Chot.36 Sect.3 Flashcards
1600s
British and Dutch started trading w/ Asia
Middle 1700s
Mongolian Empire of India breaking up
1750s-1763
GB and France set up trading stations along coast
France lost 7 yrs war so left India
British East India Company
Took over when French left In power for about 100 yrs Made many changes Not everyone liked rule Felt like culture being changed
1857
Sepoy Mutiny
New rifle
Cartridges greased with some type of fat
Indian soldiers in British army
Sepoys
Pork fat + beef fat
Muslims not allowed
Hindus not allowed
Results of Sepoy Mutiny
Gov realized changes needed
Control taken from Company and given to Crown
1865-1884
Asian centres of Muslim civilization fell to Russia
British, Russia complication
Britain threatened by Russia
To guard Northwest frontier Afghanistan made protectorate
Persia/Gb/Russia
Set up spheres of influence
Areas within a country in which another country has special rights
Spheres of influence
Early 1500s
Trade limited to Guangzhou
Chinese saw Westerners
As barbaric
Chinese ppl divided into two classes
Upper class - gov officials, scholars, landowners (knew how to read and write)
Lower class - farmers, artisans (didn’t know how to read and write)
Similarities between two classes
Followed teachings of Confucius
Fam most important
Arranged marriages
Respect of ancestors
New Years Day
Burning incense
Ordering of food in family alter
Feel ancestors what happened to family previous yr
Industrial Revolution
1800a
Factory owners and merchants wanting to trade
Drug made from dried juice of certain poppies
Opium
Opium trade line
Manufactured in India
Traded w/ British for cotton
British trade w/ Chinese for tea and silk
1839 cause and what
Gov official in Guangzhou seized and publicly burned shipment of opium
British traders angry
Opium War broke out
Chinese lost cause no cannons or steam-driven warships
Had more ppl though
1842
Chinese defeated Treaty signed More ports opened GB received Hong Kong British citizens in China had right if extraterritoriality
Foreign citizens accused of breaking country’s law are tried in only home courts
Right of extraterritoriality
1894/China/Japan
Joana and China went to war
China lost
GB France a Germany Russia rushed to get concessions from gov
Special rights
Concessions
Rights to develop mineral resources
Build railroads and naval bases
Leases on Chinese ports
1899/Open Door Policy
Americans wanted in on Chinese trading rights
Gave everyone equal trading rights
Didn’t please Chinese
Foreign ppl still in control
Spring of 1900
Boxer Rebellion
Attacked foreigners, diplomats in Beijing
Foreign powers joined and sent army to China
China payed heavy penalties and almost lost all country
Japanese gov refused
To provide shelter for shipwrecked soldiers
