England

Imperialism

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  • The First Opium War

    The First Opium War
    1. The reason behind the Opium War was to surpress the Opium trade. 2.The Chinese governement destroyed more than 20,000 chests of opium.
    2. Great Britain attacked China for making them suffer a great loss.
    3. The chinese coutnerattacks were unseucessful.
    4. Peace negotiations continued quickly and resulted in the signing of the Nanjing Treaty.

  • Sepoy Rebelion

    Sepoy Rebelion
    1. It was the unsuccessful rebelion against the British rule.
    2. It began in Meerut in northwestern Uttar Pardesh.
    3. Sepoys were Indian troops in the British army posted in India.
    4. It is often called India's First War of Independence.
    5. Mangal Pandey was the first to attack one of the British soldiers.

  • The British Raj

    The British Raj
    1. Rule of the British Crown in India
    2. Britain controled most of India.
    3. The Brits had no respect for them or their culture/religion.
    4. Imprisoned the Sepoys

  • Suez Canal

    Suez Canal
    1. Finished buildinf on November 17, 1869.
    2. Connected the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea.
    3. Built by the Frech
    4. Due to being in debt, Egypt had to sell their shares in the Suez Canal.
    5. Great Britian was the largest shareholder in the Suex Canal Company.

  • Meiji Restoration

    Meiji Restoration
    1. Under the rule of Emperor Meiji.
    2. Restored parctical imperical rule to Japan.
    3. It brought the final demis of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
    4. The leaders of the restoration were mostly youn samurai.

  • Berlin Conference

    Berlin Conference
    1. Also known as the Congo Conference (or the west Africa Conference)
    2. Regulate European trade in Africa.
    3. To create rules to peacefully divide Africa.
    4. The conference was proposed by Portugal.
    5. Conference was led by Otto Von Bismarck

  • The Congo Free State

    The Congo Free State
    1. Leopold II was the the king of Belgium, and took the colony of Congo himself.
    2. If the townspeople could not provide the basket of ivory, then they would have to give a basket of hands.
    3. The Congo Free State became the site of one the worst international scandal.
    4. Dr. Livingstone scouted the area for Leopold II, but also outed the gruesome torture the natives had to go through. 5, The general population of Congo decreased by 50% under the rule of Leopold II

  • White Man's Burden

    White Man's Burden
    1. Poem by Rudyard Kipling.
    2. It is a whit man's resposibility to rule other countries and people of the world.
    3. They said it was for the betterment of all people.

  • Boer Wars

    Boer Wars
    1. Was faught in South Africa. 2.The combatants were United Kingdom, Australia,Southern African Republic, Canada, India, New Zealand, Orange Free State and the British Raj
    2. For the Boers it was a war of independence.
    3. It resulted in the victory of the British.

  • The Boxer Rebelion

    The Boxer Rebelion
    1. Occurred in China.
    2. Another name for this rebellion was the Yihetuan Movement.
    3. Chinese secret society called the Yihequan.
    4. The “Boxers”, name was given by the westerners, practiced physical exercise that they thought would make them bulletproof.
    5. The “Boxers” killed many innocent people just because they were Christians