- The rise of the British __________________________ in India owed much to the rivalry between the British and the French.
- Madras, Bombay, and Calcutta became the administrative centers of the three __________________________ that made up the bulk of the territory that Britain ruled in India.
- The venality and misgovernment of the Indian __________________________ resulted in the catastrophic Bengal famine of 1770.
- A succession of reforms in India culminated in sweeping measures taken in the 1790s by Lord __________________________.
- The greater portion of European empires consisted of __________________________ in Africa, Asia, and the South Pacific in which small numbers of Europeans ruled large numbers of non-Western peoples.
- In __________________________, the descendants of European settlers made up the overwhelming majority of the population.
- In __________________________ colonies, Europeans and indigenous peoples increasingly clashed over land rights, resource control, social status, and differences in culture.
- When diamonds were discovered in the Orange Free State in 1867, British entrepreneurs such as __________________________ began to move in.
- Hawaii was opened to the West through the voyages of Captain __________________________ from 1777 to 1779.
- King __________________________ of Hawaii promoted economic change, encouraging Western merchants to establish export trade in Hawaiian goods in return for increasing revenues to the royal treasury.