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CHAPTER 17
Section 1: The Roots of Western Imperialism
Section 2: European Claims in North Africa
Section 3: European Claims in Sub-Saharan Africa
Section 4: Expansion in Asia
The Age of Imperialism
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Negative EffectsPositive Effects
The British ended _________________________________.
The British treated the Indians as if _________________________________.
Bell Ringer 17.4:What were the positive and negative effects of British rule in India?
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As Western imperialism reached into Asia and the Pacific during the
1800s, native peoples often responded with resistance and
conflict.
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British East India Company treated India like a private colony.
…ruled 3/5 of Indian subcontinent -- rest divided into more than550 states
British gov’t took control after1857.
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The British were active rulers in India.
• Kept order; ended local wars
• Built roads, bridges, railroads
• Factories, hospitals, schools
• Tried to improve Indian farming methods
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… people of two very differentcultures living side by side.
The British believed in theirsuperiority.
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Rise of Indian Nationalism
• British system of education had a powerful impact on the Indians.
• Self-rule movement began in late 1800s– Some wanted independence gradually
– Others wanted to break all ties and sweep Western influences away
• The British kept the country on a tight rein.
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In 1853, the American commodore Matthew Perry arrived and demanded that Japan be opened to trade. By 1856, Japan was forced to receive Western consuls and to open ports to foreign trade.
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Japanese Responses to Imperialism• Westerners did NOT
rule Japan – but Japanese would be influenced and would change its gov’t and industrialize
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Meiji Restoration
• 1868 – group of samurai overthrewTokugawa shogunate and returned the emperor to power.
• Had grown impatient and wanted a gov’t and society more like the West.
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Important changes …
•Did away with old feudalsystem.•Required ALL should beliterate.•New constitution that gavevoting rights to some•Imperial Diet – bicamerallegislature (House of Peers andHouse of Representatives)
Meiji Restoration
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IndustrializationThe new government imposed military reforms to modernize Japan's army and established the foundation for industrialization.
Lack of capital dictated direct government involvement in the stages of industrialization.
Japan's careful management of industrialization limited foreign involvement. Japan would depend on the importation of equipment and raw materials from the West.
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• Gov’t bought new factory equipment from Western countries.
• Sent students & leaders to the West.
• By 1900 – Japan was the first country in Asia to industrialize.
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Sino-Japanese War• China had control of
Korea – and Japan had its eye on it.
• 1894 – rebellion broke out.
• Everyone thought China would have a quick easy victory…
• WRONG!
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Japan had a modern well equipped military …
And they were prepared.
Japan defeated China in less than 10 months- (1 August 1894 – 17 April 1895)
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Treaty of Shimonoseki 1895• China was forced to give Korea its
independence.
• Japan gained control of island of Taiwan and the eastern portion of the bay of Liaodong Peninsula.
• China agrees to pay to Japan as a war indemnity the sum of 200,000,000 Kuping taels ($160,000,000 in GOLD - 1895).
• AND the right to trade in China.
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Imperialism in Southeast AsiaBritish
ColoniesFrench Gains
Dutch East
IndiesBurma~east border with IndiaSingapore~control of vital trade route; imp. naval base
French Indochina ~Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam
Siam would be a buffer between the French & British
Java, Sumatra & Borneowould become Indonesia in 1949
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American Imperialismin the PacificThe Samoa IslandsHawaiian Islands
Philippines, Guam & Wake Island
Why would the US want these little islands in the Pacific??
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Coaling stations.
More trading partners
A haven for ship-wrecked sailors
Political Cartoon
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Political Cartoon
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In the next one week ... Britain capitulated.
14 May 1946
This cartoon shows a huge disconnect between British propaganda and reality. On 14th February, Illingsworth was busy depicting a ‘fractious’ India that would break up without the British Raj. Four days later, the 20 lakh colonial Indian armed forces, united and raised the banner of Independence. United across ranks, skin color, language, geography, religion, caste, height, weight – with only one thing uniting them. They were all Indians.
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Modern badminton was "discovered" in the 19th century by British officers in India who watched locals play a game called Poona. In England it became known as "Hit and Scream." But in 1873, at the Badminton House in Gloucestershire, the British version of the game was officially launched and henceforth known as badminton.
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Negative EffectsPositive Effects
The British ended many local wars and massacres.
The British treated the Indians as if they were inferior.
Chapter Wrap-Up
CHAPTER 26
1. What evidence is there that an industrialized country can control a country that is not industrialized?
2. What evidence is there to show that areas were colonized because they met the transportation needs of other, more powerful countries?
3. What evidence is there to show that areas were colonized for natural resources?
1. What evidence is there that an industrialized country can control a country that is not industrialized?
2. What evidence is there to show that areas were colonized because they met the transportation needs of other, more powerful countries?
3. What evidence is there to show that areas were colonized for natural resources?