imperialism 1850-1914 - mrs. yarbrough's class...
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TRADITIONAL INDUSTRIES
Industrially produced goods flooded colonial markets and displaced their traditional industries.
OPIUM WARS in CHINA-1839-1860
• Britain was exporting opium into China. • Many Chinese were becoming addicted. • Fought a war-China lost. • China agreed to allow Britain to have more
ports.
Global Imperialism
3. Egypt (Suez Canal). Egypt is in Africa • French built the Suez Canal trade easier
between EUROPE and ASIA using Mediterranean and Red Seas
• Egypt became a protectorate of BRITAIN
Indian Resistance to British Rule
• Indian National Congress-urged Britain to give equal rights to Indians and to let participate in gov’t.
• Mohandas Gandhi-most famous leader of Congress