Quiz Reminder - Industrial Rev, Comm/Cap, Imperialism

1. Good morning!!!!Reminder—Quiz tomorrow (Industrial Rev, Comm/Cap, Imperialism) • Pick up the paper from the stool • Try to fill in the chart using the word bank at the bottom • Seriously…NOW…take the piece of paper and do it 

2. Bellringer Explain these pictures.

3. Imperialism of china and japan

4. WRITE DOWN WHAT IS UNDERLINED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5. Interaction with westerners • Chinese look down on all foreigners • They felt like they already had all they needed • China is largely self-sufficient • Resources in China • Salt, tin, silver, iron • Silks, high-quality cotton, and porcelain

6. Europe was determined to trade with china • Opium • Habit forming drug from poppy plant • Chinese doctors had been using it to relieve pain for years • In the 18th century, however, British merchants smuggled opium into China for nonmedical use. • By 1835 as many as 12 million Chinese people were addicted to the drug. • Chinese asks England Queen to stop sending it to China. • England says nothing and emperor is mad

7. Dear Queen Victoria… “By what right do they [British merchants] . . . use the poisonous drug to injure the Chinese people? . . . I have heard that the smoking of opium is very strictly forbidden by your country; that is because the harm caused by opium is clearly understood. Since it is not permitted to do harm to your own country, then even less should you let it be passed on to the harm of other countries.” • LIN ZEXU, quoted in China’s Response to the West

9. Opium war • 1839 • Battles mostly at sea • China’s ships were no match for Britain’s • Chinese suffer a humiliating defeat • Signed a peace treaty in 1842 that gave Britain the island of Hong Kong.

10. Foreigners were not the greatest of China’s problems • The countries own population provided an overwhelming challenge. • The number of Chinese grew to 430 million by 1850, yet in the same period of time, food production barely increased. • Many people were hungry, they became discouraged, and Opium addiction rose. • SO basically you have STARVING, DEPRESSED, DRUG ADDICTS that make up a majority of your population….awesome.

11. They’re all a bunch of rebels • Taiping Rebellion • Late 1830’s • Tried to build “Heavenly Kingdom of Peace” • Goal—All would share China’s wealth=no poverty • Taiping means “great peace” • Exact opposite happened. Tons of battles fought with Chinese and British. At least 20 million people died. • Boxer Rebellion • Chinese people are frustrated with their situation • Poor peasants and workers resented the special privileges granted to foreigners. Also were not happy with Chinese Christians adopting a foreign faith. • To protest they formed the “Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists” aka the Boxers. • Fought against the Empress’s rule and foreigner privilege—Boxer Rebellion

12. GOOD MORNING! • Take out a piece of paper • Answer the following questions— • What is “White Man’s Burden”? • What is the definition of “Imperialism”? • Who fought in the Opium Wars? • Why were the Opium Wars fought?

13. 6 SLIDES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

14. Modernization in Japan • 17th century Japan shut itself off from all contact with other nations. (remember Tokugawa?) • Japanese Society very tightly ordered. • 19th Century westerners tried to convince the Japanese to open their ports to trade.

15. Commodore Matthew Perry • In 1853 US Commodore Matthew Perry took 4 “intimidating” ships into Japan’s Tokyo harbor. The Japanese were impressed by the massive wooden ships powered by steam and their massive cannons. • Perry also brought a letter from the US President- asking to allow free trade between the US and Japan. Intimidated, they agreed. • Exports from Japan • Tea • Silk • shipbuilding

16. Meiji Era (Enlightened Rule) • Japanese are angry that the shogun (Japanese govt.) had given in to the foreigners’ demands. • New leader, Mutsuhito (Meiji), who seemed to symbolize the country’s sense of pride and nationalism. • He decided the best way to stop western influence was to modernize. • Germany’s centralized government • Discipline of Germany’s army • Skill of British Navy • American system of universal public education • Industrialization https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE3yMEfpk6E

17. Imperial Japan • Strongest military power in Asia • As Japan’s power grew it also became more imperialistic. The Japanese were determined to show the world they were a powerful nation. • Korea’s up for grabs • both China and Japan fight for it. • They decide to sign a “hands-off” agreement • China breaks agreement • Sino-Japanese war is b/w Japan and China over Korea • Japan wins and takes Korea and Taiwan

18. Russo-Japanese War • Japan’s victory over China changed the world’s balance of power. • Russia and Japan emerged as the major powers-and enemies- in East Asia. • The two countries go to war over Manchuria. Japan said they would stay out of Manchuria if Russia stayed out of Korea. Russia refused. • Japan launched a surprise attack on Russian ships anchored off the coast of Manchuria. • The war drove Russian troops out of Korea and captured most of Russia’s Pacific fleet.

19. Treaty of Portsmouth • Gave Japan the captured territories • Forced Russia to withdraw from Manchuria and stay out of Korea Region that Japan now had control of after the Russo-Japanese war!

20. Unit 6 Vocabulary! Make the connections • Opium War/Great Britain • Russo-Japanese War/Treaty of Portsmouth • Commodore Perry/Japanese Isolationism • Meiji/Modernization • Sino-Japanese War/Korea