1 min read•october 3, 2023
📖 AMSCO p.417 - p.425
Term | Definition + Significance |
Indentured Servitude | A system in which people worked on lands for a set number of years to pay off debt for their passage before being set free. |
Penal Colony | A settlement where convicts are exiled, used to separate them from the general population |
Diaspora | A mass emigration from a country or region for a period of many years |
Taiping Rebellion (1850-1864) | A Civil War between the Qing dynasty and Taiping Kingdom |
Emigrate | When people leave one’s country to go to another |
The Great Famine (1845-1849) | Potato crop was destroyed, which was a main food source, leading to Faine |
Colonial Service | Government officials who administered British possessions overseas |
Colonization Society | Japanese governments established group to export Japan’s large population and commercial goods |
Meiji Restoration (1869) | The loss of power of the Tokugawa Shogunate and the rise to supreme rule of the Emperor |
Convicts | Individuals found guilty of a crime or offense and serving a sentence of imprisonment |
1 min read•october 3, 2023
📖 AMSCO p.417 - p.425
Term | Definition + Significance |
Indentured Servitude | A system in which people worked on lands for a set number of years to pay off debt for their passage before being set free. |
Penal Colony | A settlement where convicts are exiled, used to separate them from the general population |
Diaspora | A mass emigration from a country or region for a period of many years |
Taiping Rebellion (1850-1864) | A Civil War between the Qing dynasty and Taiping Kingdom |
Emigrate | When people leave one’s country to go to another |
The Great Famine (1845-1849) | Potato crop was destroyed, which was a main food source, leading to Faine |
Colonial Service | Government officials who administered British possessions overseas |
Colonization Society | Japanese governments established group to export Japan’s large population and commercial goods |
Meiji Restoration (1869) | The loss of power of the Tokugawa Shogunate and the rise to supreme rule of the Emperor |
Convicts | Individuals found guilty of a crime or offense and serving a sentence of imprisonment |
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