Global Empires, Trade, Resistance, and Colonial Revolution

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Balance of power

A condition in which competing states have roughly comparable power, limiting the chance that one will dominate.

Canton system

Qing rules that restricted Western European trade to approved merchants and the port of Canton.

Indirect rule

Colonial governance that relied on local elites to help enforce policies and collect taxes.

Mercantilism

An economic policy that directed colonial trade and resources toward strengthening the home country.

Unequal treaties

Agreements imposed on China that granted foreign powers trade access and other concessions.

Quiz questions

1. What did the Peace of Hubertusburg confirm after the Seven Years’ War?Answer: Prussia retained control of Silesia and its status as a major European power.
2. What immediate controversy helped trigger the Indian Mutiny of 1857?Answer: Rumors that Enfield rifle cartridges were greased with cow or pig fat.
3. What did the 1842 Treaty of Nanjing require China to do?Answer: Cede Hong Kong, open five ports to trade, and grant Britain favorable terms.
4. What followed the Pueblo uprising of 1680 in New Mexico?Answer: The Spanish were driven out for twelve years, and later policies granted some Pueblo concessions.
5. What was the immediate result of Britain’s capture of Quebec in 1759?Answer: It marked a major British advance in the struggle for control of North America.