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Chapter 11 section 5
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10th Grade
11/29/2013

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Pacific Rim
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the countries that border the Pacific Ocean
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Siam
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maintained its independence throughout the colonial period
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King Mongkut
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Siam modernized itself under the guidance
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King Chulalongkorn

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Mongkut’s son, in a royal proclamation, showed his importance

 

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Emilio Aguinaldo
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leader of Filipino nationalists, claimed that U.S. promised independence after Spanish American war

 

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Annexation
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adding of the territory to the U.S. in Hawaii
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Queen Liliuokalani
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new Hawaiian ruler took the throne, removed from power
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Dutch East Indian Company
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actively sought lands in Southeast Asia
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McKinley Tariff Act
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passed by the U.S government set off a crisis in the islands, the act eliminated the tariffs on all sugar entering the U.S.

 

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Sanford B. Dole
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a wealthy plantation owner and politician, named president of the new Republic of Hawaii, asked the U.S. to annex it
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