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Opium Wars
-1839 - 1860
-British merchants smuggled in opium into China in exchange for tea, silk, and porcelain.
-Chinese tried to stop smuggling.
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Sepoy Rebellion
-1857-1858
-Sepoys = Indian soldiers
-Sepoys rebelled against the British because they used sacred animal fat as a seal. This caused controversy because many did not want to put the seal in their mouth.
-British quieted revolt within year.
-British tightend control of India and ended the East India C. dominance. -
British Raj Founded
-1858 - 1947
-British takes over India (named British Raj)
-British tried to appease Indians by building India's economy up, and they improved roads, railways, telegraph lines, canals, and schools.
-British tried to changes the ways of the people.
-Indian farmers forced to grow cotton instead of wheat (factories needed more cotton). This caused famines. -
Open Door Policy
-US created policy to open Chinese trade to all nations.
-Tried to make trade more fair for itself and Japan. Most European nations and Russia were having more success with trading, despite China's reluctance to trade. -
The Boer War
-10/11/1899 - 5/31/1902
-Boers=dutch settlers who took and established land
-Boers tried to keep others (from around the world) from gaining political rights. The others came from around the world because diamonds and gold became very popular.
-Boers blamed the British, and a war began.
-1st modern war because they used commando raids and used guerrilla tactics against the British. British burned farms and imprisoned people in concentration camps.
-British won the war. -
Boxer Rebellion
-11/2/1899 - 9/7/1901
-Peasants set siege on European section of Beijing for months (very violent).
-Chinese gov. allowed it to happen and took no action.
-Europeans were sent and finally defeated peasants -
Revolution of 1911
-10/10/1911 - 2/12/1912
-Chinese, who desired a modern, independent republic rebelled against the Quing dynasty.
-They won.
-This created a democracy.
