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Title: A Second Wave of European Conquests


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A Second Wave of European Conquests
  • Settler colonialism and mass death in Pacific
  • American and Russian expansion
  • Japanese colonization in Taiwan and Korea
  • Defiant Ethiopia and diplomatic Siam

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Settler colonialism and mass death in the Pacific
  • Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii
  • isolated populations invaded by white settlers
    diseases
  • Indigenous population becomes impoverished and
    displaced in their own lands

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American and Russian Expansion
  • Both expanded across continental lands
  • displaced indigenous Native Americans, Central
    Asians and Siberians
  • USA would also expand into Caribbean/Pacific
    Ocean (spanish-american war)

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Japanese colonization in Taiwan and Korea
  • Japan industrialized
  • annexed island of Taiwan and Korean pen
  • Engaged in European style colonialism

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Defiant Ethiopia and diplomatic Siam
  • Two leading exceptions to wave of imperialism
  • Ethiopia defeated Italy in 1896 at Battle of
    Adowa
  • Siam (todays Thailand) used diplomacy/accomodati
    on to avoid annexation
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