unit 6 world history

HOW THE "NEW" IMPERIALISM DIFFERED FROM THE "OLD" IMPERIALISM

New imperialism focused on natural underground resources due to the Industrial Revolution.

Lin zexu

Chinese official who wrote letter to queen victoria asking to stop the selling of opium

The worlds plunderers

This was called

Famine

Boer war 1899

Boer (afrikaners) fought against the British over land and gold/diamonds

British won And South Africa became British empire

The devil fish in Egyptian waters

King Leopold II (CORVEE SYSTEM)

Corvee system

Boers

• were Dutch settlers in South Africa.

• They were also called Afrikaners.

Hong xiuquan

who claimed to be the brother of Jesus.

• led the taiping rebellion

• wanted to replace Qing dynasty with a Christianity based society

The end of all dynasties in china

Xinhai revolution 1911

COLONIES

Territory settled and ruled from another land (dominions).

What is imperialism-colonialism

The domination of the political,social, and economic life of one “weaker” country by a stronger industrialized nation/empire [mother country]

Assimilatior is

The French strategy (most affective strategy) they mixed French culture with the colonized people.

Francophone is

31 west African nations speak French

Indo-China is

Laos Cambodia, Vietnam, Siam/thailand

French colonized

Why did European industrial powers colonize Africa?

• recourse

• White mans burden + social Darwinism

• Dr Livingstone

• Christian military efforts

• King Leopold II stranglehold on Congo

The 3 C’s

• Christianity

• Commerce

• Civilization

King Leopold II..

• almost destroyed Congo, until he was eventually stopped. (Henry Stanley assisted him in claiming the Congo)

PROTECTORATES

Country with its own government, but under the control of a stronger outside power.

• Egypt (British)
• Cuba (USA)

SPHERES OF INFLUENCE

An area in which an outside power claims exclusive investment or trading privileges and other nations agree to respect it. LIKE CHINA

SOCIAL DARWINISM

Survival of the fittest; some believed they were "endowed."

MEANING BEHIND: THE SUN NEVER SETS ON THE BRITISH EMPIRE

The British Empire had colonies on which the sun was always shining.

Cecil Rhodes

Made his fortune in diamonds; wanted to connect the British colonies in Africa.

Berlin Conference 1884: "Scramble for Africa"

Solved the problem of dividing Africa; split Africa (1884).

Sepoy Mutiny of 1857
(Sepoy)

Indian soldiers fighting for the British.

• In 1857, new British bullets were rumored to be covered with cow/pig fat.

Emperor dowager cixi

Reason she became emperor was bc she was harem and emperor made her pregnant

meiji emperor mutsuhito

• he thought modernizstion was necessary

• Became a empire builder

Mohandas Gandhi and the I.N.C. (Indian National Congress)

Spearheaded the independence movement; boycotted buying clothes; non-violent protest.

Partition of India, 1947

Muhammad Jinnah spearheaded the movement to make a country for Muslim-majority areas.

Opium Wars

The British started selling opium to China and getting its citizens addicted, which caused a war between the two states.

Taiping Rebellion

Chinese civil war; Chinese Christians wanted to reform China.

Sino-Japanese War

War between China and Japan, which China lost (fight over Manchuria and Korea).

Boxer Rebellion

Chinese group who wanted to get rid of foreigners in China, but was put down by outside powers.

Xinhai revolution

Manchu dynasty would soon fall

• Led to the founding of the Republic of China in 1912.

• Sun Yat-sen was a key leader and is known as the “Father of Modern Chin

Opening of Japan 1853

• U.S. Navy (Commodore Matthew Perry) forced Japan to open to trade and commerce.

• Ended Japan’s 200+ years of isolation.

Tazimat reform

Ottoman Empire trying to trying to stop decline by modernization, ( military)

Meiji Restoration (1868)

• Japan began rapid industrialization and modernization.

• Adopted Western technology, government, and military systems.

• Goal: Become strong and avoid colonization

Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905)

• War between Russia and Japan over Korea and Manchuria.

• Japan won, shocking the world as the first Asian power to defeat a European one.

• Proved Japan had become a modern imperial power.

Self strength reform

Chinas effort on modernization ( military and economy)

Cecil rhodes

Made a fortune in diamonds; wanted to connect British colonies in Africa

Dr livingstone

British reporter looking for the Nile river and went missing only to be found by journalist Henery Stanley.

Boxer rebellion targets

1. Foreign devils

2. Chinese Christian’s

Boxers believers they were

Bulletproof/divine power

Persistent problems that plague some African nations

1. Flag Independence

2. rogue regimes

3. desertification

4. Famine/"kwashiorkor"

5. Tsetse Fly

John Bull

British Uncle Sam

Dominion meaning

Kings colony

Kowtow meaning

Bow down Chineese

Corvee system was…

Brutal and in Portugal/Belgium

Indirect system was

In British and was like “ shadow owned”

Rhodes scholar

Founded country that became “Rhodesia” (zimbabwe today) wanted to build British “Cape Town to clario railroad