2012 Election ResultsPresident- Obama (Dem)Senate Majority- Democrat

◦ Senate- Joe Donnelly (Dem) from IndianaHouse Majority- Republican

◦ House of Rep- 4 Rep, 1 Dem from IndianaIndiana Governor- Mike Pence (Rep)Indiana State Senate- Dem Majority (District 30)- Scott Schneider (Rep)Indiana House- Republican MajoritySuperintendent of Education- Glenda Ritz (Dem)Same Sex Marriage- Legalized in Maine and Maryland

◦ already legalized in New York, Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and D.C.

◦ 8 total states now have legalized gay marriageLegalization of recreactional Marijuana in Colorado and Washington

◦ Passed on the ballot but not certain if it will be legalized◦ Discrepancy between being illegal for the federal gov’t and legal for the state

gov’t◦ If passed, users 21+◦ excise tax on marijuana will be at 25% for growers, middlemen, and users

New Rivals on the World Stage

Portugal- Lacked numbers and wealth needed to dominate Spain- gained Philippines. Became major Spanish base for

trade in the Pacific. The Dutch and the English- dominated trade (better

financed than Portuguese)

The West in Southeast Asia

• Dutch East India Company- Massive profits from spice trade (controlled entire Indonesian Archipelago)

• Mainland Southeast Kingdoms Burma (Myanmar), Siam (Thailand), and Vietnam- Strong monarchies were able to resist European encroachment (but did participate in some trade)

The Impact of the Western Powers◦ Hindu and Muslim people controlled by the Mughal Empire◦ English beat out the Dutch and French for control of India◦ British established the East India Company- traded

Indian cotton made goods and spices◦ Battle of Plassey (1757)- Small British force defeated

Mughal army ten times its size. British East India Company could collect taxes from Mughal

Court Marked the gradual transfer of the Indian

Subcontinent to British control◦ Seven Years War (1756-1763)- British forced French to

withdraw from India completely

The French and the British in India

China◦ Qing Dynasty- Manchus◦ Western Inroads

Russia – Fur and Skins England- Tea and Silk Limited Contact

Traders confined to a small island and could only reside there October-March

Japan◦ Opening to the West

The Portuguese Initially visitors welcomed Catholic Missionaries Missionaries success provoked Anti-west sentiment

Missionaries expelled Japanese Christians were persecuted European Merchants then expelled

The Dutch only merchants allowed to stay Didn’t send missionaries

China & Japan

Spain and Portugal The West Indies

◦ The British and the French◦ The “Sugar Factories”

North America◦ The Dutch (1st)

New Netherlands (Hudson River Valley- New York State) Decline of Dutch due to competition and warfare with British and French Eventually, England seized the Dutch’s colony and renamed it New York

◦ The English Jamestown (1607) Thirteen Colonies By 1750, the colonies were very prosperous and heavily populated (1.5

million people)

◦ The French Canada Trade in furs, leather, fish and timber

The Americas