WarmUp #3AChp. 24, Sec. 3, pg. 723

Read the text & answer the following questions:

1. What was the Crimean War?2. What were the Balkan Wars?3. Who were the Young Turks?4. Who was Florence Nightingale?

East Asia & the WestChp. 25, Sec. 2: Imperialism within Southeast Asia

1.Opium Wars2.Taiping Rebellion3.Boxer Rebellion4.1911 Revolution5.Treaty of Kanagawa6.Meiji Restoration7.Meiji Reforms8.Sino-Japanese War9.Russo-Japanese War10.Treaty of Saigon

WarmUp #3B

IMPERIALISM

Interpret the political cartoon (to the right).

1.What does it look like England is doing?

2. What do you think about this?

3. Why do you think England is able to do this?

Old & New Imperialism

• imperialism: extension of a nation’s power over other lands (by establishing colonies)

– creating an “empire”

• Old imperialism: European nations set up posts in Africa & Asia to control trade

• New imperialism: European nations controlled large areas of land in Africa & Asia

Old Imperialism

New Imperialism

Reasons for Imperial Control• raw goods (natural resources) from the various

colonies to the European countries of control

• finished products (via factories) from the European countries back to colonial markets

• intense European competition…especially between France & Great Britain!

• “White Man’s Burden” (Rudyard Kipling): idea that the white race is a superior race…& has a moral responsibility (duty) to “help” the other races become civilized & industrialized

• direct rule: European rulers from European countries

• indirect rule: local rulers in the colonies that kept power…but recognized the European country’s power

The British in India Chapter 25: Section 1

• Read about The British East India Company & India under the British Raj.

• Create a chart comparing India under both.

British East India Company India under British Raj

the British wanted jute: a fibrous plant, that can be woven for multiple purposes---found in India, along with cotton, indigo & tea

Costs & Benefits of British Rule in India

• Costs:– schools only for the elite– the British manufactured

goods; destroyed local industries

– farmers were encouraged to grow cotton, not food (not enough food to feed the population: between 1800-1900, 30 million died of malnutrition)

– Indians were viewed as lesser people…their culture was not respected

• Benefits: – brought political & social

stability– brought honest & efficient

government– set up schools– introduced trains, the

postal service & telegraph

Sepoy Mutiny (1857)

• Sepoys: Indian soldiers hired by the British

• revolted: – were tired of being

treated like 2nd-class citizens

– religious frustrations• ammunition

casings greased with pork & beef (forbidden for Muslims & Hindus to eat)

Indian Nationalism• Indian nationalism: the

Indian National Congress & the Muslim League called for share in the government

• Mohandas “Mahatma” Gandhi: nonviolent resistance (“civil disobedience”) eventually led to independence

Thailand (Siam)