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the mughals
“jewel in the crown”
most valuable out of all of Britain’s colonies
westernization
british east india company
sepoy + sepoy rebellion
indian soldiers (and their rebellion)
queen victoria
ram mohun roy
campaigner to move india away from traditional practices and ideas
“Father of Modern India”
dadabhai naoroji
indian national congress 1885
educated indians
influenced by western enlightenment
mostly hindu
political and social reform
move towards independence
qing dynasty
muslim league 1906
wanted to advance political and Indian muslims in Hindu dominated india
move towards independence
canton
opium
drug made with poppies
opium war
China’s effort to get the British to stop illegally smuggling opium into their country
treaty of nanking
GB got Hong Kong
extraterritorial rights
foreigners not subject to Chinese law at Guangzhou and four other chinese ports
unequal treaty
taiping rebellion
hong xiuquan wanted everyone equal
spheres of influence
area where foreign national controlled trade and investment
boxer rebellion
spring 1900- beijing
resented special privileges presented to foreigners.
self strengthening
open door policy
proposal china’s doors open to merchants
lin zexu
in charge of opium control - wrote letter to queen victoria
hong xiuquan
started taiping rebellion
dowager empress cixi
empress during opium war
puyi
feudal system in japan
tokugawa shogun
treaty of kanagawa
opened two ports at which US ships can take on supplies
meiji era
westernized (45 years)
annexation
korea was annexed (seized)
sino-japanese war
china vs japan over influence in korea
treaty of shimonoseki
japan more modern and industrialized
treaty of shimonoseki
Japan gets its first colonies (ex taiwan)
battle of tsushima
battle aagainst russia at sea (japan win)
russo-japanese war
russia vs japan want korea and manchuria
japan wins land (Mudken) sea (Tsushima)
treaty of portsmouth
after russo-japanese war
commodore perry
emperor mutsuhito
theodore roosevelt