WH Unit 5

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What can be defined as "Using a fleet or army to force other countries to agree to economic or diplomatic terms"?

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Gunboat diplomacy

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How did some Ghanaians employed at the Customs House fight back?

Back

Some men who worked on canoes, carrying goods, would drop them over the side, in secret places, and then go back to get them at night without paying taxes.

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Who ruled much of India in 1857?

Back

The British East India Company (BEIC)

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What was the first Pan-African Congress in 1900?

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It was a gathering of people of color from around the world, to discuss shared problems and in particular the effects of racism and colonialism.

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How did reformers in Europe actually drive imperialism, in some cases?

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They believed that taking territories was okay if it “civilized or improved” their populations.

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What does it mean to say that people in the colonies were ‘subjects’?

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They were not citizens. They had few or no political rights.