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Imperialism. Stronger/more powerful nations overtaking weaker ones. What is it?. 1700s. Industrial Revolution – need more resources!! Power hungry – show industrial/military strength Advances in transportation and communication – easier to control New economic and political power. Why?. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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*Imperialism

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*What is it?

*Stronger/more powerful nations overtaking weaker ones

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*1700s

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*Why?

*Industrial Revolution – need more resources!!*Power hungry – show industrial/military strength*Advances in transportation and communication – easier to control*New economic and political power

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*Motives

*Economic Interests*Political/Military*Humanitarian/Religious*Social Darwinism

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Weakness of non-western states Advantages of westerners:

Strong economy Well-organized gov’t Powerful armies/Navy Technological and medical advances

How were westerners able to dominate so quickly?

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*Results

*Resisting Imperialism/Western Domination *Revolts*Organize nationalist movements to get rid of westerners

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Impose western culture

French - French officials

Local rulers/sultans/chiefs govern get educated by westerners

British

FORMS OF IMPERIAL RULE

Direct Rule Indirect Rule

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Local rulers follow advice of westerners (trade, missionary activities, etc.)

Outside power has all of the rights to trading privileges

China – carved out amongst many powers to avoid conflicts among themselves

FORMS OF IMPERIAL RULE (CONT.)

Protectorate Sphere of Influence

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AfricaExplain European contact with Africa up to this point? What have we discussed so far?

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Age of Exploration?Cape Colony (Cape of Good Hope) –

Control from the Dutch to the British; Boers resent British laws/customs so they migrate north and encounter the Zulus

Slave trade – mostly outlawed; US freed slaves – Liberia (independent republic)

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European DominationMove into Africa’s interior

(transportation/medical advances)

Missionaries – paternalistic view of Africans

Map interior, trade, spread Christianity, gain wealth/fame

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HURRY!!! Get your colony!!

King Leopold II (Belgium) – Control of Congo leads to Europe wanting a piece of the pie!

Berlin Conference – westerners divide up Africa diplomatically (no Africans were invited) New borders, no regard

for tribal lines/cultures/religions

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Results? Exploitation of the raw materials/resources Brutalization of villagers Forced to work for little to no pay Beatings/mutilations Little to no role in gov’t Wealth went back to Europe, not to the natives Invasions/bloodshed African resistance Burning of crops/starvation to show strength of west Ethiopia modernized so was able to fight off the

Italians – they remain free

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How does this cartoon relate to what we have been discussing?

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Boer War Boers descendants of Dutch settlers 1814 British take the Cape Colony from the

Dutch Discovery of gold/diamonds in Boer land

leads to conflict w/ GB Guerrilla warfare – GB wins New Gov’t run by whites and sets up a

system of complete racial segregation (apartheid until 1993)

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Muslim Region

• Ottomans in the Middle East

• Safavids in Persia

• Mughals in India

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Decline of All 3 Empires…• Central gov’ts lost control,

corruption was widespread, etc.

• Europeans won favorable trading rights

• Rise of reform movements including Wahhabi in Arabia (purity and simplicity in Muhammad’s original teachings)

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Who was an infamous leader who practiced the Wahhabi faith?

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Problems for the Ottomans• Local rulers increasing in

power• Economic issues• Corruption• Nationalism in multi-

ethnical empire• Revolts• Reforms were rejected

(Young Turks thought that reforms were the only way to save empire)

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Armenian Genocide• Armenians – Christians • Muslim Turks accused the Armenians of supporting the

Russians against the Ottoman Empire• Armenians protested against Ott. Policies

• Sultan had thousands then killed• Over 25 yrs. 600,000 – 1.5 million Armenians were

killed/died from disease and starvation

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Egypt• Semi – independent

from Ottomans in early 1800s

• Success due to Muhammad Ali• “Father of Modern

Egypt”• Political/econ.

Reforms = + world trade

• Built western/modern army

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Suez Canal • After Ali’s death, Egypt became increasingly under foreign control

• French organized a company to build canal

• Egypt couldn’t afford to repay loans so they sold shares in the canal – GB bought the shares

• GB made Egypt a protectorate

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Persia• Dictatorship but made

reforms • Russia wanted to protect

southern border/expand• GB wanted to protect

interests in India

•1900’s = OIL!!!!• Russia and GB granted

concessions (special rights given to foreign powers) – sent troops to protect interests

• Persian nationalists = outraged

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India “The Crown Jewel”Mughal Empire – gave trading rights to the British East India CompanyIn decline b/c of diversity (not unable to unite

vs. British)Inferior weapons

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Sepoy RebellionProblems Sepoys (Indian soldiers)

