European empire and British empire

• why was columbus' voyage considered a turning point


  because he found it, it boosted economies of different countries, they found alot of new goods such as pineapple and tobacco, ppl there were getting baptized into christianity
• why did european empire start


  -found america and took over

  -enslaved ppl

  -baptized EVERYONE

  -stronger armies

  -knowledge of world

  -native ppl didnt gifht back as thier leader died
• empire


  group of countries/government/ppl ruled by single person government or country
• colony


  country or are controlled by more powerful country thats often far away
• political dominance


  having power over how place and ppl are governed
• economic exploitation


  unfairly taking advantage of other ppl to increase your own wealth
• culturalism


  belief that british way of life was better than those of other cultures
• racism


  belief that the white race was biologically superior to other races
• bessy cameron is


  aborigine family, skl run by white australians, taught christian and to forget abt aborigine beliefs, later turned agaisnt that way of life
• rani lakshimi


  indian princess, ignored age old customs, british taking land when husband died, british many ways interfered w religion, treid to drive brish out of india, died in battle
• cheif cakabau


  greatest cheif of fiji

  christian missionare came

  traders

  wars with other tribes led to british wars

  british took over in 1874
• cheif lobengula


  matable

  whites asked for permission to dig holes for gold in land

  allowed one hole

  came back, mines everywhere

  asked white queen to stop, she said no

  stood up to her

  died of fever
• mary prince


  poor slave, sold several times, worked for different masters, whipped + raped, walked out on master in london, wrote book bt her story,
• cheif crawfoot


  naitve cheif in canada

  chose not to fight british empire

  railway built across his lands
• columbuan exchnage