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