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Present-day US state; one of the most important of the Thirteen Colonies that was the birthplace of the American Revolution
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Name (English version) given to Spanish & Portugese soldiers explorers
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(In)famous Treaty of 1494 which divided the world outside of Europe into two zones of exploration between Castile (Spain) and Portugal
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Danish trading post located along the Coromandel Coast, established in 1620.
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System of institutionalized racial segregation that existed in South Africa right until the early 1990s
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Country in Eastern Africa that was annexed by fascist Italy in the late 1930s, amid massacre of civilians by deploying chemical weapons
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Former Dutch colony on the Northeastern coast of South America
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This North African country, bordering the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea applied (unsuccessfully) for EU membership in 1986-87
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African country part of German South-West Africa until 1915
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Malaysian state, the control of which was fought intensely between the Portugese, the Dutch, and the English
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Island in the Indian Ocean which is a French Overseas Department and was populated by indentured labourers from India, among other countries
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Today, a minority language in Mexico, it was once the most important language of the Aztec empire
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North African country which witnessed a bloody war between 1954-1962 for independence from France
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Canadian province which had to be officially demarcated from English-speaking Canada
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Called the Slave Island and located just off Dakar's (Senegal) coast, it was the most important transit points in the Slave Trade.
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Caribbean island which was the first country to become independent of European colonialism after a successful slave revolt against Napoleon Bonaparte`s forces in 1804
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Central African country which was colonized by Belgium between 1908 and 1960
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This European country controlled Somaliland (present-day Somalia) beginning in 1936
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(Contested) Spanish autonomous city on the north coast of Africa; also heavily controlled as a border between EU and Africa
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_______ Rebellion: Anti-imperialist and Anti-Christian uprising in China between 1899 and 1901
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Famous 19th c British political philosopher who introduced the concept of benign colonialism (last name only)
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Present-day Indian state which witnessed Inquisition by the Portugese between 1560-1820