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Imperialism
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04/18/2010

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INDIA: 7 Year’s War
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War in which the British forces defeated the French forces at the Battle of Plassey for revenge after the “Black Hole of Calcutta”.
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INDIA: Robert Clive
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Lead the British forces at battle of Plassey
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INDIA: Nawab of Bengal
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Caused the “Black Hole of Calcutta”
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INDIA: Treaty of Paris 1763
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Treaty in which France lost India and Canada to Brittan
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INDIA: East India Company
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Force that rules India but abuses it’s powers
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INDIA: Sepoy Rebellion
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Rebellion caused by the abuses of the East India Company
1. Moslems fired bullets with meat in them because the Hindus viewed cows as sacred
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INDIA: Queen Victoria
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Appointed as ruler over India when the East India Company was abolished.
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INDIA: Sutee
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Tradition where widows were burned alive with their deceased husband that was abolished by British reform
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CHINA: The sleeping dragon
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Nickname for China
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CHINA: Manchu Dynasty
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Last dynasty to rule China full of revolts and a decline in leadership
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CHINA: 1st Opium War
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War with G. Brittan forcing China into trading with them. They mainly wanted Opium from India and got 2,600 tons of it per year.
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CHINA: Treaty of Nanking
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Treaty issued after Brittan’s victory over China that gave Hong Kong to Brittan and opened Chinese trade.
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CHINA: 2nd Opium War
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War with China against Brittan and France that lead to China’s defeat and legalization of Opium trade, and extraterritoriality
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CHINA: Extraterritoriality
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Privilege of being tried in one’s native country for crimes committed on foreign lands
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CHINA: Sino-Japanese War
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War between Japan and China that showed how helpless China was. Japan carved up China into ‘Spheres of Influence’
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CHINA: Open Door Policy
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Policy issued out of fear for trade loss that gave U.S. an equal opportunity to trade with China. Hawaii was overthrown by U.S. and Queen Liliuokalani was ousted. **This kept China intact territorially.
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CHINA: Boxer Rebellion
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Patriotic movement led by Society of Harmonious Fists which was anti-Western but ended up put down by combined western forces.
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JAPAN: Tokugawa Period
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Time when Japan closed to all foreign influence under rule of Shogun
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JAPAN: Treaty of Kanagawa
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treaty issued by Commodore Matthew Perry that re-opened trade with Japan. **This lead to Japan’s ‘transformation’ or modernization
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JAPAN: Meiji Period
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Time when political powers of the emperor were restored in Japan with Emperor Mutsuhito
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JAPAN: Mutsuhito
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Abolished power of Shogun/ Feudalism, and Samurai warrior class
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JAPAN: Sino-Jap War
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Proved to Western nations that Japan was a major modern power and marked end of ‘transformation’ leaving Japan as a modern nation
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JAPAN: Russo-Jap war
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War for control of Manchuria which was ended by the Treaty of Portsmouth. Theodore Roosevelt received a Nobel Peace Prize for involvement in the treaty.
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AFRICA: “Dark Continent
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nickname given to Africa because of lack of territorial knowledge on the part of Europe
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AFRICA: Dr. Livingston
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Physician who explored Africa
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AFRICA: Henry Stanley
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Writer for the Daily Herald who explored Africa and found Livingston in 1871
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AFRICA BRIT RULE: Egypt/ Sudan
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territory eventually won by Brittan in the Battle of Disraeli against France.
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AFRICA BRIT RULE: Ben Disraeli
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acquired Suez Canal for Brittan
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AFRICA BRIT RULE: Ferdinand DeLessepes
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Built Suez Canal
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AFRICA BRIT RULE: Suez Canal
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canal that was known as Brittan’s ‘life line’ to India
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AFRICA BRIT RULE: Battle at Khartoum
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British led by, Charles Gordon, are massacred by the Dervishes while British military occupied Egypt.
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AFRICA BRIT RULE: General Lord Kitchene
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got revenge in 1898 by defeating the Dervish at Omdurman
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AFRICA BRIT RULE: Fashoda
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Site where Kitchener’s forces and French forces clash, but France backs down
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AFRICA BRIT RULE: John Speke
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proves that Nile flows from Lake Victoria
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AFRICA BRIT RULE: Cecil Rhodes
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“the empire builder’ envisioned a Cairo to Cape Rail Road and expanded British rule by founding Rhodesia
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AFRICA BRIT RULE: Boer War
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War between British and Dutch (boers) where the British won South Africa
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AFRICA FRENCH RULE: France had control over...?
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Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco
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AFRICA GERMAN RULE: Germany had control over...?
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German S.W. Africa and German E. Africa
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AFRICA GERMAN RULE: German E. Africa
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most important German colony in Africa
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AFRICA GERMAN RULE: Berlin to Baghdad Railroad
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Germany’s attempt to capture the Suez Canal from Brittan
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AFRICA BELGIAN RULE: Belgian Congo
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was Exploited by Leopold II
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RESULTS OF EUROPEAN IMPERIALISM: Benefits to Nations
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Better government administration which lead to improved public health
Economic expansion but with benefits going to Imperialistic Power
Improved education (although only for native elite) with generally more stable security
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RESULTS OF EUROPEAN IMPERIALISM: Disadvantages to Nations
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Often brutal exploitation and humanity at its worst with draining of wealth
Restrictions on development
International tensions increase which are a factor in the start of WWI
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