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Dutch government takes control of the Dutch East India Company (Southeast Asia)
The Dutch East India Company controlled much of southeast Asia and specifically what is modern day Indonesia. When the government took over the DEIC, they planned/started setting up a government in Java. Java is an island in the southern part of Indonesia. This new government eventually led to the Java war. -
Nguyen Dynasty came to power in Vietnam (Southeast Asia)
Most of Central Southeast Asia was never colonized by any European country. Previously in Vietnam, small local leaders and peasants fought for control of Vietnam. Eventually the Nguyen Dynasty managed to take power of all of Vietnam. The Nguyen Dynasty then built lots of urban and trade developments that massively benefited Vietnam. -
British parliament declared the slave trade illegal. (Africa)
British parliament declared slave trade illegal across all of Britain and the world. This followed years of massive slave trade from Africa to the rest of the world. Following this decision, Britain started attacking slave trade ships. Although this was a monumental decision, slavery was still legal in the U.S. -
Liberia Established (Africa)
Liberia was established on January 7, 1822. This made it the first African state to claim Independence. It, along with Ethiopia were the only states not taken during the scramble for Africa. It was founded by white and black Americans that were freed from slavery. -
Java War (Southeast Asia)
When the dutch government took control of the DEIC, they started a central government in Java, which lead to much resistance. The Java people didn't want to be under colonial rule so they revolted and fought the dutch. The Java lost this war with massive casualties. -
Vietnam outlaws the teaching of Christianity
In 1825, Vietnam outlawed the practice and teaching of Christianity throughout all of Vietnam. This was due to a fear and threat of french power in Vietnam. Following the outlaw, relations with France continued to get worse and more unstable. -
Sati was made illegal (India)
Sati was the practice where women would die in the tomb of his dead husband after he died. When the British came and colonized India, It was outlawed. This decision came from both white colonizers and Indian leaders that declared sati to be immoral. This had a massive affect on women's lives. -
The opium war (China)
The opium war was a period when Britain sold large amounts of opium to china. China decided that the British could only trade with China at a single port. The British, wanting tea and money, started trading opium with china. This opium trade only continued to grow until the opium war ended with a treaty. This treaty gave Britain massive trading and port power over china, opened multiple ports, and made it so that Britain got all benefits other nations get. -
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Taiping Rebelion (China)
The rebellion started when Hong Xiuquan recived a christian script from a missionary and had visions of him clearing china of evil. Xiuquan then started rebelling against the current government and tried to estate himself as the king. He believed he had a holy right to rule -
Taiping rebel group moves their capitol to Nanjing (China)
The Taiping rebel group had previously partially taken control of the Chinese government. Now, they moved their capitol to Nanjing which had more of a central location and they had more power. They wanted to build a utopia with equality for all. A group called the Manchus, opposed them and wanted them gone so they rebelled against them. -
The “Opening” of Japan
Previously, Japan was more of a hermit nation. It had little import and export of goods and its own rich culture. In 1853 the U.S sent Matthew Perry as a diplomat in an attempt to open up diplomacy and trade. He brought military threats to the capitol and emperor. -
West Africa doubles palm oil export (Africa)
After Britain declared slave trade illegal and slavery was abolished, there was a massive rise in agricultural export. This was a massive development for African trade and independence. Britain argued that palm oil trade could be a replacement to slave trade. Due to this, the palm oil export doubled in 1885. -
Europe becomes hostile again (China)
In 1856, after the opium war and substituent treaties, the European powers wanted more again. They occupied the capitol and other major cities and burned the emperors home. Following this, china signed many more treaties to give Britain and France more economic and political power. -
Great Revolt (India)
The British military in India was surprisingly mostly composed of Indian soldiers. In the great revolt, these Indian soldiers revolted against their white leaders and tried to establish independant states. The revolutionaries mostly lost to the British. Following the great revolt, Britain ruled much differently and was less involved in local politics, but still controlled India powerfully. -
Meji Resoration (Japan)
In 1867, a military group preformed a coup on the current Japanese government. They kicked out the emperor and instated a new one with total control over japan. The new government focused on centralizing the government and switching to a more western style. -
Opening of the Suez canal (India)
Previously, trade and communication was very difficult between Britain and India. Then, the Suez canal was built, joining the Mediterranean and the Indian ocean. This allowed for much faster travel, trade, and communication between Europe as a whole, and Asia. -
Infanticide banned (India)
Infanticide was a major issue in India before it was outlawed. Many new parent's would kill their newborns if they did not want them. This was especially true for newborn girls as they were seen as less valuable. This decision came from the British colonizers which believed in western ethics. This massively changed parent's, and especially young girls lives as they could actually have one. -
Japan rearranges government/changes civil rights (Japan)
In 1871, the Japanese government combined and dissolved the many domains of Japan. They wanted everyone to be under the same country. Following this, they declared all people in all regions of japan as equal and under equal rights. -
Scramble for Africa (Africa)
In the late nineteenth century, the scramble for Africa began. Many European countries started colonizing African territories. These countries, fearing they wouldn't get territory before the others did, "Scrambled" to colonize as fast as possible. Through all of this, only two countries were able to stay uncolonized, Liberia and Ethiopia. -
Japan gets a Constitution (Japan)
In 1889, during the Meji restoration, Japan instated a new constitution. They were the first to do so across all of Asia. They did this because they wanted to follow a more western style governmental system. This new constitution had major impacts on the government, and gave the emperor lots of unchecked power. -
Patrice Lumumba Independence Speech
This speech represents the reflection of the time from both Colonized countries and previous colonizers on how they impacted/were impacted. Lumumba talks about how the Congo is was harmed by the Belgian colonizers for a long time, and how it will take a long time to repair the damage.