The Russian Pacific

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The Russian Pacific
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Peter I (Peter the Great)

• 1672-1725
• Modernizer, westernizer
• Pacific explorations

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Vitus Bering

• 1681-1741
• First and Second Kamchatka Expeditions
• Ivan Fyodorov, 1732

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Russian Colonization

• Fifty-year delay
• Fisrt colony in 1784
• Russian Orthodox Church
• Russian American Fur Company, 1799
• Fort Ross, 1812
• Sold to U.S., 1867

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The American Pacific
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The Oregon Territory

• The Anglo-American Convention of 1818
• Early settlement
• The Oregon Trail
• The Oregon Treaty of 1849

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The Mexican-American War, 1846-1848

• The Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo, 1848

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The California Gold Rush

• Sutters Fort (Sacramento)
• Sutters Mill
• The Forty-Niners

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The Transcontinental Railroad

• The Big Four
• Charles Crocker
• Mark Hopkins
• Collis Huntington
• Leland Stanford
• May 10, 1869

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The Asian Diaspora

• The 1849 Gold Rush
• Guandong Province to Gold Mountain
• The Transcontinental Railroad
• Other occupations
• Restaurants
• Laundries
• Day laborers
• Farmers

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The Asian Diaspora

• Racism and Discrimination
• The depression of the 1870s
• Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882

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The Asian Diaspora

• Responses
• Chinatowns
• Immigrant protective associations
• Agricultural cooperatives
• Social clubs
• Tongs

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The Asian Diaspora

• The growing Chinese-American Presence
• 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
• Angel Island, 1910
• Magnuson Act, 1943
• The Immigration Act of 1965

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The Asian Diaspora

• Other peoples
• Japanese
• Korean
• Filipino
• Other places
• Southeast Asia
• Hawaii
• Central and South America

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Hawaii

• First settlement, 1000 CE
• Polytheism Pele
• kapu
• Class dimensions
• Gender dimensions

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Hawaii

• King Kamehameha, ca. 1758-1819
• Able to exploit the West
• Able to preserve Hawaiian independence

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Hawaii

• Growing western influences
• A diverse society
• The mahele of 1848
• Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii, 1887

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Hawaii

• The end of the monarchy
• Queen Lili?uokalani
• The Hawaiian League (the Annexation Club)
• The Committee of Safety
• January, 1893
• Debate over annexation
• Princess Ka'iulani
• The Morgan Report, 1894
• Annexation in 1898
• Statehood in 1959
• Native Hawaiian issues, today

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The Spanish-American War, 1898

• Battle of Manila Bay, April 1, 1898
• Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines

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The Spanish-American War, 1898

• Battle of Manila Bay, April 1, 1898
• Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines
• The Open Door Notes
• Secretary of State John Hay
• September November 1899
• Addressed to Britain, France, Germany, Italy,
  Japan, and Russia
  
• Respect the political and territorial integrity
  of China

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The Philippines

• The Philippine Insurrection / The Philippine
  American War
  
• Existing Filipino independence movement
• Emilio Aguinaldo (1869-1964)
• Heavy casualties

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The Philippines

• The Philippine Insurrection / The Philippine
  American War
  
• Existing Filipino independence movement
• Emilio Aguinaldo (1869-1964)
• Heavy casualties
• American Control
• Colony
• Commonwealth status, 1935
• Independence, July 4, 1946

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American Joins the Imperialist Club