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he was a scientifically trained Spanish naval officer.
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Mandarin Yacht
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A fake chinese junk, built to sail on his large artificial lake near London.
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Tippu Tip
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the biggest slaver of them all. his activities almost succeeded in pre-empting European imperialism.
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coolies
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laborers, mainly from poor communities in IKndia and China, conned or coerced at miserable wages as contracted or indentured workers for some of the era's most demanding work on plantations.
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tea picker
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an imperial beverage in the 19th century made in India to undermine Chinese exports.
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new rich
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people among the most satirized villains and clowns on the age.
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business imperialism
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where a government had to accept economic domination
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indirect rule
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masking of power behind a facade that native monarchs and elites can still retain control of their own countries.
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Monroe Doctrine
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1823- the US had unilaterally decreed a ban on European colonialism in the New World
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Scramble for Africa
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European's scrambled for resources in Africa
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comparative slavery in 19th century
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Differences between NA and South Africa
use of indigenous people for labor. SA used both imported slaves and indigenous people. slaves were also brought in by sea in the 17th and 18th centuries |