– required to serve overseas (offense vs. high-caste Hindu religion)

Hindu women were now able to remarry under GB law

New rifle cartridges – greased with animal fat (cow and pig) which had to be bitten off to load them into rifles

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Results:Sepoys brutally massacred British men, women and children

GB crushed revolt – revenge = torch villages/kill unarmed Indians

Left fear, hatred and mistrust on both sides

India now under direct British rule, sent more troops and increased taxes

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Positive Negative

Impact of the British:

Improved infrastructure

Education/legal structure

Medical improvements

Social changes (equality/end slavery /caste systems)Banned sati

Tried to force Hindus/ Muslims to convert to Christianity

Unjust imprisonments (Sepoys)Destroyed villagesDeath tollTaxed Indians to pay the cost of

British troopsTurned to unskilled laborDeforestationFarms – grew cash crops, not

food

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Indian Nationalism GrowsIndian National Congress – wanted self rule but western-style modernizationGrew increasingly Hindu controlled

Muslim League – formed to protect interests of Muslims once INC was gaining control by Hindus

Separate Hindu and Muslim state or cooperation in the future for India??

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Previously had strict limits

on foreign trade (had a favorable balance of trade/trade surplus)

China entered a period of decline Industrial Rev = West needs more

(raw materials, trade, etc.) and gave them superior military power

China

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British merchants making large

profits (mostly in silver) selling opium from India for tea – hurting the Chinese economy

Chinese became addicted to the drug

Chinese gov’t outlawed the drug/executed drug dealers

Chinese warships conflicted w/ British merchants starting the Opium War

China was easily defeated due to tech advances of GB

Opium War

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Unequal treaty Britain received large indemnity

(payment for the loss in war) GB gained Hong Kong GB gained 5 ports and

extraterritoriality (live under own laws/tried in own courts)

Treaty of Nanjing (Nanking)

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Problems – Qing dynasty in decline,

flooding, population explosion, $ to imperial court, tax evasion by rich, corruption…

Peasants rebelled as a response After 14 yrs., the gov’t crushed the

rebellion (deaths of 20-30 million) Qing gov’t in power but now has to share

rule, Europe took opportunity to seize more control

Taiping Rebellion

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China begins to modernize some –doesn’t

have a lot of gov’t / citizen support Late 1800s = Sino-Japanese War

Japan wins control of Taiwan Revealed China’s weakness

Spheres of Influence Open Door Policy No one consulted the Chinese

Reform?

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Spheres of

Influence in ChinaHow does this

political cartoon explain what we’ve just

been talking about?

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Boxer Rebellion

Anger grew Christian missionaries threatening Chinese

Confucianism foreign presence

Secret society – named Boxers by foreigners b/c of martial arts Drive out the “foreign devil” Boxers attacked foreigners across China Westerners and Japanese united – Boxers

defeated

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China makes more concessions More reforms – education,

economically, socially Chinese nationalism spread – want

a stronger gov’t REPUBLIC – President Sun Yixian

(Sun Yat-sen)

Results

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JAPAN

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TOKUGAWA JAPAN

• 1603 Tokugawa family takes power • Reimposed feudalism• Closed ports to

foreigners• Forbade citizens to

travel abroad• Nagasaki – port w/

limited trade w/ Dutch• Japan - isolation

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JAPAN OPENS UP• Matthew Perry (US) – Treaty of Kanagawa – Japan agrees

to open 2 ports

• US won extraterritoriality and Europeans wanted the same – Japan feared they would soon be like China

• Revolt put 15 yr. old Meiji “enlightened rule” in power; moved capital to Edo and renamed it Tokyo

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MEIJI RESTORATION• Goal strengthen Japan

• Studied western ways and adapt them to Japanese needs

• Replaced feudal Japan with a new political and social system with modern industry/econ.

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MODERNIZATION• Centralized government – constitution (all were

equal) but emperor had absolute power, a legislature (diet), limited voting rights

• Powerful banking and industrial families emerged; industry boomed, population grew

• Successful b/c of homogeneous society – common language/culture

• Revised the unequal treaties before the turn of the century

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JAPAN’S MILITARY STRENGTH• Lacked resources / wanted to be = to the west

• Korea was isolated “Hermit Kingdom”

• Japan forced Korea to open to trade/accept unequal treaties

• Competition over Korea led to the Sino-Japanese War – Japan easily won and took control of Taiwan

• Japan challenged Russia for Korea and Manchuria – Russo-Japanese War

• Treaty of Portsmouth – Japan won Korea/parts of Manchuria

• 1st time an Asian power won over a European nation

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