Dates + quotes Flashcards
1
Q
1876
A
japan used gunboat diplomacy to open up korea
2
Q
1st august 1894
A
Declaration of war between china and Japan
3
Q
17th april 1895
A
Treaty of shimonoseki end Sino-japanese war
4
Q
23rd april 1895
A
Triple intervention (russia, france, germany), russia takes liaotung peninsula and japan humiliated
5
Q
30th January 1902
A
anglo-japanese alliance (J in better position to oppose R)
6
Q
1903
A
Japan proposed they have korea and russia manchuria, russia said no
7
Q
10th february 1904
A
Japan declares war on russia
8
Q
5th september 1905
A
russia defeated, treaty of portsmouth signed, ending war (theodore roosevelt was peacemaker)
9
Q
london times
A
“Inability of the west to take japan seriously”
10
Q
leading english newspaper
A
“not likely to achieve much”
