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| controlled most of interior java in the 17th century; weakness of the state after the 1670s allowed the Dutch to expand their control overa ll of Java |
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| Indian troops, trained in European style, serving the French and British |
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| the British political establishment in India |
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| battle between the troops of the British East India Company and an Indian army under Siraj-ud-daula, ruler Bengal; British victory gave them control of Northeast India |
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| architect of British victory at Plassey; established foundations of the Raj in northern India |
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| three districts that comprised the bulk of British-ruled territories in India during the early 19th century; capitals at Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay |
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| ruled by Indian princes allied with the Raj; agents of the East India Company were stationed at their courts to ensure loyalty |
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| name given to Britons who went to India to make fortunes through graft and exploitation; returned to Briatin to live richly |
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| British official who reformed East India Company corruption during the 1790s |
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| Zulu defeat of a British army; one of the few indigenous victories over 19th-century European armies |
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| Western European possessions in Africa, Asia, and the South Pacific where small numbers of Europeans ruled large indigenous populations |
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| a type of settlement colony, such as those in North America and Australia, where European settlers made up the majority of the population |
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| colonies, such as those in South Africa, New Zealand, Algeria, Kenya, and Hawaii where minority European populations lived among majority indigenous peoples |
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| belief in the inherent superiority of whites over the rest of humanity; peaked in the period before World War I |
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| migration into the South African interior of thousands of Afrikaners seeking to escape British control |
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| independent states-Orange Free State and Transvaal-established during the 1850s in the South African interior by Afrikaners |
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| British entrepreneur in South Africa; manipulated political situation to gain entry to the diamonds and gold discovered in the Boer republics |
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| fought between the British and Afrikaners; British victory and postwar policies left the African population of South Africa under Afrikaner control |
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| his voyages to Hawaii from 1777 to 1779 opened the islands to the West |
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| Hawaiian prince; with British backing he created a unified kingdom by 1810; promoted the entry of Western ideas in commerce and social relations |
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| Hawaiian edict issued in 1848 that imposed Western property concepts that resulted in much Hawaiian land passed to Western commercial interests |
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| Western-educated Indian leader, early 19th century; cooperated with British to outlaw sati |
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| British colony in South Africa; developed after Boer trek north from Cape Colony; major commerical outpost of Durban |
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